#and i assume they were measuring the temperature with fahrenheit

[petoskeystones]

“The air is still 41°, but to-day it felt delightfully cold,” Fitzjames wrote in his journal. “The monkey has, however, just put on a blanket, frock, and trowsers, which the sailors have made him (or rather her), so I suppose it is getting cold.”

i need to know IMMEDIATELY who on the erebus was sewing little monkey outfits for jacko. who was shirking their duties to wrestle a new world monkey into a matching set

[roughribo]

How to do waxwriting play:

I've always loved waxplay, as a sadist I get a lot of joy out of watching my partner squirm in pain. But as a writer I've always had lots of fun playing around with the idea of bodywriting kink and using my partner's body as my writing canvas. One day several years ago I decided to combine my interests in waxplay and bodywriting and not only were the results stunning, but it was surprisingly easy to do. I've searched for it online, I've been to kink events, but I've never seen anyone mention it. It kind of feels like I just invented a new kink in a way.

The result is what I call "waxwriting," an activity that combines the fun of writing on someone with the sadomasochism of hot wax.

The supplies:

Waxplay candles (soy preferred, paraffin not recommended)

A set of kid's watercolor paint brushes

Electric wax warmer (or way to heat and control temperature of the wax without an open flame)

Thermometer

Towel/paper towels for brush cleanup

Safety rant:

The most important thing about this is having a way to have a sustained small pool of melted wax at a SAFE and controlled temperature. I achieved this by using soy waxplay candles and a wax warmer that I normally used to make my home smell good.

However, this is a big important point I want to make, do NOT assume that a wax warmer will heat your wax to a safe temperature. While most warmers fall in that range, please take temperature measurements by using water and a thermometer in the saucer of the wax warmer and practice the actual technique with caution before ever trying this on a live person.

Temperatures near and above 150 Fahrenheit (65 Celsius) are unsafe and are likely to blister and burn the skin but even before that point, some people find temperature play above 130 Fahrenheit (54 Celsius) to be a hard limit, so have a talk with your sub about preferences or run a "sexperiment", a nonsexual play session dedicated to playing out a high risk scene ahead of time to figure out the logistics of the scene and the limits of the people playing in the scene. Being able to do a dry run of a scene beforehand can give you invaluable information for how to conduct future play. And no it doesn't lessen the magic of the actual scene late on.

Some logistics:

Okay safety tangent over. For now. Since soy wax has a lower melting point of roughly 113-127 degrees Fahrenheit (45-54 degrees Celsius), it sits firmly in the middle of the temperature range that most commercially available home wax warmers tend to heat up to of 100-150 degrees Fahrenheit (38-65 degrees Celsius). For reference, my wax warmer averaged 130 Fahrenheit (54 Celsius)

I had less luck with paraffin wax candles because they had a higher melting point of around 115-142 degrees Fahrenheit (46-61 degrees Celsius) but also tended to cool quicker making them unsuitable for transferring to the skin via the paintbrush because the paraffin wax would just harden on the brush before I could write with it.

Soy wax actually retained heat long enough for me to write strokes across my skin while still being that sadistic pleasurable temperature. Because the thermal conduction of paraffin wax is greater than that of soy wax I recommend using soy wax candles for this activity, as the retention of heat is crucial for actually writing on your submissive.

The actual tutorial:

The actual technique is fairly simple. Put your wax into the wax warmer now that you have established the wax warmer heats to a safe temperature (I had to cut the candle with a butterknife and remove the wick). Heat your wax using your wax warmer and let it become liquid. Grab a smaller brush from your kit, I found that flat brushes with a width of 4mm to 6mm produced the best results, but you could go bigger if you wanted, there are just certain downsides I will discuss later.

Dip your paintbrush in the liquid wax and get it thoroughly soaked in wax. The next part is the simplest part to understand but hardest to master. The moment you remove your brush from the wax, it will start to cool, so it's important that the distance between your wax warmer and the body you're writing on is close and you must get a feel for the timing between soaking the paintbrush and applying it to the submissive that gives your submissive that "almost too warm" sensation and not be too hot or too cold. For me in my experiments, this was roughly a second.

Do not press into the skin, or else you will deposit all of the wax at once. Run the head of the brush over the skin and the wax will come off naturally before it starts to get too cool to apply to the skin, or roughly 3-4 seconds, in my experience. Depending on how fast you write this could be roughly anywhere from 2-5 letters per dip of the brush.

Which brings me to my first con of this activity. Unlike just dripping or pouring wax over someone's body, waxwriting has these frequent pauses while reapplying wax to the brush. I personally am not bothered by this, but know that it may be inconvenient for others.

The next con is this: the wider the brush the more dipping you need to do and your wax gets used up quicker because of the size of the lettering you need to do. Keeping your brushes and letters smaller tended to let me write more efficiently with letters roughly an inch in size. But if you want to write "SLUT" in huge broad strokes to embarrass your sub, by all means, grab a larger brush, just keep an eye on the wax you have available so you don't wind up with just "SLU" before you run out of wax.

The third con is that you may need to take breaks to heat up more wax. As I only had the one wax warmer I occasionally needed to stop to heat more wax. I found when using the smaller flat brushes the wax will actually last for a while. The smaller the brush you go, the longer you can write on someone for before needing to refill.

The final con is cleanup because it's very clear these paintbrushes will not last forever, and wax is even harder to clean out of the bristles than paint. Running it under hot water and taking a paper towel to them helped, however, somebody could always butt in and tell me I'm doing this wrong and there's an easier way to remove wax from bristles I'm just not familiar with.

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Has your sub drank water today? Make them. More news at 11.

In conclusion:

Be safe and happy waxwriting. Feel free to share any results in a reblog or tag. It's a fun way to introduce pain into bodywriting kink that feels very intimate and has the added bonus of being very photogenic.

I've been wanting to share this knowledge for a while ever since I discovered it years and years ago. I recently came across my documentation for the initial experiments and decided to present everything here on tumblr and share my findings. It's definitely a niche activity but I think it has so much potential for a BDSM date night, a kinky photoshoot, or maybe even as an activity at your local dungeon.

[queer-crip-grows]

Previously, when the Coastal Data Information Program (CDIP) buoys detected a reading over 35 degrees Celsius, the reading was assumed to be a possible sign of instrument damage or malfunction.

But this may be the new normal.

Earlier this week, the CDIP 256 buoy — located in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana — clocked a record reading of 35.0 degrees Celsius, or 95 degrees Fahrenheit; the warmest detected sea-surface temperature in the history of CDIP.

View the data here:

I’ve been listening to several things on the collapse of the Old Kingdom in Ancient Egypt, which occurred as a result of droughts caused by Atlantic current disruptions that were less severe than is looking likely within the next 25 years. Disruption in food systems destroys civilisations.

I think a lot about Tolkien’s thoughts on despair and how it drains the ability to fight for the future. I am aware that, as a Northern European, I am very literally in a better place to survive this than people in the Global South, many of whom are already suffering the impacts of climate change.

About the best thing I can say, if you also live in the Global North, is to be galvanised by our responsibility to help people who need to flee uninhabitable areas however we can, whether that’s political or personal (or ofc both). We need to step up in building stronger communities *and* on putting pressure on the state to arrest and reverse their fascist leanings. And we need to be there for refugees and work on actively accepting and absorbing people into our communities, including old and poor and disabled people.

We need to *help*. And if we despair we won’t.

The way we survive as humans is by doing things for each other. And if we die, which we will eventually no matter what we do, we hopefully help there to be a world where there are still humans, and there are still other creatures we value too.

I’m thinking a lot about “Let this radicalise you rather than lead you to despair.” It’s the best thing that’s working for me so far about taking this in.

We can’t despair. There is work to be done.

[kp777]

By Lina Tran

Grist

June 28, 2022

It’s just a few days into summer, and heat waves have already toppled records across the globe, from the Russian Arctic to the muggy Gulf Coast. With July and August — usually the hottest summer months — still to come, the early extreme heat offers a grim picture of summer’s growing danger. 

Heat has gripped much of the United States over recent weeks. In mid-June, thousands of records were broken from coast to coast as a heat dome settled over the West and slinked east. Since June 15, at least 113 weather stations across the U.S. have registered temperatures that tied or broke record highs. Nightfall has offered little relief, as climate change has made nighttime warmer and warmer. 

“These temperatures are occurring with only 2 degrees Fahrenheit of global warming and we are on track for 4 degrees Fahrenheit more warming over this century,” Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M University climate scientist, told the Associated Press. “I literally cannot imagine how bad that will be.” 

After a heat wave broiled the Pacific Northwest last year, Dessler told Grist that there’s so much evidence to show climate change inflames heat waves, it’s now safe to assume that all heat waves are more severe or likelier because of the carbon humans have put into the atmosphere. 

Last week, oppressive heat and humidity blanketed the South, bringing heat indexes up to 115 degrees across Florida, Alabama, and Georgia. In Jackson, Mississippi, high demand for water, combined with outdated infrastructure, led to low water pressure in the system and a resulting boil-water advisory. Even the northern cities of Minneapolis and Milwaukee reached above 100 degrees, causing roads to buckle and subsequent traffic jams under the hot solstice sun. 

Across the Atlantic, a heat wave over western Europe mired France and Spain in temperatures over 104 degrees. After a long period without rain, and under high winds and low humidity, it didn’t take long for fires to break out in Spain and Germany. 

Meanwhile, China and Japan have also set blistering new records. On Saturday, Isesaki, a city about 70 miles northwest of Tokyo, reached 104.4 degrees — the highest temperature in June ever measured in Japan. In Tokyo, where temperatures in the 90s are expected to persist for the rest of the week, residents have been instructed to conserve energy after spikes in demand stoked concerns over power outages. The same heat wave smothered eastern China, where some 25 weather stations in the province of Hebei, near Beijing, notched their hottest day ever for any month, ranging from 109.6 to 111.6 degrees.

Even the Arctic hasn’t escaped the sweltering heat: The Russian city of Norilsk, above the Arctic Circle, hit 89.6 degrees on Thursday, setting a new record for its hottest June day and tying with the highest temperature on record. 

