Alberta Canada - Huge Level 5 Solar Flare - geomagnetic storm - Northern Lights Live
Huge Level 5 Solar Flare - geomagnetic storm - Northern Lights Live
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How to Change a Flat Tire - Change a flat car tire step by step
How to Change a Tire - Change a flat car tire step by step
A flat tire (British English: flat tyre) is a deflated pneumatic tire, which can cause the rim of the wheel to ride on the tire tread or the ground potentially resulting in loss of control of the vehicle or irreparable damage to the tire. The most common cause of a flat tire is puncturing of the tire by a sharp object, such as a nail or pin, letting the air escape. Depending on the size of the puncture, the tire may deflate slowly or rapidly.
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Beautiful Lion Fish
Beautiful Lion Fish
Pterois is a genus of venomous marine fish, commonly known as lionfish, native to the Indo-Pacific. It is characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red or black bands, and ostentatious dorsal fins tipped with venomous spines. Pterois radiata, Pterois volitans, and Pterois miles are the most commonly studied species in the genus. Pterois species are popular aquarium fish. P. volitans and P. miles are recent and significant invasive species in the west Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and Mediterranean Sea
What is a lionfish?
The lionfish is a carnivorous fish native to the Indo-Pacific that is now an invasive species in the Atlantic
Common Names: lionfish, zebrafish, firefish, turkeyfish, red lionfish, butterfly cod, ornate butterfly-cod, peacock lionfish, red firefish, scorpion volitans, devil firefish
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/lionfish-facts.html
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Venus fly trap - Carnivorous plant
Venus fly trap - Carnivorous plant
The Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) is a carnivorous plant native to the temperate and subtropical wetlands of North Carolina and South Carolina, on the East Coast of the United States. Although various modern hybrids have been created in cultivation, D. muscipula is the only species of the monotypic genus Dionaea. It is closely related to the waterwheel plant (Aldrovanda vesiculosa) and the cosmopolitan sundews (Drosera), all of which belong to the family Droseraceae. Dionaea catches its prey—chiefly insects and arachnids—with a "jaw"-like clamping structure, which is formed by the terminal portion of each of the plant's leaves; when an insect makes contact with the open leaves, vibrations from the prey's movements ultimately trigger the "jaws" to shut via tiny hairs (called "trigger hairs" or "sensitive hairs") on their inner surfaces. Additionally, when an insect or spider touches one of these hairs, the trap prepares to close, only fully enclosing the prey if a second hair is contacted within (approximately) twenty seconds of the first contact. Triggers may occur as quickly as 1⁄10 of a second from initial contact
The Venus flytrap is a flowering plant best known for its carnivorous eating habits. The “trap” is made of two hinged lobes at the end of each leaf. On the inner surfaces of the lobes are hair-like projections called trichomes that cause the lobes to snap shut when prey comes in contact with them. This type of movement is called thigmonasty—a nondirectional plant response to being touched. To prevent the plant from wasting energy if prey isn’t actually there, the trap will only shut when the trichomes are touched multiple times. The hinged traps are edged with small bristles that interlock when the trap shuts to ensure the prey can’t squirm out. There are other carnivorous plants in the wild, but the Venus flytrap is one of the very few that exhibits motion to actively trap its prey.
https://www.nwf.org/Educational-Resources/Wildlife-Guide/Plants-and-Fungi/Venus-Flytrap
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Electrical Safety: Slow Motion 480 Volt Arc Flash
Electrical Safety: Slow Motion 480 Volt Arc Flash
An arc flash is the light and heat produced as part of an arc fault, a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system.
An arc flash is the light and heat produced from an electric arc supplied with sufficient electrical energy to cause substantial damage, harm, fire, or injury. Electrical arcs experience negative incremental resistance, which causes the electrical resistance to decrease as the arc temperature increases. Therefore, as the arc develops and gets hotter the resistance drops, drawing more and more current (runaway) until some part of the system melts, trips, or evaporates, providing enough distance to break the circuit and extinguish the arc. Electrical arcs, when well controlled and fed by limited energy, produce very bright light, and are used in arc lamps (enclosed, or with open electrodes), for welding, plasma cutting, and other industrial applications. Welding arcs can easily turn steel into a liquid with an average of only 24 DC volts. When an uncontrolled arc forms at high voltages, and especially where large supply-wires or high-current conductors are used, arc flashes can produce deafening noises, supersonic concussive-forces, super-heated shrapnel, temperatures far greater than the Sun's surface, and intense, high-energy radiation capable of vaporizing nearby materials.
