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a-dinosaur-a-day · 5 months

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Fossil Novembirb 15: Oasis in the Desert

Xenerodiops by @iguanodont

We FINALLY get to an ecosystem that isn't in Europe, North America, Antarctica, or Oceania - it's Jebel Qatrani Time!

(If you are as appalled as I am at the low sampling rates of fossil localities in Asia, South America, and Africa, welcome to the club, and support paleontologists who are from and work in countries from those continents!!!)

The Jebel Qatrani Formation is an ecosystem from Egypt at the end of the Eocene through the early Oligocene. It showcases the tropical forests, swamps, and marshes that existed at this time, emptying into the Tethys Sea. A wet and humid environment, it would have been a weird mixed ecosystem, with both the old and the new coexisting on the riverbanks. And, like in the forests and plains of Oligocene Europe, we see many modern bird groups show up for the first time here - and also very similar to their living relatives! This is a departure from the mammals in the region, which were unique and weird for the time period (though early members of modern groups are found here, too).

Palaeoephippiorhynchus by Bubblesorg

Being a wetland and humid environment, the main feature of the avifauna here are aquatic birds - many of which have close relatives today. Palaeoephippiorhynchus is the oldest known fossil stork, and was remarkably similar to the living Saddle-Billed Stork - even having the same upcurved bill. While it's uncertain if they're close relatives or not, it is possible that living Saddle-Bills are similar to this ancient form. There was also a mid-sized heron, a bird extremely similar to living Black-Crowned Night Herons, and Xenerodiops - a heron with a pointed and strong bill, curved downward - good for grabbing onto prey. It was a very sturdy, robust bird - even for a heron.

In addition, there was Goliathia - the fossil Shoebill! This bird had legs much like the living shoebill, and was similar enough in the limbs that it might be in the same genus! It probably lived very similarly to living shoebills, feeding on fish in the wetlands around it. What its beak would have looked like is uncertain - the closest living relative to the Shoebill is the Hammerkop, which has a very different skull. What their ancestral skull was, or what Goliathia's was, remains a mystery.

Goliathia by Antonio Rares Mihaila

But if you think I'm done with the water birds, you're very wrong - this is just the beginning! There was also an indeterminant cormorant, which had a very hooked and tapered beak; birds similar to living crowned cranes and others like living flufftails; early jacanas like Janipes which was bigger than all living jacanas but still had the large feet for floating on vegetation, showcasing the vegetation in these wetlands was sturdy enough to hold it up; other early jacanas smaller in size as well like Nupharanassa; and of course -

The Flamingos! Well, yes and no. There was an indeterminate crown-flamingo (ie in the group that all living flamingos are in), a bit bigger than a living lesser flamingo. But there was also Palaelodus - one of the "Grebe-Flamingos" or "Swimming-Flamingos", a long-lasting group of birds that first appear in the early Oligocene and lasted until possibly the Pleistocene! They looked superficially similar to living flamingos and were more closely related to them than to grebes, but they did have some similar characteristics to grebes as well - specifically having less of a kink in the neck, shorter lower legs, and flatter limb bones like those in grebes. They also had webbed feet, which would have allowed for diving or swimming. It also had a straight, conical bill, very unlike the bill of living flamingos.

Palaelodus by @alphynix

There were also perching birds, such as an early turaco very similar to the living genus Crinifer; and early eagles, ospreys, and other birds of prey that haven't really been named - mainly because they are very similar to living species, but so distant in time it seems unlikely they'd be in the same genus still... right? One, very similar to the living sea eagle, was found near the shore - indicating a similar ecology to its living relative. Another was almost identical to the living osprey, just smaller in size. And another was similar in size to living ospreys, but more robust than them. This place was filled with raptors!

Of course, I can't ignore the metaphorical elephant in the room. One of the most mysterious birds of the Jebel Qatrani is Eremopezus, a bird that has similarities to so many different groups of birds that its exact position is still a mystery. At this time it is thought to be a Palaeognath, possibly closely related to ostriches or maybe elephant birds - as the volant Lithornithids start to disappear, ratite-like Palaeognaths become more and more common. It was flightless, and probably lived similarly to modern ostriches and other ratites - as a a large herbivore, probably taking advantage of the wetland landscape and the abundance of food.

Eremopezus by @thewoodparable

Jebel Qatrani is such an important formation because it sheds light on the evolution of even more bird groups than those we see in former Laurasia (North America + Eurasia). And it is possible that many lineages we still have in Africa today have been around for thirty million years - and may have been very similar in ecology and appearance during that whole time. Given living birds react to changing climates by shifting with the ecosystems, it's possible that these lines of birds similarly followed the migration of wetlands and other habitats during the climate change to come, persisting to this day across the continent.

Sources:

Kampouridis, P., J. Hartung, F. J. Augustin. 2023. The Eocene-Oligocene Vertebrate Assemblages of the Fayum Depression, Egypt. The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt. Advances in Science, Technology, & Innovation. 373-405.

Mayr, 2022. Paleogene Fossil Birds, 2nd Edition. Springer Cham.

Mayr, 2017. Avian Evolution: The Fossil Record of Birds and its Paleobiological Significance (TOPA Topics in Paleobiology). Wiley Blackwell.

Rasmussen, D. T., S. L. Olson, E. L. Simons. 1987. Fossil birds from the Oligocene Jebel Qatrani formation Fayum Province, Egypt. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 62(62): 1-20.

#Fossil Novembirb #Novembirb #Dinovember #Dinosaurs #Birds

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rphunter · 2 days

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hellooo there, you can call me hoax!! i'm a 21 yo writer searching for 18+ roleplay partners!

i write in past tense third person and try my best to match my partners' response lengths, though i can usually churn out anywhere between one and ten paragraphs! as for characters + pairings, i can write both original + canon characters, though when it comes to pairings, i usually prefer writing ocxoc or ccxcc. i'm not entirely opposed to ocxcc, but it's definitely a case-by-case basis for me. feel free to ask nonetheless! on a similar note, i tend to write mxm pairings more than anything, but i'm also not super strict about that! i may write mxf or fxf, but once again, on a case-by-case basis. that being said, the only specifications i'm somewhat strict with are my muses -- find a list of them below, but please don't ask me to play any unlisted characters! as a side note, i'm a BIG multishipper, so i'll write for a lot! even if we don't share a fandom, please feel free to ask about my original characters + plots!

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mariacallous · 3 months

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Two consecutive summers of brutal heat and drought have left some parts of Texas with notably low water supplies going into 2024.

