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Monday, 12 January 2015

Elephant runs amok in Thailand, attacks cars and shops

The elephant put its front feet on the car, causing a dent on the car hood and fractures on the windscreen

A wild elephant stomped the grocery shop and shattered window glasses with it trunk, park officials say.

The incident happened after an eight-year-old male elephant attacked a car on a road in Khao Yai on Saturday.

Amateur video shows the elephant put its front feet on the car, causing a dent on the car hood and fractures on the windscreen.

Another vehicle sustained minor damage. No one was injured in the incidents.

Officials did not confirm that it was the same elephant, but Khao Yai National Park chief Kanchit Srinoppawan said the aggressive behaviours were results of the mating season.

He said male elephants are forced to leave their herd to prevent them from mating with blood relatives.

These lone and stressful pachyderms could behave like in the two encounters, Mr Kanchit added.

The rare elephant attacks prompted the National Park to warn visitors to be careful of the pachyderms.

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Young adults who engage in just one bout of binge drinking may experience a relatively quick and significant drop in their immune system function, a new small study indicates.It's well-known that drinking ups injury risk, and this new study suggests that immune system impairment might also hamper recovery from those injuries.

"There's been plenty of research, mainly in animals, that has looked at what happens after alcohol has actually left the system, like the day after drinking," said study lead author Dr. Majid Afshar, an assistant professor in the departments of medicine and public health at Loyola University Health Systems in Maywood, Ill. "And it's been shown that if there is infection or injury, the body will be less well able to defend against it."

The new research, which was conducted while Afshar was at the University of Maryland, found immune system disruption occurs while alcohol is still in the system.

This could mean that if you already have an infection, binge drinking might make it worse, he said. Or it might make you more susceptible to a new infection. "It's hard to say for sure, but our findings suggest both are certainly possible," Afshar added.

The findings appear in the current online issue of .

The U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as drinking that brings blood alcohol concentration levels to 0.08 g/dL, which is the legal limit for getting behind the wheel. In general, men reach this level after downing five or more drinks within two hours; for women the number is four.

About one in six American adults binge-drinks about four times a month, with higher rates seen among young adults between 18 and 34, figures from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention indicate.

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Overconsumption of alcohol has multiple negative health effects on different parts of your body. It can create havoc in your brain, heart, liver, pancreas and immune system

To assess the impact of just one bout of binge drinking, investigators focused on eight women and seven men who were between 25 and 30 years old.Although all the volunteers said they had engaged in binge drinking prior to the study, none had a personal or family history of alcoholism, and all were in good health.

Depending on their weight, participants were asked to consume four or five 1.5-ounce shots of vodka. A shot was the equivalent of a 5-ounce glass of wine or a 12-ounce bottle of beer, the team noted.

Each drinker was tracked for five hours, with blood samples drawn 20 minutes following peak intoxication and at the two-hour and five-hour marks.

After 20 minutes, the researchers found immune systems had actually kicked into a higher gear. This meant higher levels of three types of white blood cells that are integral to good immune function: leukocytes, monocytes and so-called "natural killer" cells. Cytokine protein levels also went up.

However, at the two- and five-hour marks, immune system activity had dissipated to levels below those typically seen with sobriety, with a notable drop in both monocytes and natural killer cells. Also, a bump was seen in another type of cytokine protein that signals a drop in immune activity.

The authors stressed that their study wasn't designed to show whether colds or flu are more likely after a drinking binge, only that the immune system seems to be dampened.

"We can't answer directly whether the fast immune system disruption we see actually puts a binge drinker at risk for a new infection or a poorer recovery from an existing infection," Afshar said.

"The point is that not everyone realizes that just one binge-drinking episode can be harmful. . . . This was a single episode among healthy people, and this is what we found, so it's certainly worth more exploration," he said.

Another expert seconded that point. "We shouldn't overstate the results," said Dr. Sean Patrick Nordt, an associate professor of clinical emergency medicine with the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles.

"It's really difficult to tease out what immune system risk is related to one episode of excessive drinking and what could be related to chronic drinking, which can lead to overall poor nutrition and chronic medical problems," Nordt said.

It's not possible to categorically say a binge-drinking episode will always make recovery from an accident worse, Nordt said. "But this study is great food for thought, and certainly this should be looked at further," he added.

Surfer and dog walker stumbled across what is believed to be a Fin Whale on Saturday

A local walker was left stunned after he discovered the carcass of a huge 60ft whale washed up on a beach in Cornwall.

Beach cleaner and surfer Ado Shorland stumbled across the massive mammal on Wanson Beach near Bude on Saturday.

Marine biologists are now examining the carcass, which is believed to be an endangered fin whale - although the state of decay means that this has not yet been confirmed.

"I found it yesterday morning. It measures around 20m and the lower jaw has been detached and alone it is about 5m. It is a very large whale," he told the

"From a distance I thought it to be a large tarp or mesh netting. When I realised it was a whale I was excited and saddened at the same time.

"I felt humbled to be honest, the sheer size suggests it to be an adult, and alive it would have been such a majestic mammal."

Huge Fin Whale found by WTF organiser Ado shorland. See more on Facebook page. http://ift.tt/1IjPGbo

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Fin whales are the second largest whale species after the Blue Whale, and can grow to up to 90ft in length and weigh between 40 and 80 tonnes.

Solitary mammals, they travel the world's oceans, only avoiding the highest and lowest polar climates where there is a danger of ice.

Fin whales are still hunted in Greenland, and under limited controls in the seas surrounding Japan.