Arc flash temperatures can reach or exceed 35,000 °F (19,400 °C) at the arc terminals.
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Commercial for IBM's Selectric Typewriter 1960's
Commercial for IBM's Selectric Typewriter 1960's
The IBM Selectric (a portmanteau of "selective" and "electric") was a highly successful line of electric typewriters introduced by IBM on 31 July 1961
Instead of the "basket" of individual typebars that swung up to strike the ribbon and page in a typical typewriter of the period, the Selectric had an "element" (frequently called a "typeball", or less formally, a "golf ball") that rotated and pivoted to the correct position before striking the paper. The element could be easily interchanged to use different fonts within the same document typed on the same typewriter, resurrecting a capability which had been pioneered by typewriters such as the Hammond and Blickensderfer in the late 19th century.
The Selectric also replaced the traditional typewriter's horizontally-moving carriage with a roller (platen) that turned to advance the paper vertically while the typeball and ribbon mechanism moved horizontally across the paper. The Selectric mechanism was notable for using internal mechanical binary coding and two mechanical digital-to-analog converters, called whiffletree
International Business Machines Corporation (using the trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue,[6] is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries.[7][8] IBM is the largest industrial research organization in the world, with 19 research facilities across a dozen countries, having held the record for most annual U.S. patents generated by a business for 29 consecutive years from 1993 to 2021.
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Orangutan fondles a young woman
Orangutan kisses young woman
Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species. From 1996, they were divided into two species: the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus, with three subspecies) and the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii). A third species, the Tapanuli orangutan (P. tapanuliensis), was identified definitively in 2017. The orangutans are the only surviving species of the subfamily Ponginae, which diverged genetically from the other hominids (gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans) between 19.3 and 15.7 million years ago
The name orangutan means "man of the forest" in the Malay language. In the lowland forests in which they reside, orangutans live solitary existences. They feast on wild fruits like lychees, mangosteens, and figs, and slurp water from holes in trees. They make nests in trees of vegetation to sleep at night and rest during the day. Adult male orangutans can weigh up to 200 pounds. Flanged males have prominent cheek pads called flanges and a throat sac used to make loud verbalizations called long calls. An unflanged male looks like an adult female. In a biological phenomenon unique among primates, an unflanged male can change to a flanged male for reasons that are not yet fully understood.
https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/orangutan
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Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931) Looney Tunes
Bosko's Soda Fountain is a 1931 one-reel short subject featuring Bosko as part of the Looney Tunes series.[1] It was released on November 14, 1931 and was directed by Hugh Harman.[2] The film score was composed by Frank Marsales.
This cartoon marks the first appearance of Honey's cat-like son, Wilbur.
Soda Fountain" is a classic animated short film featuring the zany and irreverent Bosko, created by animation pioneers Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising. In this episode, Bosko works as a soda jerk in a busy and bustling drugstore. As he serves up drinks and treats to a colorful cast of characters, he finds himself embroiled in a series of comical and chaotic mishaps. From a mischievous dog to a temperamental customer, Bosko's day on the job is anything but boring. With its lively music and clever gags, "Soda Fountain" is a timeless gem of vintage animation that captures the playful and whimsical spirit of the era in which it was created. So sit back, relax, and let Bosko take you on a hilarious and heartwarming journey through the ups and downs of life behind the soda fountain!