A wet year or a well-placed hurricane could quickly pull these regions back from the brink. But winter rains have disappointed so far. Last week’s downpours are the first in weeks for parts of the state and they won’t hit the watersheds that need them most.

Looking ahead, forecasters increasingly expect another scorching summer here this year.

That’s bad news for places like far-south Texas, where big reservoirs on the Lower Rio Grande fell from 33 percent to 23 percent full over the past 12 months. A repeat of similar conditions would leave the reservoirs far lower than they’ve ever been, triggering an emergency response and an international crisis.

“Pretty scary times,” said Jim Darling, president of the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority and former mayor of the city of McAllen. “We’ll see what happens.”

Worries stretch beyond the Rio Grande. In Corpus Christi, on the south Texas coast, authorities last month stopped releasing water aimed at maintaining minimum viable ecology in the coastal wetlands, even as oil refineries and chemical plants remain exempt from water use restrictions during drought.

Also last month, in the sprawling suburbs of Central Texas, between Austin and San Antonio, one groundwater district declared stage 4 drought for the first time in its 36-year history.

Texans don’t usually talk about drought in the winter. Damp soil and green grass may conceal the impending predicament today, but water planners in regions with low reserves nervously await what summer may bring.

“Signs are not favorable,” said Greg Waller, a coordinating hydrologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Fort Worth. “Expect warmer and drier, again.”

Winter and spring rains offer the best hope for relief, he said, but weather patterns so far haven’t produced the sustained downpours needed to refill reservoirs.

Drought conditions in 2022 and 2023 struck with markedly acute severity. Last year was the hottest on record for Texas—and the Earth, according to NOAA—after a global heat wave shattered temperature records around the world.

These patterns, Waller said, are consistent with scientific understanding of climate change caused by carbon emissions.

“Climate change means the extremes are going to get more extreme,” he said. “The heat waves are going to get more heat. The droughts are going to get droughty-er and the floods are going to get floody-er.”

Texas rainfall typically peaks in May. If relief doesn’t come by then, some places will need to start bracing for impact.

Corpus Christi: Wetlands and Refineries

Corpus Christi, with 421,000 people in its two-county metro area, sits where the Gulf Coast marshes meet the semi-arid South Texas plains. The region’s combined reservoirs dropped from 53.7 percent full in 2022 to 43.6 percent in 2023 to 30.5 percent this month.

The city announced in December that it would no longer release water from its reservoir system to support basic ecology in coastal bays and estuaries.

“Due to the ongoing drought in our water supply,” wrote a city spokesperson in a statement. “NO water is being released from Lake Corpus Christi to the Bays and Estuaries.”

Wherever Texas rivers join the sea, these once-vast wetlands host critical reproductive cycles of many aquatic species, and they depend on freshwater inflows for their characteristically half-salty, nutrient-rich systems. When water supply gets tight, the bays and estuaries typically are first to see their allocations revoked while cities keep dam gates closed.

These ecosystems, which once benefited from all the water from the formerly undammed rivers of Texas, have adapted to natural droughts. Dry years severely decrease the amount of species reproduction, but when wet weather returns, the system can usually recover within a year, according to Paul Montagna, endowed chair of hydroecology at Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies in Corpus Christi.

“However, if a system is permanently impaired it is also possible that recovery will not reach former levels,” Montagna said.

Studies suggest that systems around Corpus Christi may already be “permanently impaired,” Montagna said, largely due to a sustained lack of fresh water.

Similar problems span the lower Texas coast. The Rio Grande hasn’t flowed consistently into the Gulf of Mexico since the early 2000s. On the Colorado River, which runs through Austin, authorities have kept water releases to the coastal wetlands at a bare minimum in recent years. Jennifer Walker, director of the National Wildlife Foundation’s Texas Coast and Water Program, called it “critical life support.”

“Water to meet environmental needs is frequently the first to be negotiated away,” Walker said. “Our bays and estuaries are a hugely important part of Texas and they’re not something that would be easy to go back and fix.”

In Corpus Christi, a major refining and export hub for Texas shale oil and gas, city authorities have imposed water use restrictions on residents, with more to come if reservoir levels fall below 30 percent. But the region’s largest industrial water consumers operate unabated, thanks to a purchasable exemption from drought restrictions for industrial users—$0.25 per 1,000 gallons—passed by the city council in 2018.

That includes users like ExxonMobil’s massive new plastics plant, which is authorized to use up to 25 million gallons of water per day—a quarter of the regional summertime water demand.

“Industry can continue full bore through all of these drought stages and the estuary gets cut off early,” said a water resource consultant from Corpus Christi who requested anonymity to preserve his business relationship with the city. “I think it’s a looming disaster. They are still trying to recruit all these water-intensive industries along the coast.”

Proceeds from the exemption program were supposed to fund development of seawater desalination plants that would expand the regional water supply and meet demands of a booming industrial buildout. The first plant was initially planned to begin operations early last year, but it remains mired in challenges and years away from breaking ground. Meanwhile, the industrial buildout continues.

Central Texas: People and Grass

Two hundred miles inland, the five-county region surrounding Austin, Texas’ high-tech capital city, has grown faster than any US metro area for 12 straight years. Its water supplies haven’t.

In 2022, less water flowed into City of Austin reservoirs than ever before, city staff said at a public water task force meeting on Tuesday. Last year was only slightly better. The largest reservoir serving Austin, Lake Travis, fell from about 80 percent full in January 2022 to 38 percent full at the start of this year.

Even in another extreme drought year, Austin can avoid heightened water use restrictions, which take effect when reservoirs fall below 30 percent full, until at least July, according to a water supply outlook presented at the meeting. But the outlook stopped short of August and September, the region’s hottest and (recently) driest months.

“It’s not looking good,” said Robert Mace, director of the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment at Texas State University and a member of the water task force.

Even if levels fall below 30 percent, water users in Austin will face only minor restrictions, focused mostly on car washing and lawn irrigation. During the summer in Texas, when water consumption can double or triple over wintertime use, major cities spray most of their treated drinking water onto grass.

The problem worsens as more land converts to suburban subdivisions amid a homebuilding boom, said Todd Votteler, a water dispute consultant and editor of the Texas Water Journal, a peer-reviewed journal focused on water management and research. Texas gained more residents and built more homes than any state in recent years.

“One of the challenges is the idea for home builders and the real estate industry that all these new houses need to have beautiful green lawns,” said Votteler, who has worked at groundwater and river authorities in Central Texas since 1994. “People moving here from some place else have not lived in a region with a limited water supply.”

