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On this day… 27th of October

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20151027 Official ASTRO Twitter Update

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[hauntspots]

Haunt Spots Episode 27: Sedlec Ossuary

We kick off our Halloween, talking about a church with skeletons in its' closet, or rather it's basement. Plus we talk about a bridge in Pasadena that has a unfortunate history behind you.

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Sources:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3153546/Bone-chilling-Inside-incredible-Skull-Church-decorated-remains-70-000-plague-victims.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/destinations/europe/czech-republic/things-to-see-bone-church-sedlec-ossuary/

https://sedlecossuary.com/

http://www.ossuary.eu/index.php/en/ossuary

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sedlec-ossuary

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151027-the-church-of-40000-corpses

Extra:

http://www.weirdca.com/location.php?location=57

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-lopez-bridge-suicide-07192017-story.html

http://www.pasadenanow.com/main/suicide-suspected-in-two-deaths-at-colorado-street-bridge/#.W1phKdVKiM8

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/ca-suicidebridge/

https://www.pasadenastarnews.com/2018/04/24/pasadena-to-add-physical-barriers-to-colorado-street-bridge-to-deter-suicide-attempts/

https://backpackerverse.com/pasadena-suicide-bridge/

[cathkaesque]

Everyone knows that Americans pay high prices for drugs. But there is more to this story. The taxpayer not only shells out at the pharmacy but often plays a critical role in funding these drugs in the first place. In other words, the public pays twice.

Although the pharmaceutical industry justifies routine overcharging by pointing to the huge, and uncertain, costs of research, the truth is that the government historically took, and continues to take, the greatest risks.

Since the 1930s, the National Institutes of Health has invested close to $900 billion in the basic and applied research that formed both the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors, with private companies only getting seriously into the biotech game in the 1980s.

Big Pharma, while of course contributing to innovation, has increasingly decommitted itself from the high-risk side of research and development, often letting small biotech companies and the NIH do most of the hard work. Indeed, roughly 75% of so-called new molecular entities with priority rating (the most innovative drugs) trace their existence to NIH funding, while companies spend more on "me too" drugs (slight variations of existing ones.)

But if Big Pharma is not committed to research, what is it doing? First, it is well known that Big Pharma spends more on marketing than on R&D. Less well known is how much it also spends on making its shareholders rich. Pharmaceutical companies, which have become increasingly "financialized," distribute profits to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks designed to boost stock prices and executive pay.

Take Pfizer. Economist William Lazonick has shown that from 2003 to 2012, it spent $59 billion on share buybacks and $63 billion on dividend payouts — for a total payout to shareholders of 146% of net income. All the while, Pfizer benefited immensely from U.S. government spending on life sciences research and drug development.

Rather than making patient, long-term investments, large shareholders in Big Pharma companies are looking for a quick, easy, guaranteed return.

[zoomology]

On our first morning in the rainforest at Danau Girang Field Centre, nestled on the Lower Kinabatangan river in Borneo, we were woken by the people of the forest. We watched a female orangutan and her baby move through the trees in the morning light. You can read our post about this experience here. In the distance, we also had a brief glimpse of something bigger and louder, but dismissed it as either noisy proboscis monkeys or a young male orangutan.

A few days later while attempting to get some rest in our accommodation, something large moved through the trees just outside our window again. There is no electricity during the three hours between 2pm-5pm at the field centre. Being the hottest part of the day, many people retire to their rooms after a cold shower to wait out the thirty-something degrees Celsius heat, 100% humidity, and jungle stillness.

In my sleepy, yet uncomfortable state, I dismissed the movement as a group of pesky macaques. Emma, however, decided to investigate the noise and peered through the mosquito screen. She was greeted by Hantu (Malay for ‘ghost’), the Centre’s huge, mature, flanged male orangutan. Once again, I was up like a shot, frantically chucking on my clothes and cramming my feet into boots.

He quickly moved high into the canopy and watched us for quite some time. By this point Emma had gathered all the students and researchers. Their excitement matched ours.

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After a while of eating fruit, he began his decent. The strength in his arms was equally impressive and intimidating.

We moved as a group to a better vantage point, but had no luck. There was no movement. He was gone. As we collectively scratched our heads, someone called to us, to let us know he had moved silently 200m to rear of the field centre.

Hantu gave us one more pose. Perhaps the best we could wish for, sitting in the loop of a low hanging vine before disappearing into a curtain of green.

Flanged Male Orangutan Facts

• The large cheek pads seen in the images above are called flanges

• Not all mature male orangutans develop these strange cheek pads

• Orangutans exhibit what’s called bimaturism, by which adult males take on one of two distinct face shapes

• For flanged males, in addition to cheek pads, they have a large, pendulous throat sac used to resonate their deep calls. These calls can be heard 1.2 miles (2 kilometers) away. This is especially impressive, as the forest is noisy, and because of its dense make up, sounds tend to die out quickly.

• Flanged males are seen to be more dominant and are more successful at fathering offspring

• Un-flanged males have relatively low levels of testosterone, but those developing cheek pads have a dramatic increase testosterone levels. This may indicate the need for high testosterone levels to develop secondary sexual characteristics. Once flanges are developed the testosterone level appears to level out.

•  The trigger that initiates this change from un-flanged to flanged is still unknown

• Males have territories that are around 15 square miles (39 square km) and are very territorial and aggressive towards other males

• Males tend to be more nomadic, visiting female ranges as needed

• According to National Geographic, the arm-span of a male can reach 7 feet (2 meters) from fingertip to fingertip

Want to read more?