Read more.

[leejihoonownsmyheart]

Click, Click

Chapters: 1, 2

Chapter Three:

For the first time in a while, you were on your own. A few days had passed since the Instagram incident. Your account went viral for the attention and a ton of fans had followed you on the social media platform. There were rumors that you were dating Vernon, rumors that you and your friends had hacked their Instagram accounts to leave the comments, rumors that it hadn’t actually been the boys.

But you weren’t, and you hadn’t, and it had been.

You had gotten a lot of comments on your posts. Even your old posts from middle school weren’t safe. You were getting called a lot of things by a lot of people.

None of it really affected you. The nice comments, the mean ones, neither mattered. You didn’t care what they had to say. They didn’t know you. So how could they have any control over your feelings?

Yeah, wasn’t that a mature way to approach the situation?

You sat down in the grass at a park you had stumbled upon while walking around. It was really pretty there. The sun was boring down on you, and it was relatively warm out. The upper eighties if you were measuring the temperature in Fahrenheit.

You should be sweating even when dressed in a pair of shorts and a tank top, especially since you had been sitting directly in the sun for the upper end of an hour. Even so, you weren’t sweating. You weren’t hot. You weren’t even warm. You were cold.

You shivered.

While inside you had just assumed that you were under an air vent, or maybe the apartment you and your friends were sharing was just cold. You had moved outside hoping it would change how you felt, but no matter where you went, you felt cold.

You had looked like an idiot asking for hot chocolate in this blazing heat, and even that had done nothing for you.

“Maybe I’m sick,” you murmured to yourself. Even as you said it you knew it wasn’t true. While you felt cold like when you were sick, you could tell that you weren’t. Your throat was fine, and while your eyes were heavy, it was probably just from getting used to sleeping at different times here in Korea. You got like this sometimes. When you had made some sort of mistake that you couldn’t really keep up with. When your mental health was getting so low that you needed to just sit back and stop stressing.

How could you stop stressing though? How could you relax? How could you feel anything when everything felt like it was closing in on you? When everything felt so hopeless?

“You seem contemplative.”

You didn’t even jump. You slowly turned your head towards the voice. It was Jihoon again. At first you thought you were seeing things, but after you stared up at him for about a minute without saying a word you realized it really was him.

He was dressed in jeans, and a loose shirt that was a little big on him. He had a face mask over his mouth and a black ball cap on hiding his hair. You forced yourself to say something intelligent.

“Why are you doing this?” You asked. Jihoon sat down next to you. He didn’t ask if he could, or if you wanted company. He just did.

“Doing what?”

“Talking to me.”

Jihoon stared at you in a way that was scary. Not because he himself was scary, but because you weren’t used to being looked at like that. He was committing you to his memory. You could tell by how intent his gaze was. Anything you did in this moment would be imprinted into his memory forever.

“Let’s take a picture together,” Jihoon said instead. “I’m your bias in Seventeen right? You should have a picture on your phone of you with your bias.”

You stared at him, skeptical of his intentions.

“Is this for a reality show or something?” You asked him. “I don’t understand why you would waste your time with a fan like this.”

Jihoon started to respond, but as he did he removed his facemask, an action that distracted you to the point that whatever he said went right over your head. His cheeks were riddled red. It wasn’t from the sun, it couldn’t be because his face had been hidden from the sun before. And the tinge was just over his cheekbones, almost like…

Jihoon seemed to notice where your eyes were and he shifted his gaze away from you after only a moment. You frowned a little and opened your mouth to comment on the red of his cheeks when he held up his phone in the prime position for a selfie.

“Come closer, I only bite when people want me to.”

His laugh was so… So much more precious then you had ever realized. You had always cherished it. You found comfort in his laughter in the past, but to be right there next to it. You never wanted him to stop laughing. The way his whole body moved when he laughed. Even though it was a pretty small laugh considering what he had proven he could do on some interviews. You looked at him, your lips slowly curving up into a smile. He noticed the look, and his laugh quieted down so that he could smile back at you.

Click.

You blinked and looked at the phone screen in surprise. You couldn’t see the picture that Jihoon had just taken you could only see what was currently being reflected in the camera. Your surprised expression, and Jihoon’s pleasant one. He lowered his hand and set his phone down in the grass.

“Your turn,” he stated.

You wordlessly handed over your phone and murmured off your passcode. He smiled at the screen before even opening the phone.

“I’m your background?” He asked. Your face reddened in embarrassment. You had forgotten about that. You couldn’t figure out how to intelligently respond to the comment either. Anything you said would just sound dumb and fangirl-y or super tsundere-y and you didn’t want to come off either way so you just didn’t say anything at all.

Jihoon didn’t seem to mind this and began to open your phone camera.

“You’re pretty quiet,” he commented as he held up your phone for the picture. He smiled at the phone screen and so did you.

Click.

He lowered the phone and went into your photos to look at the picture you had just taken. You could tell there was more that he wanted to say to you, but you could also tell that he wasn’t going to say it.

“I’ve been in a mood the last few days. It doesn’t seem to want to pass,” you admitted rawly. You cursed yourself inwardly for being so open with him. Just because he was one of your top favorite idols didn’t mean you should feel comfortable talking to him like this. You always knew that you shouldn’t act like it was okay behavior to feel comfortable with idols that you didn’t know. You told yourself not to treat them like they were familiar when they posted on instagram and when you wrote them in letters, but something in you had never been able to hold yourself back and prevent yourself from emotionally befriending your idols. In the long run, it shouldn’t have mattered anyways. You were never supposed to get the opportunity to meet any of them.

This, well, it had never been part of the plan.

“A mood?” Jihoon questioned. He looked at you for a moment too long, so you looked down at your hands. He took this as an opportunity to look back down at your phone and start to browse through your photos.

“Hey!” You protested reaching forward. He scoffed, pulling away from you.

“What? You have something to hide?” He teased lightly.

And you definitely did have something to hide. Hundreds and hundreds of pictures of him were on your phone. How mortifying would it be if he found those? Or even found a picture of you on your phone you didn’t want him to see? None of your pictures were inappropriate but that didn’t mean it wouldn’t still be embarrassing if he saw the selfies you confidently took when you were all on your own.

“Just give me my phone back!” You exclaimed. Jihoon got to his feet and began to scroll through your photos out of your reach. That made you scoff.

“What do you think that’s going to do?! I’m taller than you!”

Jihoon stopped scrolling through your pictures in order to look slightly offended at you.

“Barely,” he responded. You just sat and stared up at him from the grass. He didn’t say anything as his finger slid across your screen. After a moment he stopped and glanced down at you.

“Am I even one of your favorite idols? I have yet to see a single picture of me.”

His tone of voice was a little gruff, lower then you were used to, and the playful expression that had been on his face was gone.

That’s when you remembered- to your own immense relief- that you had gone through a binge of other idols the other night so any pictures of him, or you even would be pretty far in.

He swiped his finger a few more times and then sighed. He visibly exited the app and entered the camera app again. He raised the camera and started to take his own picture. You scrunched your eyebrows together.

“Wha… what are you doing?” You asked him. He shrugged.

“You need more pictures of me,” he replied. The way he said it was cute, really cute. He sounded like a little kid. You didn’t say that though. Instead, you grumbled.

“I really don’t need more pictures,” you mumbled. “I have too many already.”

Honestly, you had always assumed Jihoon would find that sort of thing a bit creepy. You had always been a little skeptical over the sanity of the concept. So many pictures in your phone of someone you hadn’t ever met, and likely would never meet… It was just a weird concept if you thought about it too much. Which you did. Often.

It didn’t stop you from collecting an album of pictures of Jihoon on your phone, however, and printing some of them out to adorn the borders of your Seventeen posters. Creepy or not, having pictures of the idols you adored on your walls and in your phone gave you hope. It kept you inspired. Sometimes, it even made you happy.

That was only sometimes, however. Nowadays when you were unhappy, well, nothing could keep you from being unhappy. Except for a few certain people at small, random instances.

You gestured for Jihoon to come back down to the ground, which he died after snapping a few more pictures of himself. You didn’t take your phone back from him, you just tapped what you needed to while he held your phone securely in his hand.

You had always liked it when other people used your phone. You didn’t know why. It should feel like an invasion of privacy. You shouldn’t like letting people go through your texts and read your notes and look at your pictures. But you did.

You didn’t have anything to hide.

Maybe that was part of it. The only things that were on your phone that people didn’t already know about were things that you wanted to say but found yourself unable to because of your own insecurities. You wanted people to know you. You wanted people to understand you, and this… This was one of the only ways that would happen.

You directed Jihoon back to your photos and went back to show him the albums. You didn’t have many of them to show, but the ones in there that you did, would help prove your point.

“Just Namjoon?” Jihoon asked. At first, you were confused, and then you remembered.

“Oh, yeah. The only other idol album I have.”

“To Moon, To Moon, To Moon?” Jihoon said in response. You pressed your lips together.

“Second, only other idol album I have,” you corrected. Jihoon didn’t look amused, even as you clicked on the album of photos that was only of him. If you didn’t know any better, you would think that Jihoon was experiencing something akin to jealousy.

His tone of voice got deeper when he saw that you had pictures of other idols, his body stiffer at any evidence that you might like another idol more than him. The wish to put more pictures of himself on your phone because he didn’t think you had enough…

But you did know better. You knew he wasn’t jealous because he was Lee Jihoon from Seventeen and it was ridiculous to imagine for even a moment that he was even possibly jealous and wanted more of your attention.

“See?” You said softly. Jihoon took back complete control of your phone and began to look through the pictures. He went back after a moment and seemed to compare his album with the other ones on your phone. After only a moment he seemed satisfied. He handed you back your phone.

“You could still use more pictures. There’s no such thing as too many pictures.”

There was such things as too many pictures.

You knew better than anyone just how dangerous photos could be. They invoked powerful emotions that could stay with a person for the rest of their lives. Photos used to be one of your favorite things. Back when you were always happy they were a good thing. You were reminded of pleasant memories. Reminded of a good past that made you want to see your friends.