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Comment: See also this video of BBC reporter Tim Wilcox pointing out to a Jewish woman in Paris yesterday that the Palestinians suffer at the hands of the Israelis, to which she responds, "we cannot do an amalgam", which basically means that when discussing Jewish suffering or terrorist attacks, context is not allowed.

Saudi Arabia: Friday, 18 March 1436, corresponding to 9 January 2015

The snow fell heavily on Friday evening (January 9, 2015), in Qurayyat -Jouf, and its environs and the "books", and parts of the province Tarif.

January 10, 2015: Tsaqta saw heavy snowfall, and this snow was welcomed by the inhabitants of the region, who were excited to enjoy the view of snow falling on the sand dunes and mountains. The way citizens have chosen as they greet the snow sometimes can be a strange, but it is not without wit.

Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for these links

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Low temperatures below zero degrees and snowfall are expected to persist in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Durango.

The cold weather affecting much of the country has claimed a dozen victims, nine in Chihuahua and three in Sonora, state authorities reported.

The State Coordination of Civil Protection of Chihuahua issued an alert due to low temperatures, rain and snowfall in the higher areas, specifically in the municipalities of Temósachic and Balleza, where temperatures have dropped to -14C (6.8F).

Other regions with low temperatures are Chihuahua and Ciudad Juárez (-4C/24F), Ocampo (-10C/14F), Janos (-7C/19F) and Nuevo Casas Grandes (-6.5C/20F).

Low temperatures below zero degrees and snowfall are expected to persist in Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Durango.

So up to 3 million people took to the streets of Paris, including 40 heads of state, to denounce the murders of 17 victims of a streak of Takfiri terror attacks this past week.

Where were they?

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Afghanistan? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the Shia of Saudi Arabia? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against Shia of Bahrain? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Chechnia? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the Serbian people? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against Libyan people? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the Syrian people? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Iraq? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Kurdistan? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Lebanon? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Nigeria? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Pakistan? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of India? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Russia? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Somalia? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Kenya? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Yemen? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Algeria? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Indonesia? Nowhere.

Where were these 3 millions and 40 heads of state when abject Takfiri terror was unleashed against the people of Iran? Nowhere.

Why not?

More questions

Did they not crucify babies in Algeria? Did they not torture hostages on video in Chechnia? Did they not spray weddings with bullets in Bosnia? Did they not blow up bombs in Indonesia? Did they not skin people alive in Afghanistan? Did they not keep hostages with live wolves in holes in Chechnia? Did they not torture to death and crucify people in Syria?

Or is it that some innocent victims are more equal then others?

Why is it that when all of Europe supported the Syrian Takfiris AND the Ukrainian Nazis 3 million of people did not take to the streets?

How many of those 3 million people and 40 heads of state really do not know that Takfirism has been lovingly and carefully nurtured, organized, financed, trained, federated, directed, supported, armed and protected by the AngloZionist Empire?

How many of those 3 million people and 40 heads of state really do not know that Takfirism is a which has two functions - to be unleashed against those who dare disobey the Empire and to terrify the people of the West into accepting a police state?

Will we ever learn?

We have already seen all that. On 9/11 the American people were literally conditioned to react with fear and hysteria. It worked perfectly and we all know how that ended: with many major wars and millions (Iraq!) of dead people. Most Americans simply stopped thinking and substituted a panic reaction to careful analysis. Today Europe is doing exactly the same thing. The same causes will yield the same results. Will we ever learn?

And who is the enemy anyway?

Oh sure, they are being oblique about it. "We are not against Islam!!", "Islam is a religion of peace!!" , "we have nothing against Muslims!!!".

Yeah, right!

The truth is while "they" have nothing against "Islam" and "good Muslims" they ALSO "just happen" to think that "multiculturalism has failed" and that "Islam is incompatible with western societies". Not only that, but since "bad Muslims" tend to hide amongst "good Muslims", let's just stay on the "safe side" and keep a very VERY "close eye" on all "them Muslims" just in case one of them happened to suddenly turn into a crazed Jihadi suicide bomber. Right?

Wrong!

Did you notice how ALL these Takfiri freaks "just happen" to have had PLENTY of contacts of all sorts with western security services? It's like a Ku Klux Klan meeting in the USA: for 10 hooded participants you have 2 morons and 8 Federal Agents working undercover. Same exact deal for these Takfiris. And then the two morons do something really really bad, and the 8 Federal Agents "just happen" to vanish in thin air (or commit suicide). Does that have anything to do with Islam? Of course not. It has everything to do with the deep state and the covert manipulation of probably every single terrorist group on the planet.

So what would make more sense: to fear Muslims or the western security services which carefully manipulate the Takfiri freaks?

The truth is what the very same western security agencies which control the Takfiri freaks want us all to hate Muslims . Why? Simply to create an atmosphere of social chaos, civil strive and even civil war. So while we are busing hunting down those "evil Muslims" they can continue to exploit us all.

So what can we do?

Simple! Our imperial overlords want us to do exactly three things:

Be terrified

Hate

Stop thinking

So all we need to do is to

Not fear

Love

Think

It is really that simple. If we fear, hate and stop thinking - they win. If we refuse to fear, if we love and if we think - we win. Their entire Empire has been built on fear, hate and stupidity. Let' bring it down by courage, love and intelligence!

What we saw today in Paris was 3 millions and 40 heads of state demonstrating for two basic reasons: some were brainwashed by the media frenzy, others did so for political reasons. 3 million Brainwashed zombies and hypocrites. Let them. But let us also proclaim loud and clear that we are NOT falling into their trap, that they will NOT pollute our souls with hatred and our brains with stupidity, that if there are millions of brainwashed and zombified people, there are billions who see through the lies and who reject this entire "mental landscape" of hate, fear and stupidity.

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