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Tornado hits rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Tornado hits rural areas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil amid the tragedy of the floods that hit the state
5-10-2024
Rio Grande do Sul is Brazil's southernmost state, bordering Argentina and Uruguay. In its northeast, the mountainous Serra Gaucha is home to the Vale dos Vinhedos wine region and includes German-style resort towns like Gramado and Canela, known for picturesque natural settings. Porto Alegre, the capital, is a major port with classic structures like the Public Market and Metropolitan Cathedral in its historic center
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Trans-identified male runs over man with car, kisses his body, and then stabs man 9 times
Trans-identified male runs over man with car, backs over him, kisses his body, and then stabs man 9 times
HOUSTON, Texas; Karon Fisher,20, is charged with murder in the 185th State District Court and is being held on a $2million bond
64-year-old Steven Anderson was walking to get the mail when he was hit and run over by Fisher, who then returned to the scene with a knife, flipped the victim over, and stabbed him nine times
Before fleeing, Fisher straddled and kissed the victim
5-10-2014
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Short circuit on 110 kV transmission lines
Short circuit on 110 kV transmission lines
A short circuit (sometimes abbreviated to short or s/c) is an electrical circuit that allows a current to travel along an unintended path with no or very low electrical impedance. This results in an excessive current flowing through the circuit. The opposite of a short circuit is an open circuit, which is an infinite resistance (or very high impedance) between two nodes
A short circuit is an abnormal connection between two nodes of an electric circuit intended to be at different voltages. This results in an electric current limited only by the Thévenin equivalent resistance of the rest of the network which can cause circuit damage, overheating, fire or explosion. Although usually the result of a fault, there are cases where short circuits are caused intentionally, for example, for the purpose of voltage-sensing crowbar circuit protectors.
In circuit analysis, a short circuit is defined as a connection between two nodes that forces them to be at the same voltage. In an 'ideal' short circuit, this means there is no resistance and thus no voltage drop across the connection. In real circuits, the result is a connection with almost no resistance. In such a case, the current is limited only by the resistance of the rest of the circuit.
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Forklift Driver Falls Asleep and Drives into Shelves
Forklift Driver Falls Asleep and Drives into Shelves
A forklift (also called industrial truck, lift truck, jitney, hi-lo, fork truck, fork hoist, and forklift truck) is a powered industrial truck used to lift and move materials over short distances. The forklift was developed in the early 20th century by various companies, including Clark, which made transmissions, and Yale & Towne Manufacturing, which made hoists. Since World War II, the use and development of the forklift truck have greatly expanded worldwide. Forklifts have become an indispensable piece of equipment in manufacturing and warehousing. In 2013, the top 20 manufacturers worldwide posted sales of $30.4 billion, with 944,405 machines sold.
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G.l. Joe 1964 Christmas Commercial - GI JOE
G.l. Joe hit the shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping season and soon became a big seller at $4 for the action soldiers
G.I. Joe is an American media franchise and a line of action figures owned and produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier (U.S. Army), Action Sailor (U.S. Navy), Action Pilot (U.S. Air Force), Action Marine (U.S. Marine Corps) and later on, the Action Nurse. The name is derived from the usage of "G.I. Joe" for the generic U.S. soldier, itself derived from the more general term "G.I.". The development of G.I. Joe led to the coining of the term "action figure". G.I. Joe's appeal to children has made it an American icon among toys
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Woman is attacked by a group of dogs until good samaritans beat them
Woman is attacked by a group of dogs Until good Samaritans beat them
Bites from a pet or wild dog.
A dog bite can lead to rabies or tetanus infection. Immediate medical care is needed when the bite is from a dog that has or might have rabies.
The dog is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct gray wolves, and the gray wolf is the dog's closest living relative. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans
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Arc Flash As Generator Explodes
Generator Explosion and Arc Flash
An arc flash is the light and heat produced as part of an arc fault, a type of electrical explosion or discharge that results from a connection through air to ground or another voltage phase in an electrical system.
An arc flash is the light and heat produced from an electric arc supplied with sufficient electrical energy to cause substantial damage, harm, fire, or injury. Electrical arcs experience negative incremental resistance, which causes the electrical resistance to decrease as the arc temperature increases. Therefore, as the arc develops and gets hotter the resistance drops, drawing more and more current (runaway) until some part of the system melts, trips, or evaporates, providing enough distance to break the circuit and extinguish the arc. Electrical arcs, when well controlled and fed by limited energy, produce very bright light, and are used in arc lamps (enclosed, or with open electrodes), for welding, plasma cutting, and other industrial applications. Welding arcs can easily turn steel into a liquid with an average of only 24 DC volts. When an uncontrolled arc forms at high voltages, and especially where large supply-wires or high-current conductors are used, arc flashes can produce deafening noises, supersonic concussive-forces, super-heated shrapnel, temperatures far greater than the Sun's surface, and intense, high-energy radiation capable of vaporizing nearby materials.