At some point, your pictures just reminded you of how unhappy you were. Looking at them just brought on a heavy sense of dread.

“Why did you leave a comment on my instagram?” You finally asked. You had been thinking about it since it happened. You wanted to ask as soon as you saw him, but then again, you wanted to ask him a lot as soon as you saw him. What was he doing out here anyways?

But you couldn’t really seem to find the words or even formulate a coherent enough thought to really grip the situation.

It was so weird that Jihoon was just… Here with you. He acted like you two were old friends like he knew you. Sure you acted the same way but to be completely real it was weird that either of you acted like that.

“Cause you posted a picture of me. It’s only fair,” he responded. “Besides, don’t you comment on all of my photos?”

You narrowed your eyes at him. The acquisition itself was suspicious. You knew that there were a lot of people that commented under Jihoon’s posts. Many that commented under every post, and many that commented a lot under every post.

You commented very minimally under every post he made just about as soon as he made it. The idea that he ever actually saw those comments felt unreal to you.

“I do that with a lot of idols, not just you,” you responded stubbornly looking away from Jihoon. You weren’t sure if he was teasing you or not. You were pretty sure he was, but the words were spoken rather plainly, not jokingly.

“I’ve noticed.”

Jihoon’s eyes bore into your side, but you refused to give him the satisfaction of looking at him. Instead, you brushed grass off of your lap and stood up.

“Look I should be going…”

“Oh, how the tables have turned,” Jihoon replied dryly. “Now I’m the one who has to clamor for your attention.”

You gave him a confused look.

“I… I don’t understand.”

Jihoon shrugged, a small smile crossing his lips.

“Have you noticed yet?” He asked you. Now you were even more confused.

“Noticed what?”

“Noticed that you aren’t shaking,” he replied. “And you’re sweating.”

You stared at Jihoon wordlessly for a moment.

How… How did he know about that? How did he know about the shaking?

And, why was he right?

You had spent all day trying to warm up, trying to calm down but when you raised your hand to check the status of your shaking body you found that he was right.

Oh my god, he was right.

You weren’t shaking at all.

“Goodbye,” you replied. He nodded once.

“Oh, you’ll see me again.”

You turned around and walked away. You kept playing that scene around in your head.

When had you stopped shaking? When had you stopped feeling cold?

You were so confused, so completely and utterly confused.

Later that night, when you were trying to feel the urge to do something… Anything. You got a notification on your phone.

Woozi had posted another picture on Instagram.

You didn’t really want to look. Everything about him now was just so confusing, and you couldn't stand that confusion.

But you couldn’t help wondering what he had posted either way.

You lifted your phone and slide it unlocked.

The picture was one taken at the park. It wouldn’t be obvious to anyone who looked at the photo, and at first, the photo didn’t seem significant until you noticed your figure walking away in the distance.

Your eyes drifted to the caption. One word.

“웃어”

Chapter Four

[misssophiachase]

I have an idea for Klaroline song prompts. What about Taylor Swift's song Mine?

Thanks nonnie, I hope I do it justice since it’s one of my faves (and sorry for the long delay, I’ve been working through a few different song prompts with a couple more to go and… wow… did Louis Tomlinson really produce something awesome without me noticing, although I was always strictly team Liam or Niall). I digress… for this drabble I chose my favourite part of the song, even if it’s a bit angsty. 

Mine

And I remember that fight, two-thirty am, ‘cause everything was slipping right out of our hands.

Growing up Caroline assumed, no doubt thanks to all of the hype and teen, romantic comedies that prom night would be a magical fairytale she’d never forget.

After all, she’d acquired the ‘perfect’ tux-ready date, the ‘perfect’ dress and a naive belief that those two elements were enough to guarantee her happiness, even if leading up to prom had been anything but.   

Turns out it really wasn’t perfect. 

Not that Caroline was surprised.

The dress, while gorgeous, was no match for the strapless bra digging into her bare skin, her shoes a half size too small, and her so called ‘perfect’ date while good to look at was very much her mother’s choice. 

Fast forward to the middle of the night post-prom and she was realising that it was indeed unforgettable but magical fairytale not so much.  

Or so she thought.

I ran out, crying, and you followed me out into the street.

It was raining so heavily that visibility was extremely low. On further reflection, Caroline hadn’t really thought out the scenario and she’d long forgotten the difference between rain and the tears running down her face.

Her dress was soaked. The sleek, red gown now very much stuck to every inch of wet skin and the bra she’d hastily removed earlier due to discomfort making her areolae more pronounced given the steadily falling temperatures.  Her hair had long since fallen from the chignon at her neck and was now hanging wet at her sides. Caroline could only imagine where her mascara had travelled unsupervised. 

No, this wasn’t how she saw her ‘dream night’ going nor had she envisaged just how unkempt she’d look. 

Although at that very moment, as he chased her, calling her name repeatedly over the storm Caroline knew it wasn’t his fault, none of this was.  

So she stopped, her breath ragged, facing him. He was obviously tired, his expression downcast, bow tie hanging loosely, his shirt untucked and Caroline didn’t think he’d ever looked so beautiful. 

Braced myself for the goodbye…Cause that’s all I’ve ever known 

“Pretty certain coach should have recruited you to track team,” Klaus panted. “No wonder all those cheerleaders ate your dust this year, Forbes.”

“Jokes huh?” She asked curiously, suddenly forgetting about every external distraction. 

“I was trying to catch my breath and pretend I’m not as unfit as I clearly am, love,” he grinned, flashing a stray dimple. “If you’d like to discuss the weather instead though I’d say we’re experiencing a severe rain storm at about eight degrees.”

“Fahrenheit?” 

“There you go trying to be cute with all your American measurements that the rest of the world don’t observe,” Klaus teased knowingly, her mind revisiting their past in a number of flashbacks.

He’d nuzzled her neck and kissed her nose multiple times and Caroline could tell he was struggling not to do that while keeping his distance as per instruction.

They’d had this discussion before, in fact they’d had many together. Not that anyone knew because everything between them was played out in secret. 

Klaus was the guy most parents feared and every cheerleader with a bad boy fetish craved. He’d transferred from public school in England, not bothering to dispel the rumours acting out and, although cliched, wearing a little more ripped denim for their liking.

Her mother had immediately insisted she keep her distance but it would be revealed later Liz’s past wasn’t too different given Caroline’s true paternity. With any threats though came the obvious rebellion.

And each day as she fell more in love with Klaus Mikaelson things became that much more difficult. And now she’d betrayed him just to please her mother to have the ‘perfect’ prom. Caroline felt like a fraud.

It was only an hour into prom night that Caroline realised her perfect was blonde not brunette, blue eyes not brown with a pair of crimson lips and dimples that could make even the most talkative person silent.  

Seeing him across the room in his makeshift tuxedo earlier, his curls fastened behind those ears and Caroline felt her resolve weakening but being rejected again by someone other than her father was even worse.   

“I know I come with so many complications and for that I’m sorry,” she murmured through the pouring rain. “So I’d understand if you don’t want…”

Then, you took me by surprise. 

“I’ll never leave you alone,” he interrupted, pulling her closer, his arms enveloping her waist. The rain long forgotten as they had the reunion truly deserved. Through all the frenetic kisses, Caroline finally felt like she was home.

You are the best thing, that’s ever been mine

[sciencespies]

Human Body Temperature Is Getting Cooler, Study Finds

https://sciencespies.com/news/human-body-temperature-is-getting-cooler-study-finds/

Human Body Temperature Is Getting Cooler, Study Finds

In 1851, a German doctor named Carl Reinhold August Wunderlich took the temperatures of some 25,000 patients in the city of Leipzig and concluded that the average human body temperature sits at 37 degrees Celsius, or 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Though variations are known to exist from person to person, Wunderlich’s standard remains a benchmark for medical professionals today. But a new study published in eLife suggests that in the United States, at least, average temperatures are going down—a trend that can be observed in medical records spanning more than 150 years.

Previous research indicated that Wunderlich’s average may have run a little high. In a 1992 study of 148 patients, for instance, scientists at the University of Maryland measured an average temperature of 36.8 degrees Celsius, or 98.2 degrees Fahrenheit. More recently, a 2017 study of around 35,000 British patients found that the mean oral temperature clocked in at 36.6 degrees Celsius, or 97.9 degrees Fahrenheit. Some experts concluded that Wunderlich’s measurements had simply been inaccurate. But according to the new paper, authored by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, human bodies are actually cooling.

The team looked at three large temperature datasets from three distinct periods. The first was compiled from medical records, military records and pension records of Union Army veterans; the data was obtained between 1862 and 1930. The researchers also consulted measurements from the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I, spanning from 1971 to 1975, and the Stanford Translational Research Integrated Database Environment, which consists of data from adult patients who visited Stanford Health Care between 2007 and 2017.

In total, the researchers studied 677,423 temperature measurements, collected over the course of 157 years and covering 197 birth years. They found that men born in the early 19th century display temperatures 0.59 degrees Celsius higher than men today, representing a decrease of 0.03 degrees Celsius per birth decade. Women’s temperatures have gone down 0.32 degrees Celsius since the 1890s, representing a 0.029 degree Celsius decline per birth decade—a rate similar to the one observed among male patients.

Was this a true cooling trend, or could the discrepancies simply be chalked up to improvements in thermometer technology? To find out, the scientists looked for patterns within each dataset, assuming that similar thermometers were used to take temperatures during a given historical period. Sure enough, they observed that measurements decreased at a similar rate. When it came to veterans of the Civil War, for instance, temperatures were higher among people born earlier, decreasing by 0.02 degrees Celsius with each birth decade.

“In previous studies people who found lower temperatures [in more recent times] thought the temperatures taken in the 19th century were just wrong,” study co-author Julie Parsonnet, a professor of medicine at Stanford’s School of Medicine, tells Alice Park of Time magazine. “I don’t think they were wrong; I think the temperature has gone down.”