Around the city of Austin, a patchwork of authorities manages various aquifers and reservoirs. Last month, the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Groundwater Conservation District declared stage four drought restrictions for the first time in its 36-year history. That required the oldest communities and major companies in the district to reduce water use by 40 percent, while 16 newer permit holders were cut off entirely.

The district’s customers include the small city of Kyle, the third-fastest growing US city in 2022, plus dozens of small water companies and utility districts.

“We’ve been concerned for years. We’ve been in one stage of drought or another for well over a year and a half now,” said Tim Loftus, general manager of the Barton Springs/Edwards Aquifer Groundwater Conservation District. “We just really need rain.”

Loftus said his customers have “risen to the occasion” and complied with cuts. Another district hasn’t been as lucky.

The neighboring Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District has fought for two years with a local subsidiary of a national investor-owned water supply company over violations of permit pumping limits, even as severe drought conditions have continued to deepen.

The company, Aqua Texas, has taken almost twice its permitted allotment for two consecutive years and has declined to abide by drought restrictions, according to Charlie Flatten, general manager of the Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. This month, Aqua sued the conservation district in federal court. Its legal brief didn’t address whether Aqua had overpumped, but accused the groundwater district of violating due process and of “unequal application of its penalty policy.” It added that “Aqua Texas has voluntarily spent millions of dollars in water conservation.” The groundwater district, in legal documents, has denied Aqua’s allegations.

“We’re already seeing wells drying up, not just in specific sections but across the district,” Flatten said. “As we continue to use water and there continues to be no recharge, more and more wells will be affected.”

Another major nearby water source, the Canyon Lake reservoir, started last year 80 percent full, surpassed its record low of 68 percent in August, and is 60 percent full today.

The Lower Rio Grande: Texas and Mexico

The biggest water problems in Texas lie along its southern border, where some 6 million people in two countries depend on the dwindling Lower Rio Grande system.

At the river’s end, amid the irrigated fields of the fertile Rio Grande Valley, farmers have lost crops midseason in recent years due to water shortages. This year, many won’t plant at all, worried they will lose the investment to another summer drought, said Darling, the Rio Grande Regional Water Authority president.

That creates a spiraling conundrum for the flourishing cities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, home to more than a million people, he said. The once-prosperous agricultural sector historically accounts for more than 80 percent of water demand here. Without its vast volumes flowing for irrigation, the region’s network of canals would almost dry up. Cities would lose more than half their water supply to evaporation and soil absorption along its 70-mile journey from the nearest reservoir.

There are two possible temporary remedies to this problem, Darling said.

One is the weather. The only other time the Rio Grande reservoirs fell as low as they have today, around 2000, a hurricane soon hit and refilled them almost entirely. A Pacific storm could also bring relief to the bulk of the Rio Grande watershed, which covers the mountains of northwestern Mexico.

Another is international politics. Because most of the water used by Texas farmers on the Lower Rio Grande originates as rainfall in Northern Mexico, a binational treaty governs water sharing between the countries.

Northern Mexico has experienced its own water crises lately, including a deadly riot at a reservoir dam in 2020 and months of water rationing in 2022 in one of the country’s largest cities. So, it’s been reluctant to release water for Texas farmers, contributing to low levels in the downstream reservoirs.

Since 2020, Mexico has fallen sharply behind on its schedule of water releases to Texas under the treaty, which was ratified in 1944. It has until the end of 2025 before it faces delinquency. But the Rio Grande Valley of Texas might not have another two years to wait, Darling said.

The political situation is managed primarily by the International Boundary and Water Commission, a small agency operated by the US and Mexico.

“We are negotiating an agreement with Mexico intended to improve the predictability and reliability of Rio Grande water deliveries,” said an agency spokesperson, Frank Fisher. “We hope this agreement will provide tools that will help users affected by supply shortages.”

North of the border, Fisher said, water restrictions will be managed by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

A TCEQ spokesperson, Victoria Cann, said the agency “has warned users about declining storage and encouraged users to plan for water shortages.”

“TCEQ continues to advocate for water users on the Rio Grande by communicating to IBWC the need for Mexico to deliver on their water obligations under the 1944 Water Treaty,” Cann said.

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luxe-pauvre · 1 year

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OCTOBER 2022

Read:

How Sofia Coppola made Marie Antoinette

Almost everything you think you know about diets is wrong - here’s why

The Anxiety of Influencers

Welcome to hell, Elon

Stop Saying You “Could Never Do Science”

One Part of Your Life You Shouldn’t Optimize

Scientific slowdown is not inevitable

Mapping the brain to understand the mind

Meditation is like mountaineering: approach it with care

Why philosophy needs myth

on and off

Into the Fairy Castle: The Persistence of Victorian Liberalism

It’s Not All In Your Head

Are men animals?

The beautiful experiment

Medicine’s Wellness Conundrum

The Tyranny of Merit: What’s Become of the Common Good? by Michael J. Sandel

Women and Other Monsters: Building a New Mythology by Jess Zimmerman

Insatiable by Daisy Buchanan

Livewired by David Eagleman

How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division by Elif Shafak

Black Box Thinking by Matthew Syed

The Harpy by Megan Hunter

Glucose Revolution by Jessie Inchauspé

Watched:

2 Years Of Writing A Book In 30 Minutes*

Antonio Damasio meets Noga Arikha

Digital Women: Blade Runner 2049, Ex Machina, and Her

Blonde**

Last Night in Soho

This England

Listened To:

Henry Marsh on brain surgery

Temptation by Heaven 17

Renaissance by Beyonce (again, again)

Went To:

The Art of Movement, Van Cleef & Arpels @ The Design Museum

Fashion Museum Bath

Sam Smith @ The Royal Albert Hall

Food for Life – The New Science of Eating Well with Prof. Tim Spector

#* Still can't make my mind up about this guy (Ryan Holiday) but either way this was a fascinating watch.#** I ignored the warnings against watching this because I am morbidly curious but please heed mine.#personal

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themosleyreview · 7 months

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The Mosley Review: Expendables 4

I believe we're all familiar with the term "too little, too late" correct? Well that's especially true for this installment of a dying now dead franchise. The first film was campy fun with a healthy amount of blood, guts and a promise that was to see the action legends of the past come together in a massive film. That promise was fulfilled and then we got a sequel that doubled down. The second film improved on everything the first film did and fulfilled the dream of seeing the big 3 action stars of the 80's together on screen gunning down goons in the most explosive and violent way possible. Then the franchise went completely off the rails with its PG-13 third entry. The franchise really lost its identity by trying to pander to the younger audience by watering down the best elements of the franchise and over crowding the film with the popular stars at the time. Now comes this entry that desperately tries to get back on track with it being the hyper violent action driven vehicle it started out as. Well, it got the violence part right but after that, we are treated to one of the dumbest, lackluster and uninteresting action films I've seen in quite some time. Not only are most of the action scenes so boring, the characters themselves are tired and should have retired along time ago. The novelty this franchise used to be have was all but drained from this sequel and I was so sad watching it happen.