Check out our previous Borneo blog posts:

References and Further Reading

Animal Fact Guide Website  – http://www.animalfactguide.com/animal-facts/bornean-orangutan/ (Retrieved 18 October, 2017)

BBC Website – http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151027-new-insights-into-strange-faced-orangutans (Retrieved 19 October, 2017)

Cardiff University Website, Danau Girang Field Centre – http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/danau-girang-field-centre (Retrieved 19 October, 2017)

Iflscience Website – http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/male-orangutans-cheek-pads-father-more-offspring/ (Retrieved 19 October, 2017)

IUCN Red List Website, Bornean Orangutan – http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17975/0 (Retrieved 18 October, 2017)

National Geographic Website – https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/group/orangutans/ (Retrieved 19 October, 2017)

Orangutan Foundation International Website – https://orangutan.org/orangutan-facts/quick-orangutan-facts-figures/ (Retrieved 18 October, 2017)

San Diego Zoo Website – http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/orangutan (Retrieved 19 October, 2017)

World Wildlife Foundation Website – https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/bornean-orangutan (Retrieved 18 October, 2017)

        #Orangutans of #Borneo: An Encounter with a #Flanged Male #Primates #Apes #Orangutan #Sabah On our first morning in the rainforest at Danau Girang Field Centre, nestled on the Lower Kinabatangan river in Borneo, we were woken by the people of the forest.

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It’s not what you were thinking (but it was!)...

Basically Robert thinks one way (correctly) but is told to accept things the other way. Sigh...

Bernice: I’m sorry, Robert, but I think you really need to let this go.

Diane: She’s got a point. You have to start accepting it was Aaron (that shot him).

27-Oct-2015

Aaron: Robert, it was an awful accident, it’s nobody’s fault.

Robert: No, Lachlan’s lying. I know it in my heart.

Aaron: No you don’t. You’re just scared that’s all.

Robert: scared of what?

Aaron: Of what really matters...

12-Jan-2018

[gutsybit]

10/11/18 Random thought

When letting my dog out this morning, I noticed that one of my pumpkin plant is slowly creeping towards my back steps like an apprehensive guest trying to build up the courage to knock on the door for a tea date. (While it is my fault for planting them late, these pumpkin plants are a source of great sorrow. They are afflicted with a white powder mold and have yet to produce a single fruit. U_U)

But it did get me thinking about where pumpkins come from (Mexico 7000-5500 BC) and what the first person who saw them must have thought about them. Through various readings it became clear they were not the round orange magnificent spheres of today (obviously) but they were smaller with thicker skin. But still! That first person! I wonder if there was some kind of list they went through upon discovering something new?

1) Is it trying to kill me?

2) Can I eat it?

3) If I eat it, will it kill me?

4) If I show this to people will I be marked as a harbinger of doom and cast out or killed?

5) Can I use it as a weapon? (Bludgeon, projectile, etc.)

Though I believe 1 & 2 can be either simultaneous or interchanged, you have to wonder what they thought.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful to go out for a walk or hike and stumble upon a wild patch of pumpkins?

Food-Centric Pumpkin Article

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20151027-pumpkins-surprising-origin

Reticent Pumpkin Plants

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INFLUENCE ON MODERN THEATRE: LIONS, CATS AND HORSES OH MY

Animal studies has not only had its influence on modern theatre, but also on modern film characterisations.

American acting coach and director Lee Strasberg used animal exercises into his classes. Marlon Brando, who studied under Strasberg, studied gorillas in the zoo for his famous role of the brutish Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire.

Comedic actor Jim Carrey studied birds (specifically, a cockatoo) for his role of Ace Ventura.

Watch his interview here:

http://www.vulture.com/2011/01/how-birds-inspired-jim-carreys-ace-ventura.html

In modern theatre, the influence of Copeau’s and Lecoq’s pedagogy transcends into stage shows such as Cats, The Lion King and War Horse.

For her role in the Australian version of the Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical ‘Cats’, Delta Goodrem says she studied her own two pet cats when preparing for the role.  

Read more:

https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/kafkas-monkey-to-delta-goodrem-in-cats-when-actors-are-animals-on-stage-20151027-gkk2h2.html

 Besides an actor using their body to represent animal characteristics, musicals like The Lion King use both actor and puppet handlers to portray animal characters such as elephants, giraffes, monkeys and hyenas.

Of all the stage shows influenced by animal studies, the Tony Award winning War Horse is the most extraordinary.

The horse puppets are made from cane, plywood and mesh, with “two actors being strapped inside the 70-pound-plus body structure, while a third actor stands outside wielding the head and neck on a stick.”

Toby Sedgewick, director of movement and horse sequences explains the sole purpose as "it's basically about making the puppets act and react like a real horse,” and "then the audience's imagination takes prominence over the puppeteers that are inside."

Sedgewick himself was trained by Jacques Lecoq. “He taught us how to 'become,' to identify with materials or elements, which is all about the actor identifying with a quality of movement, which can then be used to create a gesture that has that certain quality."

All the movements in War Horse are choreographed with intent. “a horse is always unpredictable” says Sedgewick, and that his actors “should never take a movement for granted.”

Actor Alex Hoeffler says he studied character masks in theatre school and this assisted him in becoming one with the horse on stage.

"To have that level of focus inside a horse puppet, that's something that I want to bring to any human role that I will be ever doing." Hoeffler continues, "This has been the greatest acting lesson of my life."

Read more on:

https://www.backstage.com/news/war-horse-transform-puppets-into-animals/

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Research for seminar and discussion.

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