According to the researchers, there are several reasons why our bodies might be cooling down. One is improvements in temperature regulation. “We have air conditioning and heating, so we live more comfortable lives at a consistent 68°F to 72°F in our homes,” Parsonnet explains. “[I]t’s not a struggle to keep the body warm.”

A more significant factor might be the reduction of inflammation-causing conditions like tuberculosis, malaria and dental diseases, thanks to improvements in medical treatments, hygiene standards and food availability. “In the mid-19th century,” the study authors note as an example, “2–3 percent of the population would have been living with active tuberculosis.” And the prevalence of such diseases may have had a population-level impact on average temperatures.

“Inflammation produces all sorts of proteins and cytokines that rev up your metabolism and raise your temperature,” Parsonnet says.

Not all experts are convinced by the study’s conclusions. Philip Mackowiak, who co-authored the 1992 study on average body temperatures, tells Nature’s Ewen Callaway that there are “so many variables that are unaccounted for”—like whether temperatures among the Civil War cohort were taken orally or in the armpit, which can produce different readings for the same person.

“There’s no biological explanation that I find convincing,” Makowiak says. “We’re talking about 200 years, which in the evolution of life is just a blink of the eye.”

But Parsonnet doesn’t think it’s a stretch to say that human physiology would change in response to a rapidly shifting environment.

“The environment that we’re living in has changed, including the temperature in our homes, our contact with microorganisms and the food that we have access to,” she says. “All these things mean that although we think of human beings as if we’re monomorphic and have been the same for all of human evolution, we’re not the same. We’re actually changing physiologically.”

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Will the Next Space-Weather Season Be Stormy or Fair? The big news about the sun is that there is no big news. We are blessed, astronomers like to say, to be living next to a “boring star.” But the inhabitants (if there are any) of the planets orbiting the neighboring star Proxima Centauri, only 4.2 light-years away, are less fortunate. In April astronomers announced that a massive flare had erupted from its surface in 2019. For seven seconds, as a battery of telescopes on Earth and in space watched, the little star had increased its output of ultraviolet radiation 14,000-fold, in one of the most violent such flares ever seen in our galaxy. This was more than serious sunburn territory. “A human being on this planet would have a bad time,” said Meredith MacGregor, an astronomy professor at the University of Colorado who led the worldwide observing effort. Space weather on this scale could sterilize potentially habitable planets, and could augur bad news for the search for life beyond this solar system. Even mild space weather can be disruptive to creatures already evolved and settled; sunspots and solar storms, which wax and wane in an 11-year cycle, spray energy that can endanger spacecraft, astronauts and communication systems. A new cycle of storms will begin any day now, and astrophysicists are divided on how active or threatening it will be. The sun may be about to set records for sunspot numbers and violent storms, or it may be sliding into a decline like the Maunder Minimum, from 1645 to 1715, when hardly any sunspots appeared — a period that became known in Europe as the Little Ice Age. Cosmic mortgage payments “We live in the atmosphere of a star,” as Scott McIntosh, a solar physicist at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., often says. “As a civilization we take our star for granted.” Here, 93 million miles from the nearest star — the one we call our sun — we exist and mostly thrive on the edge of almost incomprehensible violence and complexity. The sun is a medium-size star, a ball of blazing-hot ionized gas one million miles in diameter. Its large inside rotates faster than its outside, and the outer layers rotate faster at the equator than at the poles. The result is a snarled nest of magnetic fields, which manifest as sunspots and worse when they break the surface. Every second, thermonuclear reactions in the center of the sun burn 600 million tons of hydrogen into 596 million tons of helium. The missing four million tons, turned into pure energy, constitute the mortgage payment for all the life on Earth and perhaps elsewhere in the solar system. As the energy emerges from the sun, it rises through successively cooler and less dense layers of gas and finally, 100,000 years later, from the photosphere, or surface, where the temperature is a mere 5,700 degrees Fahrenheit. The sun is amazingly consistent in making these mortgage payments. A few years ago an experiment in Italy confirmed that our star does not seem to have changed its energy output in at least the last 100,000 years, the time it takes that energy to migrate from the sun’s core. The researchers were able to calculate how much energy the sun produces in real time, by measuring subatomic particles called neutrinos that are produced by nuclear reactions inside the sun, escape in seconds and reach Earth in just eight minutes. This energy, they found, matched the output that was generated 100,000 years ago and is only now detectable. The action doesn’t stop at the sun’s surface. That friendly yellow photosphere boils like oatmeal and is pocked with dark magnetic storms (the infamous sunspots) that crackle, whirl and lash space with showers of electrical particles and radiation. The corona, composed of thin, superhot streamers of electrified gas, and visible only during solar eclipses, extends millions of miles from the glowing surface. Things sometimes go wrong, although so far on a scale far below the outbursts seen on Proxima Centauri. As the magnetic fields generated by all that swirling, electrified gas emerge on the sun’s surface, they become twisted and tangled. Eventually they snap and reconnect in loops, releasing enormous amounts of radiation and charged particles — an explosive solar flare that can be more powerful than millions of hydrogen bombs. Sometimes these flares blow whole chunks of the sun’s outer layers into space, in events called coronal mass ejections. The mother of all known solar storms thus far occurred on Sept. 1, 1859, when a blob of sun slammed into Earth. Sparks flew from telegraph systems in Europe and North America, causing fires. The auroras that night stretched as far south as Hawaii and Cuba and were so bright that people could read their newspapers by their light. In 2012 another a coronal mass ejection barely missed Earth. An earlier study by the National Academy of Sciences concluded that a direct hit by such a storm could cause some $2 trillion in damage, shutting down the power grid and rendering satellites at least temporarily blind. Forget about trying to use the internet or your local A.T.M.; many people wouldn’t even be able to flush their toilets without the electricity to run water pumps, the report noted. “I think as a civilization we become screwed,” Dr. McIntosh said. Cloudy with a chance of sunspots Such storms are more likely to occur during the high points of the sun’s mysterious 11-year cycle of sunspot activity. Lately, the sunspot cycles have been getting weaker. During the last cycle, 101 spots were observed on the sun in 2014, the year of peak activity; that was well below the historical average of 160 to 240. Last year, a committee of scientists from NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecast that the coming cycle would be similarly anemic, with a peak in 2025 of about 115 sunspots. But Dr. McIntosh and his colleagues have produced a radically different forecast, of more than 200 sunspots at its peak. The 11-year sunspot cycle, they say, based on an analysis of 140 years of solar measurements, belies a more fundamental 22-year Hale cycle, named after its discoverer, George Ellery Hale. During that period the sun’s magnetic field reverses its polarity, then switches back. Each cycle ends or begins when two bands of magnetism, migrating from opposite, high latitudes of the sun, meet at the equator and annihilate each other. On average each phase of the cycle takes 11 years, but it can vary. Dr. McIntosh and his team found that the longer a cycle went on, the weaker the next cycle would be, and vice versa. The current cycle, the 24th since record-keeping started, shows every sign of ending after a little more than 10 years — shorter than average, which means the next cycle should be strong. “Sunspot Cycle 25 could have a magnitude that rivals the top few since records began,” Dr. McIntosh said in late April. On Thursday, he and his team were still waiting for “ignition” to begin. “It is very, very close,” he wrote in an email. “We are watching very closely.” The elephant and the stars At stake, besides the health of our planetary infrastructure, is the pride that astronomers take in feeling that they understand the complicated and violent processes going on behind the sun’s relatively calm face. “I think the problem with the sun is that we’re too close to it, and so there’s too much data about the sun,” Dr. McIntosh said. He called it a breaker of models: “Your models are going to fail eventually. It’s part of the reason why it’s so hard to forecast the weather, right? Because our observations are so detailed, but you know it’s hard to get it absolutely right.” Tony Phillips, an astronomer who runs the website Spaceweather.com, agreed in an email. “In my experience, when people really understand something, they can explain it simply,” he said. “It is striking to me that almost no one in the solar-cycle prediction business can explain their favorite dynamo model in a way that lay people can ‘get it.’” The situation reminded him of the proverbial blind men who try to produce a Theory of Elephants, with one of them focused solely on feeling the animal’s trunk. “Scott and Bob are standing off to the side shouting, ‘Hey, you guys are ignoring most of the elephant,’” he said. “In other words, there’s more to the solar cycle than is commonly assumed by conventional models. And so, according to Scott, they are doomed to get the big picture wrong.” Jay Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College who has spent his life observing the corona during solar eclipses, said he did not put much store in such forecasts. In an email, he recounted a meeting during the last cycle that had “an amusing set of talks.” The conversation, as he recalled it, went: “The next cycle will be stronger than average, the next cycle will be weaker than average, the next cycle will be either stronger than average or weaker than average, the next cycle will be neither stronger than average nor weaker than average.” He added, “So my plan is to wait and see.” Potential hazards aside, understanding how the sunspot cycle actually works is crucial “from a purely human standpoint, if you want to understand stars,” Dr. McIntosh said. “And if you think about it, Earth’s magnetic field is largely why we probably have life on Earth.” Mars, he pointed out, doesn’t have much of an atmosphere or a magnetic field. “If your planet doesn’t have a magnetic field, you can have all the atmosphere you want,” he said, “but your local friendly neighborhood star could whisk it away in a heartbeat.” Indeed, astrophysicists suspect that such a fate befell Mars, which was once warmer and wetter than it is now. Proxima Centauri, a small star known as an M dwarf, harbors at least two exoplanets, one of which is Earth-size and close enough to the star to be habitable if it weren’t bathed in radiation. Dr. MacGregor offered one glimmer of hope for life in such neighborhoods. “Recent work has shown that ultraviolet light might be very important for catalyzing life — turning complex molecules into amino acids and ultimately into single-celled organisms,” she said. “Since M dwarfs are so small and cold, they don’t actually produce that much UV radiation, except when they flare. Perhaps there is a sweet spot where a star flares enough to spark life but not so much that it immediately destroys it!” Source link Orbem News #fair #season #SpaceWeather #Stormy

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Radio New Zealand Int. 1355 7 Feb 2021

6115Khz 1259 7 FEB 2021 - RADIO NEW ZEALAND INT. (NEW ZEALAND) in ENGLISH from RANGITAIKI. SINPO = 55334. English, bellbird int. until pips and news @1300z anchored by Adam Cooper. More than 100 feared dead after Himalayan glacier bursts in India collapsing a damn and causing a flash flood. A former Pullman Hotel guest who had been isolating at home in Hamilton for a week tested positive for Covid-19 but the Health Ministry said the case was most likely historical. Dunedin City Council providing free fruit and vegetables during blood tests as lead water contamination scare continues. West Auckland is on edge after a man was taken into custody today after allegedly firing two shots into the air during a fight due to possible gang activity. @1304z trailer for "9 to noon" program. @1305z Weather forecast. partly cloudy in the south. north island mostly fine with occasional showers. @1306z "all night program" music DJ'd by Adam Cooper. he mentions a message from "Steve" describing the "magical" coast road of NZ. Backyard fence antenna, Etón e1XM. 100kW, beamAz 35°, bearing 240°. Received at Plymouth, United States, 12912KM from transmitter at Rangitaiki. Local time: 0659.