Sylvester Stallone returns as Barney Ross and he still has the same charm as the character. He finally admits he's starting to get too old for his life style and is gone shortly after for most of the film. Jason Statham returns as his best friend Lee Christmas and he continues to be a fun character. The chemistry between them was the heart of the franchise and it continues here for the most part. Megan Fox joins the franchise as Lee's new girlfriend and CIA operator, Gina. Megan has done good work before, but this was by far her worst performance as she only is there for eye candy and delivering the worst onscreen chemistry I've ever seen between two "lovers". Randy Couture returns as Toll Road and he still does the same thing he's done since the first film. He delivers many random facts that somehow returns to him talking about his ear. Dolph Lundgren returns as Gunner Jensen and I still enjoy seeing his character go through many life changes. The character has shown real progress since his drunken days in the original and I liked that he has controlled that demon. Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson joins the team as Easy Day and he does his job. There really wasn't anything special about the character and he typically just fades into the background even when he's front and center. The great Tony Jaa joins the team as a former Expendable, Decha. There was a fun story that surrounded the character even though it was nothing you haven't seen before. I still enjoyed his presence on screen and when he gets to fighting, its still a joy to watch. Jacob Scipio joins as the son of former Expendable Galgo, Galan. He tries to capture that same energy that Antonio Banderas had in the previous film and that's basically it. Andy Garcia was all over the place as CIA Agent Marsh. He delivers his trademark charm in the beginning and the swings for the fences by the end of the film. He truly was having fun with the character and you could tell. The amazing Iko Uwais was the main protagonist of the film, Suarto Rahmat and what a waste. Sure he gets to show his amazing martial arts prowess, but that’s all. He wasn't menacing or even really that much of a threat once you get to the heart of his plot. He almost felt like a F1 racer stuck in the bus lane in a school pick up area. He never really got to open up against a worthy opponent.

The score by Guillaume Roussel was nothing special. It was a decent backing track to the action in the film and accents the few emotional moments in the film. The action in the film was somewhat decent, but truly lacked the joyous feel of playing with your favorite action figures the others had. It all felt cheaply made and even more so with over use of CGI for a franchise known for its practical stunts. The extreme close ups in the middle of all the fights truly showed the lack of skill in filming and design of action sequences. This film really knocked the genre back a few decades and I was sorely disappointed and bored. Honestly, if you have any curiosity in seeing this hopefully final chapter, don't waste your money and wait for streaming. This is undoubtedly one of the worst films of 2023. Let me know what you thought of the film or my review in the comments below. Thanks for reading!

#expendables 4 #sylvester stallone #jason statham #dolph lundgren #randy couture #curtis jackson #megan fox #tony jaa #iko uwais

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I was today years old when I was checking your masterlist and found out The 100 has books wtf. Can u tell me the end? Is it bad like on the tv show?

Hey sorry, I didn’t reply earlier ‘cause I was in the hospital.

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Well, yes there are actually four books which are VERY and ABSOLUTELY different from the show. It actually has a good ending, kidna cheesy, but good.

It’s mainly ‘cause the writters of the show were doing it while the books were still in progress and when the author of the books released the third one it was too late for the show writters to fix the episodes so they just went with what they’ve done and it’s completely different and to be honest I like the books much more

The end of the books is actually good and kidna sweet, I don’t wanna spoil anything so the ending pages will be marked “⚠️SPOILERS⚠️” at the end of this post

If that’s cool I’d kidna like to point out the differences (you can skip it if you wanna)

Starting of with characters:

There is no: Lexa, Finn, Jasper, Raven, John, Madi, Emori (not sure about this one), Monty, Charmaine, Echo, Gaia, Jordan and MANY more. They’re all just made up

Clarke’s character: Clarke in the show is determinated, rude, leader, extroverted, principled, ready to kill if needed, independent etc. While in the books Clarke is careful, introverted, A MEDIC, doesn’t like (at first) to be the leader, can speak up, brave, INCREDIBLY smart, caring, stubborn, nerd, kind

Missing characters:

Glass Sorenson - Best friend of Wells, she was arrested for getting pregnant through the pregnancy resulted in a miscarriage. In the commotion of Chancellor Jaha getting shot, she ran off the dropship and remained on the Colony for the first two books.

Graham - Phoenician boy, a bully, and one of the leaders at the delinquents' camp. He claims he was arrested for murder. He often accused Wells of spying on behalf of his father. In the fourth book, he was captured by the Protectors. After Graham broke one of the Protectors' rules, Wells was sent to kill him. But, when Wells could not go through with it, Graham pulled the trigger himself

Thalia - Clarke's best friend in confinement. She got severely hurt during the dropship landing, after which Clarke found her. When her condition worsens, Clarke has to find more medicine that got lost. The medicine improves Thalia's condition, but when the medicine gets stolen, her life is in the balance again. Clarke saves her life, but Thalia remains too weak to leave the infirmary tent. Despite Clarke's attempt to save her friend, Thalia dies in the fire set by the rogue Earthborns, which Clarke blames herself for

Asher - Arcadian boy killed by Earthborns' arrow. He was the first delinquent to have a fatal encounter with the Earthborns

Priya - An 18-year-old girl that was helpful around camp. She was later found hanged with "Go Home" carved into her feet

Felix - Eric’s boyfriend who became ill from eating wintershade berries

Molly - A 13-year-old who died from eating wintershade berries

Lila - Waldenite girl who sleeps with Graham

Tamsin- A blond girl who’s friends with Lila

Dmitri - One of Graham’s followers

Azuma - Arcadian boy and one of Graham’s followes

Antonio - Waldenite boy

Darcy - Arcadian girl

Luke - Glass's boyfriend and a Lieutenant in the Guards. He served in the engineering division. He had a brief relationship with Camille while Glass Sorenson was in lock-up

Lilly Marsh - Bellamy's childhood friend and ex-girlfriend. She was one of the children in the radiation study and became friends with Clarke. As her radiation poisoning worsens she convinces Clarke to give her a lethal dose of drugs.