Arc flash temperatures can reach or exceed 35,000 °F (19,400 °C) at the arc terminals.
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Smart Crow is a Great Problem Solver
Crows are some of the smartest creatures in the animal kingdom. They are capable of making rule-guided decisions and of creating and using tools. They also appear to show an innate sense of what numbers are.
Researchers now report that these clever birds are able to understand recursion—the process of embedding structures in other, similar structures—which was long thought to be a uniquely human ability.
Corvus albicollis Latham, 1790 – white-necked raven or Cape raven (southern, central, and eastern Africa)
Corvus albus Müller, PLS, 1776 – pied crow (Central African coasts to southern Africa)
Corvus bennetti North, 1901 – little crow (Australia)
Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, CL, 1822 – American crow (the United States, southern Canada and northern Mexico)
Corvus capensis Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823 – Cape crow or Cape rook (east and southern Africa)
Corvus caurinus – northwestern crow (the Olympic Peninsula to southwestern Alaska)
Corvus corax Linnaeus, 1758 – common raven or northern raven (the Holarctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere)
Corvus cornix Linnaeus, 1758 – hooded crow (northern and eastern Europe and northern Africa)
Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 – carrion crow (Eurasia)
Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 – Australian raven (eastern and southern Australia)
Corvus crassirostris Rüppell, 1836 – thick-billed raven (Ethiopia)
Corvus cryptoleucus Couch, 1854 – Chihuahuan raven (southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico)
Corvus culminatus Sykes, 1832 – Indian jungle crow (India and Sri Lanka)
Corvus edithae Lort Phillips, 1895 – Somali crow (eastern Africa)
Corvus enca (Horsfield, 1821) – slender-billed crow (Malaysia, the Philippines, Borneo, Indonesia)
Corvus florensis Büttikofer, 1894 – Flores crow (Flores, Indonesia)
Corvus frugilegus Linnaeus, 1758 – rook (Eurasia, introduced to New Zealand)
Corvus fuscicapillus Gray, GR, 1859 – brown-headed crow (New Guinea)
Corvus hawaiiensis Peale, 1849 (formerly C. tropicus) – Hawaiian crow (Hawaii)
Corvus imparatus Peters, JL, 1929 – Tamaulipas crow (Gulf of Mexico coast of Texas and northeastern Mexico)
Corvus insularis Heinroth, 1903 – Bismarck crow (Bismark Archipelago, Papua New Guinea)
Corvus jamaicensis Gmelin, JF, 1788 – Jamaican crow (Jamaica)
Corvus kubaryi Reichenow, 1885 – Mariana crow or aga (Guam and Rota, Northern Mariana Islands)
Corvus leucognaphalus Daudin, 1800 – white-necked crow (Hispaniola)
Corvus levaillantii Lesson, RP, 1831 – eastern jungle crow (Indian subcontinent to the northern Malay Peninsula)
Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 – large-billed crow (Himalayas, East Asia, the Malay Peninsula, Sunda Islands, and the Philippines)
Corvus meeki Rothschild, 1904 – Bougainville crow or Solomon Islands crow (Bougainville Island and Shortland Islands, Solomon Islands)[1]
Corvus mellori Mathews, 1912 – little raven (southeastern Australia)
Corvus minutus Gundlach, 1852 – Cuban palm crow (Cuba) (formerly conspecific with the Hispaniolan palm crow)
Corvus moneduloides Lesson, RP, 1831 – New Caledonian crow (New Caledonia)
Corvus nasicus Temminck, 1826 – Cuban crow (Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, Turks and Caicos Islands)
Corvus orru Bonaparte, 1850 – Torresian crow or Australian crow (Australia, New Guinea, Lesser Sunda Islands)
Corvus ossifragus Wilson, A, 1812 – fish crow (eastern United States coast)
Corvus palmarum Württemberg, 1835 – Hispaniolan palm crow (Hispaniola) (formerly conspecific with Cuban palm crow)
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Beautiful Aurora Borealis over the Mountains of Switzerland 5-10-2024
Beautiful Aurora Borealis over the Mountains of Switzerland
5-10-2024
An aurora also commonly known as the northern lights - aurora borealis - or southern lights (aurora australis),[c] is a natural light display in Earth's sky, predominantly seen in high-latitude regions (around the Arctic and Antarctic). Auroras display dynamic patterns of brilliant lights that appear as curtains, rays, spirals, or dynamic flickers covering the entire sky.