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From: Rodney Johnson 

Date: Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 3:16 PM

Subject: Re: My Son and I catch your program every morning!

To: AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz>

Hi Adam,

Aaron was inspired to draw a picture of his experience this morning and I have attached it. Also, if you are interested I made some phone video recordings of your show this morning if you care to hear some airchecks from almost 13000Km away! The youtube links below:

https://youtu.be/SEitD4VTfCs

https://youtu.be/cu6D10WUE2w

https://youtu.be/A40qAFWXagc

https://youtu.be/ro9lN3R_lms

Oh and I don't know if you know it but at 1259 GMT (1:59am your time, I believe) the 6115kHz frequency signs on with a bellbird interval signal before the top of the hour pips followed by the news. Both Aaron (6 years old) and Leonard (4 years old) loves the sound of that bellbird and here's a rendition of it by 4-year-old Leonard:

https://youtu.be/hsGLfwLeKDQ

Thanks again for the shout out! Aaron is still beaming about it!

-Rodney, Aaron, and Leonard

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On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 8:38 AM AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz> wrote:

Great photo Rodney, thanks for sharing! Must have been a bonus catching a nice clear sunrise in the middle of winter!

 

It brings back plenty of memories from my road trip down that coast. In fact that image suddenly made me think of the Bixby Bridges further south which were a highlight when I did the trip.

 

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

 

Kind regards

Adam

 

From: Rodney Johnson

Sent: Monday, 8 February 2021 3:26 AM

To: AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz>

Subject: My Son and I catch your program every morning!

 

Once again with the photo!

 

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From: Rodney Johnson 

Date: Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 8:24 AM

Subject: Re: My Son and I catch your program every morning!

To: AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz>

 

Hey Adam!

 

Yes we heard you mention us on air! You should have seen the smile on Aaron's face! Thanks so much, you made our day! And yes, very could here, the coldest day so far this winter by far! Thanks for warming it up a bit for us.

 

Thanks for mentioning the coast road in the pacific Northwest. Indeed a very rugged and beautiful place! I've attached one of my favorite winter sunset photos I took during a trip back in the 80s. It was at a place called Cannon Beach in Oregon.

 

(Sorry for all the typos, I'm all thumbs when trying to type on the phone!)

 

Have a great day, and enjoy your summer there. We're certainly missing it here!

 

-Rodney and Aaron

 

 

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021, 7:37 AM AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz> wrote:

Good morning Rodney and Aaron!

 

That has made my morning to know you are tuned i. It’s great to have your company!

 

Yes, the West Coast road is quite a special road in a remote part of New Zealand’s South Island – they even have signs up telling you to fill up with gas as there is quite a distance between gas stations. Quite rare for a small country like ours! The land and geography actually reminds me of the Pacific Northwest road through Oregon and California which I assume you’re familiar with Rodney – the rugged coastline, harsh (but beautiful) sea conditions, and the occasional spotting of a seal or whale if you’re lucky!

 

I had a look at the weather forecast in Plymouth out of interest – MINUS 2 is your high today?!?! Goodness me, that is cold. (That translates to minus 19 Celsius in the way we measure temperature) – I cannot quite believe that after a day at the beach on New Zealand’s Kapiti Coast, just north of Wellington, where our high today was a very enjoyable 75 Fahrenheit.

 

I trust you’re keeping warm, and great to hear from you over the other side of the Pacific. If you keep listening, at about 0250 NZDT in about 10 minutes I’ll pass on my best regards to you both on air and share your note with our listeners.

 

Thanks so much for your continued correspondence.

 

Adam

 

From: Rodney Johnson

Sent: Monday, 8 February 2021 2:12 AM

To: AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz>

Subject: Re: My Son and I catch your program every morning!

 

Hi Adam!

 

Aaron and I are Listening to you right now on the all night program! Great to hear about your memories traveling the magical  coast road in NZ!

 

You sound quite cheerful, keep up the good work!

 

-Rodney and Aaron!

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021, 4:33 PM Rodney Johnson <rodneyj44@gmail.com> wrote:

Greetings from Minnesota, Adam!

 

Aaron and I were listening to RNZ on Shortwave this morning at 1300GMT (2 am NZST), and the signal wasn't as good as it has been, but I thought we heard Johnny Blades reading the news, maybe you were on the hour before? It is noisy shortwave, so I certainly might be mistaken! Yes, Vicki and John have been so nice, and Aaron treats all of this correspondence like gold because he's just learning to read. This reception report and letter were certainly the first correspondence he's written, let alone getting such a warm response. The whole thing has been a great experience for him and definitely gets us both up in the morning!

 

So you stayed in British Columbia, Canada? I grew up in Eastern Washington State near a town called "Pullman" about 100km south of Spokane and about 500km east of Seattle. When I lived in Seattle (for about 12 years starting in the late 80s) I often make the trip to Vancouver BC for the Fringe Festival there. A very beautiful city!  I'm glad you had the chance to experience what we call "The Pacific Northwest". It really is a wonderful area. My reading about your trip makes me think you might have seen more of the country than I have! For Instance, I have never managed to make it down to New Orleans. I'm afraid we just moved to this area myself and between work and kids were just starting to explore Minnesota when the Pandemic hit. We have been meaning to make it up north to Duluth and what they call the "North Shore", we've heard a lot of good things about it, so you might try there. Also, if you enjoyed Yosemite (I have gone backpacking there a couple of times during my time living in San Francisco California from 2000 to 2015), You might also Try Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming (and also the Grand Tetons, if you find the time) and Glacier National Park in Montana. Both of these Parks are along the Rocky Mountain range featuring the continental divide (one side all rivers flow to the Pacific, the other side the Atlantic!). 

 

Great to hear from you Adam. We'll be listening for you on the air!

 

Cheers!

 

- Rodney, Aaron and Leonard!

 

 

 

On Mon, Feb 1, 2021 at 5:47 AM AllNight <Allnight@rnz.co.nz> wrote:

Kia Ora Rodney, Aaron and Leonard!

 

Adam Cooper here – one of the fill-in presenters on the ‘All Night Programme’ – I’m on this morning, so your message has come to me. Vicki actually mentioned your correspondence to me when I was out working in the newsroom the other night when she had received your message – it’s so nice to know you’re turning in all the way from Minnesota. It’s quite amazing the global community we have tuning into RNZ, either via traditional radio or online. I know when I lived overseas, in British Columbia, Canada, that RNZ was a perfect way for me to keep in touch with everything that was happening back home – and to of course remind myself what the New Zealand accent sounded like!

 

Vicki is on her rostered days off but I have saved your latest message for her so she will see it when she returns to work a bit later in the week.

 

I hope all is well in Minnesota – I have a real love of the United States, which culminated from a six-week road trip a friend and I did in a hired 25-foot long RV in the summer of 2016 – starting off in California, and going up and down the country across many states, and finishing up in Chicago (which would be the closest I’ve been to Minnesota) – before flying to Washington DC then catching the train up to finish in New York. It was a magical trip and everywhere was just brilliant. My highlights were the pristine Yosemite National Park in California and the vibrant live music scene of New Orleans. I managed to see a lot of Washington State and Oregon too when I lived in Vancouver Canada for two years between 2018 and 2019.  Once this nasty pandemic dies down, exploring more of the US is top of my list again – I’ll happily take any recommendations of “must-see” places around the Midwest or Great Lakes area!!

 

Thanks again for your note, it really is great to know you are keeping us company from the other side of the Pacific.

 

Take care,

Adam Cooper

RNZ All Night Programme

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(via Innovate Like a (Monarch) Butterfly – Innovation Excellence)

By Scott Bowden

I spent some time last year visiting a butterfly sanctuary in the cloud forest near Mashpi, Ecuador.  In this sanctuary, local support staff have identified 300 species of butterflies and have been able to reproduce 50 of them in a research facility referred to as the Life Center, which is basically a large, screened-in habitat for butterflies.  I watched intently as the staffers gently moved butterflies in the four stages of their lives: egg, larvae (caterpillar), pupa (chrysalis), and adult butterfly.

I had always considered these creatures to be things of beauty (with the incredible colors and patterns on their wings), and I had thought about the short lifecycle of the butterfly as an interesting analogy for the fleeting beauty of life’s experiences, but when I heard a podcast recently about the incredible lifecycle of the monarch butterfly my appreciation of this tiny creature increased exponentially.  I also thought about how these astounding facts about the life of the monarch butterfly could provide guidance for those of us facing the daily challenge of developing innovations for our customers and organizations.

Every year around 300 million monarch butterflies travel nearly 3,000 miles from North America to Central America, ending up in the trans-volcanic range of south/central Mexico.  The migration begins each September when most of North American monarch population East of the Rocky Mountain range heads south for the winter.  This migration is needed because the butterflies are a tropical species and cannot endure the freezing winter temperatures of the North American continent.