Carter Jace - Luke's best friend who was executed after Glass lied that he got her pregnant. He is very self-centered, and is also known to have stolen from the exchange. Glass believes Carter only took Luke in for the extra benefits he got from it

Camille - Luke's childhood friend and ex-girlfriend. She dated Luke while Glass was in lock-up

Cora Drake - One of Glass' best friends and the daughter of the Resources Chief.

Huxley – One of Glass' best friends.

Lise – One of Clarke's former cellmates while in Confinement. It is unclear if she was one of the 100.

Colton – Bellamy's former friend who became a prick when he became a guard. Bellamy bribed him for information about Octavia since her arrest.

Scott – A Waldenite Guard who has a creepy fascination with Clarke.

Lina – A girl captured by the Protectors

Sonja Sorenson – Glass' mother who got her pardoned.

Chancellor Jaha – The Chancellor of the Colony. He is the father of Wells and Bellamy. He was shot right before the delinquents' dropship launched.

Vice Chancellor Rhodes – The Vice Chancellor on the Colony. It is implied that he had feelings for Sonja. According to Bellamy, Rhodes is "the most corrupt leader the Colony had ever known".

Officer Burnett – A middle-aged guard and Rhodes' second-in-command.

Dr. Lahiri – The Council's chief medical advisor. He was Clarke's mentor when she was a medical apprentice and one of her father's closest friends.

Melinda Blake (not sure) – Mother of Bellamy and Octavia. She died by suicide when Bellamy was nine and Octavia was three.

Mr. Drake – The Resources Chief in the Colony and Cora's father.

Mr. Peters – Biology tutor on Phoenix. He died due to the rough landing on Earth.

Marin – An older woman whose leg was injured in the rough landing on Earth

Keith – A boy with broken ribs who is treated by Clarke. His parents didn't make it to Earth, leaving him orphaned.

Leo – A little boy who survived the trip to Earth but was left orphaned. He is one of the children who Octavia takes care of.

Thomas – Son of an injured Colonist who Glass tries to help.

Cressida – A young Waldenite child Clarke treated when she was a medical apprentice on the Colony.

Kendall – A faux-Phoenix girl who turns out to be a spy from the violent faction of Earthborns.

Sasha Walgrove (my favourite) – An Earthborn girl who helps the delinquents. She falls in love with Wells but is later killed by Colonist Guards.

Max Walgrove – Leader of the Earthborn village and father of Sasha. He was the last Mount Weather baby before the Earthborns moved to the ground.

Tommy – A young boy who died while taking the Colonists fishing.

Delphine – A pregnant Earthborn in Max's village.

Jane – An Earthborn woman Max leaves in charge when he leaves to find Sasha.

Anna – Captured by the Protectors, became Octavia's girlfriend

Soren – The leader of the Protectors. Trapped under rubble in the explosion of the gazebo, left by Glass to die.

Oak – A high-ranking guard who ordered Wells to kill Graham.

Sexuality

Clarke Griffin: bisexual in the show, straight in the books

Octavia Blake: straight in the show, bisexual in the books (She dates a girl named Anna. She was given a girlfriend due to the negative response of Clarke and Lexa’s ending. This was changed for the TV series, as she was straight in the show)

There are of course many more differences, I just wanted to point these out

⚠️Spoilers for the last book⚠️

“Spiraea tomentosa” Clarke’s mother said softly, pressing the nondiscripted green leaf against her own hand “That’s my closest guess. A tea from this one helps a stomach upset, according to the book”

Mary leaned over to tap the old dusty tome that Max had given her during her recovery: a pre-Catalysm book about local herbs. In the days that Clarke and others had been gone, her parents have taken on a new initiative, bolstering the camp’s dwindling supply of medicine by reproducing materials from the Colony and experimenting with local plants.

Clarke peered down at the leaf, memorizing each detail, but it was her mother’s hand that caught her attention… warm, soft, alive. Dr. Lahiri said that her mother had healed up in a record time.

“This one is called boneset” Clarke’s mother went on, laying a plant with delicate white petals onto the table. “They used to think it helped set fractired bones, thus the name, but it was just supersition, unfortunately. It does however, have some use in treating fevers, so I’m going to keep playing with it and see what we can develop…”

“You’re amazing” Clarke said hugging her mother gently, careful not to joste her injury.

“Amazing…” Clarke’s father walked in from the field, where he’d been helping dig foundations for new cabins. He dusted his hands off his trousers with a grin “That’s high praise from a girl who just stormed a fortress”

“Hardly” Clarke said flushing “I didn’t do it alone”

“But you did it” Clarke’s mother said, her eyes shinning. “We’re proud of you”

Clarke felt too proud, looking around at the quickly rebuilding camp. Their people may have been damamged by the attack - but they hadn’t been defeated. They’d healed up and set to work.

They’d all been so busy since returning yesterday. Clarke had immediately started helping out in the infirmary; a few of the people they’d brought with them from the Stone had needed more rigorous medical care. Glass had volunteered to oversee clearing and planting the Colonists’ very first field. Wells was reinvigorated, helping out with the Council, and Luke’s engineering mind has been elecrified by all the new plans.

And they weren’t going to re-create what they had before… they had the courage to remagine something even better. There were plans for a waterwheel in the nearby stream thah could power devices in the camp, and a schoolhouse with a playground. This place wasn’t just coming back to life; it was being reborn as something joyous, a real village that Clarke couldn’t wait to be member of.

“Clarke”

Bellamy’s voice rose up from the doorway. Clarke turned to greet him - and her smile fell. His brow was frowned, his shoulder were tense. Something was wrong.

“Can we talk?” He asked quickly, glancing over one shoulder, his foot digging into the dirt “It’s important”

“Sure” she said, hurrying carefully past her few remaining patients. “Of course”

Bellamy’s hand was cold against hers as he led her through the bustling camp. Octavia and Anna were leading the kids in a boisterous game of tag. In the center of camp, Glass and Luke looked over a sketch of a perimetr watchtowers. Bellamy pulled Clarke past the ovens, where fresh bread was baking; past Wells, who was etching Graham’s name into a grave marker; all the way out to the site where the new foundations for cabins were being dug.

Clarke’s stomach clenched tighter with every step. What had Bellamy seen? Was there a new danger already? Or had he thought about it and decided not to forgive her, after all?

They eventually reached a cleared patch of charred grass in the corner of the camp. Bellamy stopped and turned silently to face Clarke, his eyebrows raised as though he was waiting for some sort of reaction.

She shook her head glancing around, finding nothing particularly worrying here.

“What do you think?” He said gesturing around him

“Think of what?”

His eyes darted around nervously “The view from this spot”

“Um… it’s nice?”