Auroras are the result of disturbances in the Earth's magnetosphere caused by the solar wind. Major disturbances result from enhancements in the speed of the solar wind from coronal holes and coronal mass ejections. These disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into the upper atmosphere (thermosphere/exosphere). The resulting ionization and excitation of atmospheric constituents emit light of varying colour and complexity. The form of the aurora, occurring within bands around both polar regions, is also dependent on the amount of acceleration imparted to the precipitating particles.
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Super Happy Dog Loves Playing in the Rain
Super Happy Dog Loves Playing in the Rain
The dog (Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated descendant of the wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it is derived from extinct gray wolves, and the gray wolf is the dog's closest living relative. The dog was the first species to be domesticated by humans. Experts estimate that hunter-gatherers domesticated dogs more than 15,000 years ago, which was before the development of agriculture. Due to their long association with humans, dogs have expanded to a large number of domestic individuals and gained the ability to thrive on a starch-rich diet that would be inadequate for other canids.
The domesticated dog apparently originated as a predator and scavenger.[147] Domestic dogs inherited complex behaviors, such as bite inhibition, from their wolf ancestors, which would have been pack hunters with complex body-language. These sophisticated forms of social cognition and communication may account for dogs' trainability, playfulness and ability to fit into human households and social situations,[148] and probably also their co-existence with early human hunter-gatherers.
Dogs perform many roles for people, such as hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, assisting police and the military, companionship and aiding disabled individuals. These roles in human society have earned them the nickname "man's best friend" in the Western world. In some cultur
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Worker saves kitten from trash machine
Worker saves kitten from trash machine
Waste compaction, often using a trash machine, is the process of compacting waste, reducing it in size. Garbage compactors and waste collection vehicles compress waste so that more of it can be stored in the same space. Waste is compacted again, more thoroughly, at the landfill to conserve valuable airspace and to extend the landfill's life span
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens display primary altriciality and are fully dependent on their mothers for survival. They normally do not open their eyes for seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens develop quickly and begin to explore the world outside their nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow baby teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.
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Bus falls into a river in St. Petersburg, Russia – multiple dead and injured
Bus falls into a river in St. Petersburg, Russia – multiple dead and injured
5-10-2024
St. Petersburg is a Russian port city on the Baltic Sea. It was the imperial capital for 2 centuries, having been founded in 1703 by Peter the Great, subject of the city's iconic “Bronze Horseman” statue. It remains Russia's cultural center, with venues such as the Mariinsky Theatre hosting opera and ballet, and the State Russian Museum showcasing Russian art, from Orthodox icon paintings to Kandinsky works.
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Anti-Tesla mob attempts to storm the premises of Gigafactory in Germany
German far-left vandals break through police lines and run for Tesla’s Gigafactory, hoping to disrupt production
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Coke commercial from 1985 With Bill Cosby
Coke commercial from 1985 With Bill Cosby
Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink with a cola flavor manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. Coca-Cola ranked No. 87 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.
Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2020, Coca-Cola was the world's sixth most valuable brand
Bill Cosby is an American former comedian, actor, spokesman, and media personality. Cosby gained a reputation as "America's Dad" for his portrayal of Cliff Huxtable on The Cosby Show (1984–1992). He has received numerous awards and honorary degrees throughout his career, though many of them were revoked following sexual assault allegations made against him in 2014
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Tornado hitting Bunbury, Australia
Wild weather has ripped through parts of Bunbury, damaging homes and property. Dozens of children are feared injured after it tore through parts of a community youth centre at Withers this afternoon
5-8-2024
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