Throughout the summer, the butterflies feast on milkweed plants, but those plants stop growing at the end of August, which triggers the butterflies to spend their final weeks before migration drinking nectar to get ready for their trip.  The butterflies navigate by using sensors that track the length of daylight, the position of the sun above horizon and, in general, follow the sun towards the south.  Starting as far north as Canada, Michigan, and Maine, the monarchs fly as much as 50 miles a day, following currents of warm air.  By October, the migration routes from different regions of the United States converge in Texas, while others cross the Gulf of Mexico to take a more direct route.

The migration paths in Mexico follow the geography of the Sierra Madre Oriental mountain range, then at the Sierra Gorda the butterflies change direction and cut through a pass heading southwest towards the interior of Mexico where the butterflies finally reach their objective – the trans-volcanic range.  None of these butterflies has ever made the migration before.  There are no leaders or adults in the group with previous experience, but somehow the butterflies end up in exactly the same place as generations did before them.  Here the monarchs rest for the winter, with multiple colonies of millions of butterflies living in a state of almost suspended animation.  The high-altitude location of the colonies provides a climate with a temperature range of between 35 and 65 degrees Fahrenheit, which enables the butterflies to minimize their expenditure of energy during the winter.

Once spring arrives, the butterflies search for nectar and water to prepare themselves for a migration to the north.  This migration corresponds with the appearance of a new crop of milkweed in Texas.  They lay eggs and follow the milkweed as it blooms north, all the way to Canada, then they lay eggs and start the cycle over again.

Four Generations

Every year the monarch butterfly population passes through four distinct generations.  The first generation, born in the warm climates of Mexico or California in February or March, awake from hibernation to migrate north and east in search of milkweed plants upon which to lay their eggs.  These first-generation butterflies must complete their tasks in a short lifespan of two to six weeks.  The eggs hatch into baby caterpillars, launching via metamorphosis the second generation of butterflies in May and June.  These butterflies thrive during another two to six week cycle, continuing their migration, then lay their eggs on milkweed plants again for the third generation of caterpillars to be born in July and August, change into butterflies, and die after two to six weeks.

The fourth generation, born in September and October, deviates from the two- to six-week lifecycle and is able to live for a full six to eight months – a longer lifespan that is needed for the arduous migration.  This generation is known as the Methuselah generation, named after the character in the Hebrew Bible who lived for 969 years.  These butterflies migrate south for the winter and spend their time in the warmer climates of Mexico and California, biding their time until the winter dissipates and they start the process over with the first generation awakening from hibernation in February or March.

Innovation Insight — When we apply innovation to solve a problem we can sometimes be trapped by the thinking that the solution we develop to solve the problem has to be one that works the same way when the same situation reappears.  In other words, we sometimes suffer from an overbearing focus on symmetry or logic that stipulates that the same factors applied in the same manner to the same situation will always result in the same outcome.  In the case of a reengineered process, for instance, we assume that we can improve a single step and the process will always work better on each iteration as a result of our intervention.  However, by tying ourselves too much to logic and symmetry, we may be overlooking a non-linear, or asymmetrical innovation that we could apply to a problem.  What if instead of applying our change to every iteration of a process we were to apply it to every third or fourth iteration?  We might find that the process as a whole works better with this non-linear approach.  If the monarch butterfly always had two- to six-week lifecycles, it would never be able to complete its migration to Mexico.  An innovator should not always assume that the same solution will be the right one in all scenarios, even if it appears on the surface that all other conditions remain the same.

Four Life Stages

Every butterfly passes through four stages in its lifecycle: egg, larvae (caterpillar), pupae (chrysalis) and butterfly.  Each stage serves a specific and distinct purpose.  The egg is the starting point for the creature and resides on the milkweed plant.  By sticking to the plant as the caterpillar forms, the egg’s location on the leaf ensures that when the caterpillar emerges it has an abundant and nourishing source of food.  The larvae or caterpillar stage allows the creature to consume a huge amount of plant matter to build up its body and obtain the energy it needs for its subsequent metamorphosis.  The pupae or chrysalis stage provides a safe space for the caterpillar to transform into the butterfly.  After all, if the creature remained a caterpillar, it could not complete its migration any great distance due to its slow-moving nature.  The butterfly stage, with its powerful wings, allows the creature to complete its migration and land on milkweed plants to lay eggs to re-start the cycle again.

Innovation Insight — When we think about applying innovation to solve a problem, we sometimes try to come up with a single design that solves all the problems we are trying to overcome.  We may over-engineer a solution because we think that the more utility our solution has, the more innovative it will be considered to be by others.  This is the classic example of design by committee, where everyone involved tries to add a feature or function to a concept, which results in a clunky, sometimes less-useful solution, as in the well-known phrase that a camel is a horse designed by a committee.  The four stages of the butterfly show that an innovator should not be restricted to thinking of a single solution for a problem.  Rather, one can focus intensely on solving individual problems with individual solutions.  The caterpillar would do a horrible job migrating to Mexico, while the butterfly would do a poor job consuming tons of milkweed leaves.  Butterfly wings would not form well in the open air without the protection of a chrysalis, while a chrysalis would be difficult to transport on the small bodies of a butterfly to be laid on a milkweed plant.  Another phrase that describes this and, happens to refer to horses, is “horses for courses.”  This is derived from the notion that in different track conditions (dry, muddy, long, short, grass, dirt, etc.), different horses will succeed or fail.  It is often applied to people and reflects the concept that different individuals have different talents and skills and thus will succeed or fail depending on the challenge they face.  An innovator should acknowledge this and consider different solutions to solve different problems.

Singular DNA

From a genetics standpoint, one fascinating aspect of the butterfly’s four stages and four generations is the fact that these very different creatures all emerge from the same core set of DNA, or genetic code.  In other words, the same basic DNA in the egg can form the caterpillar, the chrysalis, and the butterfly, and can provide the extended lifespan of the fourth generation to enable it to migrate to Mexico during the winter.

Innovation Insight — Just as the same DNA results in the creation of four very different phases of life for the butterfly, so too can an innovative idea spawn numerous progeny.  This could, perhaps, be the measure of the value of an innovation in terms of how it can be applied to many different problems or situations.  Another way to look at this is that the innovator is like the butterfly DNA.  In other words, an innovator is a single person who is expected, over the course of a career, to develop numerous unique and creative ideas to solve problems.  The same person must wear many hats and apply innovation to many different types of challenges.

Take a Break

During its journey from North America to Mexico, the monarch butterfly crosses the Gulf of Mexico.  Scientists have found a unique location from which to monitor these creatures in the middle of their transit — oil rig platforms.  Scientists have observed the butterflies landing on the platforms and resting before continuing their journey south and posit that perhaps the creatures are attracted by the lights on the rigs in the midst of a sea of darkness.  Scientists who spent several nights on the oil platforms noticed that at daybreak the butterflies spread their wings to warm their flight muscles then resumed their journey.  Scientists liken the wings to solar panels in their ability to absorb heat and transfer it to the flight muscles.

Innovation Insight — Although monarch butterflies have been migrating to Mexico and crossing the Gulf for thousands and thousands of years, they have not always had a place to stop and rest along the way.  Oil rigs in the region are a relatively new phenomenon, with the first derrick out of sight of land deployed in 1947.  Clearly the butterflies had been able to make the journey for thousands of years before the appearance of the first well, but the behavior of the butterfly when encountering an oil platform results in an interesting observation.  The butterfly could probably make the entire journey without assistance but it chooses not to do so.  Likewise, an innovator could single-handedly drive an entire innovation program himself or herself, but if others are offering to help, the innovator should gladly accept the assistance.  There is no award for heroism in innovation.   The award lies in the end result.  If someone offers to help, the innovator should smile and add that person to the team.

Internal Guidance

One of the mysteries about the monarch migration is how these butterflies are able to fly thousands of miles and converge in a single location in Central Mexico.  Scientists have discovered a clue to this puzzle in that the trans-volcanic range in Central Mexico contains large deposits of heavy metals near the Earth’s surface.  This geologic phenomenon creates an anomalous magnetic field.  Scientists have also found that the monarchs have tiny particles of magnetite in their wings, thorax, and abdomen, and the magnetite in their bodies rotate like a compass inside a cell and may help them navigate to this specific place on the planet.

Innovation Insight — When faced with a distant objective, an innovator can sometimes get overwhelmed by the vast gulf that lies between him or her and the overall goal.  For instance, a leader may set a goal for an organization that is beyond a ”stretch” goal and may require a number of innovations to reach.  When the innovator is positioned at step 0 of 10, it may seem daunting and one may doubt that he or she will ever get to step 10.  In this scenario the example of the monarch is perhaps instructive.  Just as the monarch internalizes (tiny particles of magnetite) the objective (the heavy metal-laden trans-volcanic range), so too can the innovator internalize an objective so that it does not seem so far out of reach.  It can be a physical act of internalizing, such as spending time with a research team working on a new prototype, or as simple as putting reminders all around one’s workspace, such as “zero defects by 2020” or some other slogan that encapsulates the objective of the overall initiative.  Seeing or living the goal on a daily basis brings it home to the innovator and makes it feel more attainable.

Follow the Milkweed

Milkweed plants are only source of food a butterfly’s offspring will eat.  Butterflies have a keen sense of smell and can identify a milkweed plant from miles away.  Butterflies can also recognize the leaf shape and will scratch a leaf with its legs then taste the leaf with its proboscis to make sure it has found the correct plant on which to lay eggs.  Caterpillars, which emerge from these eggs, are eating machines whose purpose is to build up raw materials for next stage of life.  A caterpillar can eat its own weight in leaf matter in a single day and can multiply its birthweight 3,000 times in less than two weeks.  When the monarchs depart from Mexico to return to North America, their migration follows the blooming of the milkweed plants as they spread from south to north, following the increasing warmth and sunshine of springtime.