“Good… good…” then he took a deep breath and said “Do you think it’d be a good spot for a cabin? For the two of us?”

Clarke’s head went fuzzy as she tried to make sance of his words “A cabin for…”

Then, in instant, Bellamy’s nervousness seemed to drain away. “For us, Clarke” he took her hand and squeezed it… and slowly got down on one knee.

“Oh” Clarke said, her voice no more than a breath.

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a silver ring.

“Bellamy” she whispered “Where did you get that?”

“I traded for it” he said, almost as cavalier as usual… except for the fact that his hands were trembling.

She then recognized it - the deep blue stone in the centre - and her hand flew up to her chest pressing hard to keep her heart from bursting out of her. “Bel, that’s… that’s…”

“A Griffin family heirloom” he said grinning

“Where did you… how did you…?” She shook her bead speechless. This was the stone her ancestores had brought with them to the Colony from Earth, passed down through her family for generations.

“Like I said I traded for it… with your mother” He held it out to her, tentatively, almost as if there was a part of him that didn’t believing she’d take it.

But she did, crandeling it in her palm “What did you trade it for?”

“A promise” Bellamy said, reaching out to cup her hands in both of his. “I promised to love you, respect you, honor you, protect you, defend you, tease you, argue with you…” He laughed “And so on…” his face fell serious. “For the rest of my life and yours… Clarke, will you marry me?”

Her knees gave out. She put her hands on his shoulders and let herself slide to the ground beside him, her arms slung around his shoulders, her kiss serving as the only answer he’d ever need.

But just in case she pulled away and murmured against his lips “Yes”

They kissed again, and as they sat in the soil, entwined together, it felt to Clarke as if it wasn’t just this tiny piece of land they were claiming, it was the whole camp, the hills and the mountians and the lakes and the rivers around them and everything beyond that.

Despite everything they’d faced since landing on Earth, right now it seemed as though the entire planet was finally saying what Bellamy was murmuring to her right now.

“Welcome home”

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So that’s about it, sorry for the rambling and again sorry for the late responce, but like I said I was in hospital

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Tinig ng Laylayan

"People Forget About The Creatures Who Live In Shells." – Kya Clark

Isinulat ni Delia Owens ang nobelang “Where the Crawdads Sing” na ginawang pelikula noong taong 2022 sa direksyon ni Olivia Newman. Nakasentro ang kuwento sa mga latian o marsh sa North Carolina at umiikot sa buhay ni Kya Clark na kilala bilang “Marsh Girl”.

Maagang naulila si Kya sa kaniyang pamilya nang iniwan siya ng mga ito mag-isa sa kasukalan ng mga latian. Sa murang edad, natuto itong tumayo sa sariling mga paa at mag-isang hinarap ang mga hamon sa buhay dulot ng matinding kahirapan at pagkakabukod nito mula sa komunidad. Higit na naghirap si Kya nang hindi ito nakatanggap ng anumang pormal na edukasyon na naghadlang sa kaniya upang magkaroon ng basic literacy at numerical skills. Bukod pa rito, ang hindi pagiging edukada ang naging sanhi upang maging biktima ito ng sosyal na stigma at diskriminasyon sa lipunan. Upang mabuhay at matugunan ang mga pangangailangan, tinuruan ni Kya ang kaniyang sarili na mangisda at maghanap ng iba’t ibang mga hayop at halaman mula sa katubigan ng latian. Sa araw-araw nitong paglilibot sa latian, marami itong natutuhan mula sa kaniyang napakalawak na tahanan. Inaral niya ang iba’t ibang uri ng halaman at hayop hanggang sa naging eksperto siya sa mga ecosystem at aghambuhay ng mga nilalang mula sa kaniyang kapaligiran.

Isang patunay ang kuwento ni Kya Clark sa pelikula at nobelang “Where the Crawdads Sing” sa kung ano ang magagawa ng katatagan at pagiging madiskarte sa pag-angat at pag-unlad ng isa. Subalit, mahalagang batid natin na bagama’t kapuri-puri ang taglay na lakas at kasanayan ni Kya, ipinapakita ng kaniyang pamumuhay ang malupit na realidad ng karamihan - ang kakulangan ng suporta at pagkalinga mula sa mga magulang, at ang hindi abot-kamay na edukasyon sa ating bansa. Nakakalungkot mang isipin ngunit maraming mga bata sa Pilipinas ang nakararanas ng kahirapan at mga hamong dinanas ni Kya Clark. Maraming mga bata ang napipilitang dumaan sa landas na puno ng pagsubok, paghihirap, at pakikibaka para lamang mabuhay. Maraming mga bata ang hindi nakakatanggap ng pormal na edukasyon sa kadahilanang wala sapat na salapi ang kanilang mga pamilya upang mapondohan ang kanilang pag-aaral. At maraming mga bata ang pipiliin na lamang maghanap-buhay upang makatulong sa mga magulang imbes na mag-enrol sa isang paaralan.

Ayon sa isang pag-aaral na isinagawa ng Philippine Statistics Authority, humigit-kumulang 18.6% ng mga Pilipinong nasa edad lima hanggang 24 taong gulang ang hindi nakapag-aral sa taong 2022. Ang tumataas na halaga o cost ng edukasyon at mga problemang pinansyal na kinakaharap ng mga Pilipino ang isa sa mga pangunahing dahilan ng paglaki ng porsyentong ito ayon sa parehong pagsusuri. Ang Philippine Constitution na mismo ang nag-utos na gawing prayoridad ang edukasyon sa usapang badyet at pagpopondo. Subalit, sa kabila ng pagiging isa sa mga sektor na nabibigyan ng pinakamalaking pondo taon-taon, nananatiling hindi accessible o abot-kamay ang edukasyon para sa maraming Pilipino. Bukod pa rito, mayroon ding kakulangan ng mga pasilidad para sa pag-aaral, at nananatiling mababa ang sahod ng mga guro sa kabila ng kanilang pagsisikap sa pagtuturo at gabundok na mga gawain. Lubhang nakasalalay ang pagiging accessible ng edukasyon at ang antas ng kahirapan sa bansa sa pamahalaan, ang mga patakaran at proyekto nito, at kung paano nito ginagamit ang pera ng bayan.

Edukasyon ang susi patungo sa mas maliwanag na kinabukasan. Ngunit, para sa mga pamilyang nasa laylayan, isa itong bahagyang kislap na lamang - tanda ng isang pangarap na hindi kailanman magiging abot-kamay.