Innovation Insight — As innovators we are sometimes tempted to get out in front of our support networks, whether that be colleagues or Executive Sponsors.  We want to be on the cutting edge of thought and push boundaries, but the lesson of the monarch is that it is important to recognize and not outpace our support mechanisms.  A monarch that flies too far north too quickly will find itself without milkweed plants to support its offspring, and that generation will not make it through its lifecycle.  As such, an innovator should work closely with his or her support team to make sure that he or she is not too far out in front of an initiative.

Benefits of a Short Lifespan

The asymmetric four generations of the monarch butterfly are puzzling at first glance.  After all, why would the first three sets of butterflies only survive two to six weeks while the Methuselah generation survives for months?  Would not it make more sense for there to be two Methuselah generations lasting for six months each to round out the year?  It is possible that the shortened lifecycles of the first three generations allow the butterfly to align its growth cycles with the spreading milkweed as spring moves into summer.  In the end, however, it may be that this is just a mysterious characteristic of the monarch butterfly.

Innovation Insight — This example can remind innovators that short lifecycles are not always a negative thing.  When working on a project, a quick phase, or a series of quick phases back-to-back, may yield results that are better than would be the case if one tried to run the entire duration of a project from start to finish.  Breaking up work into smaller phases can make those individual phases more manageable.  Likewise, an innovation does not always have to be the most complex, all-encompassing solution to a problem.  It may be a series of smaller steps that are taken individually but then collectively result in a better outcome.

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Sources:

Photos Courtesy of the Author

https://www.mashpilodge.com/explorations/the-life-centre/

https://www.monarch-butterfly.com/

https://www.acast.com/americanconservativeuniversitypodcast/show-3007-metamorphosis-documentary-intelligent-de

https://aoghs.org/offshore-history/offshore-oil-history/

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PADRE PIO’S - FEVERS

Story with images:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/padre-pios-fevers-harold-baines/?published=t

This picture was take in Venafro when it was assumed that Padre Pio had only a few more months to live. (Caption for linked image)

Padre Pio’s Health

Padre Pio's health was not good. On October 1911, after a physical examination by Dr. Antonio Cardarelli in Naples, he was sent for convalescence to Venafro. According to the diagnosis of the celebrated physician, the young friar's days were numbered, and he couldn't travel long distances, which is why he was sent to Venafro, location of the closest convent.

During the month and a half stay in that convent, the community noticed the first supernatural phenomena: divine ecstasies lasting up to one hour, and diabolic apparitions lasting a few minutes.

In Venafro, from Fr. Agostino's diary: 'Starting in November 1911, I was present with Fr. Evangelista, the superior of the monastery, for a considerable number of ecstasies, and many instances of demonic oppression."

"Satan would appear as a nude woman dancing lewdly, as his spiritual father, as his superior, Pope Pius X, his guardian angel, St. Francis, the Virgin Mary, and also as the horrible self, with an army of demonic spirits.

At times there were no apparitions but he was beaten until he bled, tormented with deafening noises, covered with spit.

He was able to free himself from the torments by calling on the name of Jesus."

Padre Pio always distinguished the devil's apparitions from the heavenly visions by asking: "Say Long Live Jesus." (Ripeti 'Viva Gesu'). If it was the devil, he would disappear.

November 6, 1915 Padre Pio was drafted, at age 28.

December 6, 1915 recruit #12094, assigned to the 10th Company of Health in Naples

December 17, 1915 medical consultation diagnoses 'pulmonary infiltration', and grants 1 year of convalescent leave.

Starting February 17,1916 he spent most of the convalescence in the convent of St. Ann Foggia, in search of a more suitable place for his frail health.

But even there he continued to feel sick: vomiting, sudden sweats, dizziness, and a very high fever.

At night, terrifying noises came from his room. They ended with a boom that would shake the walls and terrorize the other friars.

He told father Benedetto that it was the devil who, unable to win, exploded in fits of rage.

He stayed in Foggia until September 4, 1916.

September 4, 1916 Padre Pio moves to the convent of San Giovanni Rotondo

December 18, 1916 returns to the Military hospital.

December 30, 1916, new medical consultation. Granted 6 months of convalescent leave.

September 4, 1917, started training in the Military Hospital of Naples.

November 5, 1917, granted 6 months of convalescent leave.

March 6, 1918. Back in the military hospital.

March 16, 1918 discharged for medical reason for "double bronchoalveolitis."

High "mystical" fevers :

"Padre Pio had long bouts of high fevers, followed by normal temperatures.

Padre Pio himself described the experience as a "moral, rather than a physical, illness" and said it was like he was "in a furnace, still always conscious".

A brother attested that "even under the strain of this fever, Padre Pio is not knocked down, but gets up, moves about, and can do everything."

The body temperature was taken by mercury thermometer, today no longer in common use. (Caption for linked image)

Normal body temperature is 98.2°F (or 36.8°C). A temperature at or above about 104 °F (40 °C) requires treatment.

On December 1915 at the Trinity Military Hospital in Naples, during a routine physical, Padre Pio's temperature was taken by Dr. Giuseppe Grieco, lieutenant medical doctor in the Italian Army, with an armpit mercury thermometer. In less than one minute the thermometer cracked, having gone over the maximum temperature of 42C (107.6). Three other thermometers cracked the same way. Dr. Grieco called in a colleague Dr. Francesco Melle.

They decided to try with a bath thermometer, removed from the casing that could read up to 80C (176F). The thermometer read 48C (118.4). They couldn't believe it, so they tried with a laboratory precision thermometer. This time the temperature was 49C (120.2). They decided to inform the captain prof. dr. Felice D'Onofrio, chief of medical services. He came in, measured again, and the reading was 49C. "This is a mystery. This is impossible. I can't believe my eyes. He should be in agony. This man is either a saint or a devil." He prescribed quinine and went to see him in the morning. He took again the temperature and it was 36.7C (98.06). "I don't understand anything. Let's send him home to die in peace." He gave him a year of medical leave. Dr. Giorgio Festa in 1920 took Padre Pio's temperature as part of his investigation. The reading was 48.5C.

In 1921 Father Lorenzo, superior of the convent, testified under oath to Mons. Rossi, a skeptic, that he had personally witnessed and recorded Padre Pio with fevers of 43C (109.4F) degrees Fahrenheit, then 45C (113F) degrees, and finally 48C (118.4F) degrees.

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MEAT THERMOMETER

Meat thermometers used to be an item that solitary the fanatic gourmet specialists would have in their kitchens, yet with the ascent of E. coli and salmonella numerous cooks at home have begun utilizing these gadgets. The leave in thermometers are extraordinary for broiler use when you have to warm meats up to a specific temperature and keep them there for a particular timeframe. Simply put the test into the cut of meat and let it sit while the readout screen gives you subtleties on temperatures.

 A large number of the thermometers additionally accompany worked in clocks to assist you with the cycle. The instand read thermometers are ideal for outside BBQ's the point at which you have to realize that the burger or chicken has been cooked to a specific temperature all through. It's not in every case simple cooking wieners, ribs, burgers, and sausages on a similar barbecue and getting them cooked to the specific temperature required for safe eating. Most of these meat and kitchen thermometers are just about $15 to $30 yet a portion of the more costly models can reach up to $90 or above. Precision is the component that ought to be significant and afterward reaction time. Appraisals on meat thermometers fluctuate by source so we attempted to separate the discoveries and concoct some obvious victors.

meat thermometer

Purchasing Guide - We attempted to locate the most pertinent audits in magazines and online for meat thermometer testing and reviews. The latest article was in Consumer Reports and it was complete with 11 distinctive meat thermometers being tried in their labs. They tried both leave in and moment read thermometers with and discovered clear victors in every class. In any case, when we went online to perceive what proprietors need to state about their singles, we discovered conflicting remarks. Polder and Taylor are unquestionably 2 of the more notable meat thermometer brands, yet different ones like AcuRite, ThermoWorks, and Maverick were additionally given excellent grades for their separate items. Cook's Illustrated Magazine did a comparable test with 9 moment read thermometers and they appraised every one of them dependent on meaningfulness, reaction time, exactness, plan/highlights, and temperature run. 

They also concocted a 'best thermometer' grant and a few "best purchases". At the point when you are hoping to buy a meat thermometer you ought to consider things like meaningfulness - the vast majority of the more current advanced meat thermometers have simple to peruse LCD show screens. For precision, the CR article referenced that the best meat thermometers are just off by 1 degree or less and the lower appraised models were frequently off by multiple degrees. Temperature extend is critical in the event that you plan on working with freezing nourishments as far as possible up to those in a profound fryer which require temperatures from 0 degrees up to 450. Reaction time shifts from under 10 seconds to more than 30 seconds in certain occurrences. Leave in thermometers needn't bother with an especially quick reaction time since they will be in the meat and can modify accordlingly, yet the moment read thermometers need a fast reaction time.

The Taylor Weekend Warrior 806 had the best reaction time in the CR article just as the best scope of temperatures. The reaction time on the Super Fast Thermapen was 5 seconds which is quick contrasted with the others. You will pay a premium however for the Thermapen ($89.99) contrasted with the a lot less expensive $16 Taylor meat thermometer (Weekend Warrior). On the off chance that you are an end of the week BBQ kind of fellow, at that point you need a meat thermometer that is anything but difficult to peruse and works rapidly. 

The Weekend Warrior is an incredible pick alongside the RediFork Pro LCD Matrix and the Taylor Professional Digital Fork Thermometer. All are under $20 and get normal to great audits from buyers. The leave in thermometers have a test that gets put into the meat (chicken, hamburger, pork) and the wire driving from the test drives back to a checked unit with a decent measured LCD show for simple perusing. Some have magnets that let you place the unit on the facade of your stove or on a ledge close to it. The Polder THM-360 Dual Probe Cooking Thermometer ($30) has two warmth safe silicon covered tests so you can monitor two things without a moment's delay which works extraordinary during those bustling occasion parties when you are cooking turkey, meals, and tenderloins, and that's just the beginning. 