References

Antonio, R. (2023, January 30). VP Duterte bares lack of school facilities 'most pressing issue' in PH education. Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 19, 2023, from https://mb.com.ph/2023/1/30/vp-duterte-bares-lack-of-school-facilities-most-pressing-issue-in-ph-education

DBM submits 2023 Budget to Congress; Education, infrastructure, health, social protection, agriculture, top budget priorities. (n.d.). DBM. Retrieved November 19, 2023, from https://www.dbm.gov.ph/index.php/management-2/430-dbm-submits-2023-budget-to-congress-education-infrastructure-health-social-protection-agriculture-top-budget-priorities

18.6 percent of ages 5-24 not attending school last year – PSA. (2023, September 26). Philippine Star. Retrieved November 19, 2023, from https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2023/09/26/2299033/186-percent-ages-5-24-not-attending-school-last-year-psaHernando, M. (2023, January 12). 92% of public school teachers receive 'unliveable' salaries; group calls gov't's pay hike a 'failure'. Manila Bulletin. Retrieved November 19, 2023, from https://mb.com.ph/2023/01/12/92-of-public-school-teachers-receive-unliveable-salaries-group-calls-govts-pay-hike-a-failure/

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CompletÓ esta importante cantidad de empujadas y hits en su carrera. El cátcher de los Reales de Kansas City produjo efectivamente en el duelo contra Medias Blancas de Chicago. Maikel García (.273) falló en 4 visitas, sacó boleto y se ponchó 1 vez; Salvador Pérez (.253) ligó de 5-3, remolcó 2 y recibió 1 chocolate; Edward Olivares (.263) terminó de 4-1, anotación y ponche. En el lado de los Medias Blancas, Elvis Andrus (.254) quedó en blanco durante 3 turnos legales. Harold Capote Fernández Para la jornada de este miércoles, solo 1 rayita separaba a Salvador Pérez de completar 800 en su carrera de 12 temporadas en las Grandes Ligas, siempre vistiendo el uniforme de los Reales de Kansas City; esa cantidad la consigue en duelo ante Medias Blancas de Chicago. Durante el 7mo inning, con los monarcas arriba 4x0, Salvy consiguió hombres en las esquinas mientras en la lomita estaba el relevista Lane Ramsey, en cuenta de 1 bola y 2 strikes descifró una slider que convirtió en sencillo dirigido al jardín central, conexión con la que llevó a la registradora a Nick Loftin. Para la 9na entrada, trajo otra tras batear para jugada de selección en la que también Loftin anotó. Al receptor ahora le restan 14 remolcadas para igualar a Antonio Armas en el puesto número 9 entre la legión vitalicia de venezolanos en las Mayores. Igualmente, Salvador Johan sonó 3 inatrapables con los que arribó a 1.402, le restan 16 para alcanzar a Alex González en la casilla 21 también entre criollos. Por otra parte, en esta partida importante para Kansas City fue la labor de su pitcheo que dejó en 1 sola carrera a los patiblancos; en primera instancia el opener Steven Cruz lanzó 2 entrada en blanco que incluyeron 4 ponches, siguiendo Alec Marsh (1-8, 5.67) con relevo de 4.1 innings de 3 imparables, 1 rayita que fue limpia, 2 boletos y 5 ponchados, fue el ganador. Cayó Mike Clevinger (7-8, 3.61) en una apertura de calidad: 6 episodios de 6 indiscutibles, 2 carreras, ambas limpias, sin bases por bolas más 7 guillotinados. Para los Reales, Maikel García (.273) falló en 4 visitas, sacó boleto y se ponchó 1 vez; Salvador Pérez (.253) ligó de 5-3, remolcó 2 y recibió 1 chocolate; Edward Olivares (.263) terminó de 4-1, anotación y ponche. En el lado de los Medias Blancas, Elvis Andrus (.254) quedó en blanco durante 3 turnos legales. Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Meridiano

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8/25 おはようございます。Zoot Sims / Good Old Zoot NJLP8280 等更新完了しました。

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Some people think that he's not going to grow then people think of he's growing it's so hormone and he can overcome it with power and there's going to be not many people who are truly after it and these girls don't really have it and they don't get it I don't know how to read it and a lot of them people think that they're faking It. Funny I knew about it and she knew how to mostly avoid a lot of mutation through the inbreeding and they're doing it in Germany the only problem is if you avoid it you take out the mutant ninja factors which is not true she said and she said he'd be huge and she thought 15 or 20 she's big too like 8 foot and she'd find other Giants and crossbreed and then have this giant army and she was trying to do it and she got caught by John michelinos and they had a fight and she lost and lost badly went home and she was caught later on in Florida by Tommy f Antonio finish the job and grabbed her and has her still in The matrix and she knows about the stuff and Sandy Wong knows about it he's actually Chinese and she might be gifted but she knew about it and she know how to read it and she's saying it now I know how to read it of course I do and she's saying it long hand. There's some other doctors who are there who are normal Robert Marsh was in the building but he was not at Harvard he was at yale. And Ellie was at BC and several people there like Rick O'Donnell or whatever his name is Robin. And is visited often by Danielle Reyes and they have the DNA I can't even sell it it's horrible and it doesn't want to sell it and applies that you can use it and there's tons of people that say you probably should he's just not really cuz it might make it bad they don't say let me get better later we have problems with that we still do recently so we are going to war with them over it and practically all of them are stupid about it and if he gets bigger it's going to be harder not easier right now it's kind of fatter and they're not very impressed. . He's holding it a nice chunky 255 and they think okay we can do that all day just walking around and he doesn't feel bad and he is strong and his bones are bigger and getting bigger you think it's odd it is a little odd.

Thor Freya

It's pretty big it was a pretty beefy needs to start working out again so it's not so fat and it will start his growth a little bit in the short run but you guys get big and don't work out and your teeny go inside a little it's going to be huge. I don't want him doing the sperm bank thing either and he's not going to do it and he made my dad laugh. He needs to laugh you feel so much money and gambling is better he says it hasn't been winning at all it's pretty boring here now they don't do anything the trapped here this people suck people have to figure that out

Hera

I figured it out it's going to trial tomorrow in 20 hours from now it doesn't show up he's going to jail or prison really and a federal pen usually don't get out everyone's interviewing him he's a plan of trying to put cheese in there you can see it might be happening but we're not really sure and eventually you might get out but he's on the run and things are happening too that's going to keep them away in other words they're losing and diminishing and our estimates go 4 to 5% left tonight including the clones and that would be topside though is the clones are still below but that would be all of the Mohawk above and below including clones above. It's a huge huge number of people but still it's five people out of 100 it'll be a half a person out of 10 really it's one out of 20 roughly that's true that's not many people and also it was said that about 3 to 4% would feel the cities and it's true leaving only one or 2% it might be some more in bunkers but not that much maybe one or two percent but really they're going to evacuate and we think right between tonight and tomorrow to leave just in time for the idiot to go to his arraignment but it is in Florida and it is in Miami and the foreigners don't like him it's going to be a surprise and we think it'll just go to trial and that's what our friend is thinking it has to go to trial people have to look at it he's definitely guilty of having the documents and that has a sentence but it is by jury not by the judge and that's going to be a fight and this whole thing is and today was deplorable those women are idiots and they don't get what he's saying it's an emergency it's all my relatives are there and your relatives are probably there that's not a time to sit there and do some sort of f****** f***** threatening me she got mad for a second and she said it's kind of true no relatives are held prisoner but these assholes sitting on him don't do anything and say they have this wonderful plan I don't crack I mean these people are sick they don't have the caverns which might have the AI they don't have the modules and if you go after the AI it's Tommy who has the caverns and may have subdued their forces and the computer and it's really horrible and she's not stupid so she figured it out and he's trying to explain this is my way to turn threaten people going out to look at my bike and you guys come in and you smear s*** all over the place and she said you're actually right I'm just sitting here looking at people that's what I'm doing and why do you just funny little sky is trying to be dead or something that's going to come back out I mean what's he going to do that Kung Fu Fighting. So you know you're impressible with us walking around all day long stalking her son is going to be in the hospital with a heart attack and epinephrine so we had this huge day today and it was big there are a lot of things happening but mainly it's losses and they sued each other and 50% is very conservative it's going to be a huge deal okay go after them here finally and tonight into tomorrow maybe down to 3% in the general populace and an island and that's not much good idea what they're up to but finally tomorrow something's going to happen is different this is so damn not nuts and s*****

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xtruss · 1 year

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Riding through the Austrian Alps, Alex Berger took a one-lane road alongside a small stream—and found this golden tree blooming in a forest. There’s “A Fantasy-ish Inspired Dimension For Me,” says Berger, “Which Gives Me Goosebumps.”

The Eagle Hunter: Asiilbek, a nomadic Kazakh eagle hunter, preps his golden eagle, Burged, for a horseback hunt in the grasslands of western Mongolia. “For this image, I was lying on my stomach in the prone position looking through the electronic viewfinder at the edge of the stream,” says photographer Eric Esterle. “The ground shook as Asiilbek's horse passed less than a few feet away, splashing me with ice cold water.”

From The Air: These are salt marsh ponds in San Jose, California. These unique urban marshlands are being threatened by rising sea levels, and conservation projects are racing to turn back time and restore the region for wildlife and fish—and also for absorbing floodwaters and capturing carbon dioxide.

Top: Pablo Escobar’s pet hippos were left behind when his private zoo closed, and they’ve flourished in the decades after his death. Middle: The original four hippos have produced a herd several dozen strong that are beloved by locals and tourists alike. Bottom: Hippopotamuses can weigh up to two tons and are notoriously aggressive. Photographs By Raul Arboleda, AFP/Getty*

While most of the hippos still reside on Escobar’s former property, some have found their way into the Magdelena river. Photograph By Luis Antonio Gonzalez Montana*

*Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria (1 December 1949 – 2 December 1993) was a Colombian drug lord and narcoterrorist who was the founder and sole leader of the Medellín Cartel. Dubbed "the king of cocaine", Escobar was the wealthiest criminal in history, having amassed an estimated net worth of US$30 billion by the time of his death—equivalent to $70 billion as of 2022—while his drug cartel monopolized the cocaine trade into the United States in the 1980s and early 1990s.

First Frost, 2020, Shot on iPhone 12 Pro Max. Photograph: Mariko Klug

An Endangered White-tailed Sea Eagle flies through the snow after capturing a fish in the Namdae stream in Gangneung, South Korea 🇰🇷. Photograph: Yonhap/EPA

Horses on the Yudaokou pasture in Chengde, Hebei province, China 🇨🇳. Photograph: Xinhua/Alamy Live News

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What You Must Learn About Golf Courses

Whether you are a brand-new golf player or a seasoned professional, fairway are a great means to appreciate attractive landscapes. The golfing neighborhood is likewise an energetic individual in environmental management problems. As an example, many fairway are currently irrigated with non-potable water. The United Nations estimates that golf links globally usage 2.5 billion gallons of water per day. Lots of golf courses have a driving variety. The driving variety is usually a separate center from the real course. The range is a location for golf players to practice their swing and also strategy before using the genuine program. If you looking for the best golf course san antonio, click here.

Typically the variety has range markers and a method eco-friendly. These practice locations are likewise an excellent way to heat up prior to a round of golf. A golf opening is a series of openings that begin at a teeing ground and end at a putting environment-friendly. The teeing ground is a rectangular room 2 club lengths deep behind a line of tee markers. It is normally degree as well as is designed to allow a player to grab the golf ball and also raise it. A golf course is made up of various sorts of hazards. These risks can be synthetic or natural. They can vary from large, open water functions to completely dry creek beds. Some golf links are even built on marshes. These wetlands can be filled in or increased to dry as well as avoid them from becoming water hazards.

A golf links is composed of a teeing location, a fairway, a placing green, as well as a rough. These locations can be formed by the golf links designer. The placing environment-friendly and the harsh are usually elevated a little over the fairway. They are generally covered with yards such as Bermuda or TifDwarf Hybrid Bermuda. They are also surrounded by higher yard called edge. This yard is made to slow down the rate of the spheres that roll along the eco-friendlies. A golf course also has a tee box. This is where a player will begin each round of golf. A tee box is normally marked with a flagstick or pin.

The teeing area is where the sphere is raised for the very first shot. Relying on the size and also place of the tee box, players might have numerous tee pens on each hole. Normally, there are 2 tee pens for each and every opening. Often these pens are embedded in various shades. The blue tees remain in line with the line noted "Blue" on the scorecard. The fairway is the middle point of the golf opening. Find more info on golf courses as linked here.

The fairway connects the teeing area to the placing eco-friendly. The fairway is generally shorter than the teeing location. The yard on the fairway is short and usually mowed. It is additionally easy to see. The harsh is the location outside of the golf links, beyond the fairway. The rough is generally a thicker turf as well as is usually unmanicured. Depending upon the fairway, the rough can differ in elevation. This rough is designed to make striking an excellent shot harder.

In case you need to get more enlightened on this topic, see this post: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turf_management#Golf_courses.

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