The Polder got front and center attention from Consumer Reports however the proprietor audits on show an alternate story with a few purchasers taking note of that the tests quit working by and large. The ThermoWorks The Original Cooking Thermometer/Timer ($20) gets extraordinary surveys online just as in magazines for being an essential cooking thermometer with an advanced readout that is exact. I don't know why Consumer Reports did exclude the ThermoWorks items in their examinations, however ideally later on they will toss them in too in the experimental group.  has some incredible surveys on their site too for all the top of the line meat thermometers.

 In internet cooking gatherings we discovered blended audits on the meat thermometers that accompany controllers. Indeed, even Consumer Reports noticed that the Weber remote test was not exactly normal in it's presentation. We saw another survey online for a comparative item on  called the Grill Alert Talking Remote Meat Thermometer ($75) and it got high applause from clients. View the rundown of top rated meat thermometers here.

Best Leave-in Thermometer:

We found that the appraisals for leave-in meat thermometers are the whole way across the load up. A few reviews discovered one to be the best while that equivalent item scored well in different articles. Two leave in thermometers with the most steady scores were the Acu-Rite 00648 Digital Cooking and Meat Thermometer/Timer and Compact Meat Thermometer and Timer from Bonjour ($24.95).

 The Bonjour is a top of the line leave-in thermometer and we accept their client criticism as being more significant than different locales since these people are cooks and need the best items. The Acu-Rite 00648 was a "suggested" purchase from CR at just $20 and tried well for reaction time and temperature extend. The Bonjour leave in thermometer works admirably of estimating the inside temperature of poultry and meat. The Bonjour lets you select things like meat type and doneness levels. Different highlights on this gadget incorporate a memory work, a brief clock, a polarized backing so it can connect to the outside of your stove entryway, and a 3 foot line that will extend within the broiler effortlessly. 

Cleaning the test is simple and the Bonjour comes pre-customized with bunches of cooking temperatures so you have intant admittance to that sort of data. Proprietors state the Bonjour computerized meat thermometer is "precise" and "simple to utilize". The Acu-Rite 648 is a computerized cooking thermometer that we discovered online at Proprietors state they like manual which states what the USDA suggests for interior temperatures on things like sheep, poultry, veal, ground hamburger, meat, and pork. It's anything but difficult to utilize and was "truly exact" per one proprietor. It will work in smokers, broilers, profound fryers, and grill barbecues.

Moment Read Meat Thermometer:

We concocted 3 picks for this class since the costs were everywhere for comparable outcomes. The first class Taylor Weekend Warrior ($13) isn't just reasonable, yet it gets incredible evaluations from proprietors. The Taylor meat thermometer gives you exact temperature readings in only a couple of moments on the advanced LCD show screen. A few people incline toward the Taylor #807 Taylor Weekend Warrior Digital Fork Thermometer which sells at a similar cost and is similarly as precise and simple to utilize. 

The CDN Proaccurate Stainless Digital Thermometer ($15) is estimated to sell as well and gives an exact computerized thermometer which is incredible for patio barbecuing. Highlights shatterproof lodging, an information hold work, and an auto-off following ten minutes highlights. It's protected to use in the dishwasher and can peruse temperatures between - 40 and 350 degrees fahrenheit. Remarks like "incredible cooking thermometer" and "best computerized meat thermometer" are what we found in online surveys. Concerning the first in class item in this classification, go with the Super-Fast Thermapen ($90) and you won't be baffled. 

You can discover all the subtleties on line - make certain to see all the honors this item has gotten throughout the years as the most precise and quickest reaction time meat thermometer available. The temperature extend goes from - 58 to 572 degrees fahrenheit. Despite the fact that the cost is more than the others recorded here, numerous proprietors state they can "trust" the Thermapen meat thermometer more than the others.

First class Remote Meat Thermometer:

Let's assume you are barbecuing some food on the grill and need to come inside to watch the game for a couple of moments while the food is preparing on the flame broil. Rather than proceeding to check the temperature on the meats, you can get the Grill Alert Talking Remote Meat Thermometer which permits you to be inside and still get data from the meat thermometer that is outside. The item can be found and surveys are more than positive on this unit. 

We read a few proprietors remarks that notice the 300 foot distant exactness isn't in every case right. They liked the presentation backdrop illumination which proved to be useful when barbecuing around evening time in obscurity. The voice alert on the remote far off will make statements like "practically prepared" and "prepared" so you never need to check the meat again. Most proprietors concur it's steady, simple to clean, and spares you time going to and fro from the BBQ to the house.

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This is going to sound extremely strange but do you still free roam caves? It looks really fun and I want to start doing it but I don't know how and I was wondering if you could give me some advice.

Well, that’s an unexpected ask but yes I do still free roam and I can definitely give you advice!

It is extremely fun and it’s an incredible experience but it can be dangerous. The first thing you’re going to want to do is make sure the cave you plan to explore allows free roaming. You don’t want to be in legal trouble if someone finds you. It also makes rescue harder if you get trapped or injured. Some caves are also off limits to humans so that their ecosystem is not compromised. Regardless of the reason, if a cave does not allow free roaming DO NOT DO IT.

Make sure you have ample supplies, but don’t pack too heavy and tire yourself out. I usually pack a first aid kit a few flashlights, a headlamp, extra batteries, a few hours’ worth of water and some sort of food. I also bring extra socks, shoes and pants because I have gotten into caves that are filled with frigid water. You don’t want to stay in those clothes long so once you’re out of the water and won’t be back in, you’ll want to change.

Another point: DO NOT GO INTO ANY WATER UNLESS YOU CAN EASILY MEASURE THE DEPTH. Water in caves is hard to judge the depth of, there’s no light, you’re relying on flashlights and headlamps, the water is very clear and reflective the depth is almost always different than what it looks like it would be. DO NOT RISK IT. A pool of water could look to be a few feet deep because you’re seeing the ceiling reflected on the surface and assuming you’re seeing through the water and to the bottom and then you’ll get in and plummet into immensely deep water that is nearly freezing. Again, please, please avoid water unless you have a way to measure it.

 Most caves that allow free roaming are off the beaten trail and require some hiking to get to so wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Make sure to dress for moderately cool temperatures, most caves hover between 35º and 50º Fahrenheit and it’s easy to get too cold. Also be prepared to fall. Wear boots and pants that will protect you in the event that you slip or lose your footing. We once went into a cave that was fine and rocky until the floor suddenly turned to nothing but wet clay. I took off my shoes and buried my feet in the clay to keep from falling (again, back up shoes are a life saver) but I had a friend with me who fell at least ten times trying to cross it.If you find a tunnel or passage and would like to explore it, do so safely. If it feels off or if you hear rocks falling, even small pebbles, get out. If the tunnel begins to get smaller, get out. Even if you see a room on the other side, do not risk getting stuck in a narrow shaft. You will not be able to call for help and will have to wait on someone to go back to the nearest sign of civilization and get help, it can take hours and during that time, you can panic and pass out from lack of air. DO NOT RISK IT.

You also need to be ready to make fast decisions and act calm under stress. If something isn’t right and you need to get out, you need to be rational and proceed quickly and with caution. We were once in a cave that was rather dangerous, more so than we had bargained for, and didn’t feel comfortable trekking back to where we’d come in. We found a small hole that led to the outside- however, we climbed through only to realise this hole let out onto a sheer cliff face and we either had to go back into the cave and go back the way we came or very carefully scale our way down the cliff and to the river below. We chose the cliff and we all helped each other down. It took a long time and a lot of patience but we got out safely.

This brings me to my last point: NEVER GO ALONE. You DO NOT want to get trapped or lost or injured in a location like that. Help may never come or it may come too late.

Free roaming is a fun activity, it’s amazing, it’s fabulous exercise and you see nature in a stunning light. Use common sense, don’t push your limits and prepare wisely and you’ll be fine.

[ccerebral-thunderr]

don’t know why i think i could lie

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Yuri sat at his computer, trying to edit his latest video. It was a general life update after VidCon, as he didn't have any other ideas and he had to post something this month. But he wasn't exactly making progress. Every time Yuri left the safety of the pile of blankets he was sitting under to even try and touch the desktop, he was hit with a wave of chills and shaking.

“Yuri! What do you want for dinner?” Otabek called from the living room.

“I'm not really in the mood to eat,” Yuri yelled back, trying to sound as loud as he could through the blankets.

“How long have you been editing?” Otabek asked, getting up from the couch and pausing the show he was watching.

“I don't know? It's taking a while. I'm not really sure how I want this to look in the end.” Yuri replied, shivering as he tried to move closer to the desk.

“Maybe you should take a break, dude. Come on. We can watch The Office. I know you love yelling at Michael because he's an idiot.”

“The man should not be in charge of an office building! He’s delusional at best!” Yuri yelled, forgetting they had neighbors who would surely be irritated with him for being so loud. But they hadn't complained yet, which meant he’d keep being loud.

“Yuri, seriously. You've been at it for two hours.” Otabek said, sounding concerned.

“Fine. I'm bringing my blankets, though.”

“Okay?” Otabek said, confused. Yuri almost never got cold. Maybe he was getting a little sick.

“I’m here,” Yuri said, although it was muffled, and Otabek looked surprised if only for a split second. There were a lot more blankets than he had anticipated. He’d have to figure out a way to take Yuri’s temperature without him knowing, as he refused to admit he ever got sick. It happened rarely, too.

“Alright. Sit wherever, because I think I’m gonna grab some tortilla chips or whatever we have in the pantry,” Otabek said, and Yuri quickly rearranged his mass of warmth so he could see the TV. He felt around for the remote to start the episode again, and unpaused it just as Otabek sat down.

“Are you okay, Yuri? You usually-” “I’m fine. Just a little cold is all,” Yuri cut his friend off, preparing himself for whatever shenanigans were about to go down in Scranton.

Yuri was asleep not fifteen minutes after the start of the show, which Otabek took as an opportunity. He raced to the cabinet that kept their medicine, which was a half-empty bottle of Tylenol that was probably expired, a bottle of allergy medicine that was at least six months old and had never been opened, and a thermometer that needed new batteries. Otabek quickly changed them, hoping Yuri was still asleep. He walked back in and awkwardly took Yuri’s temp. The results: he was burning at around 103 degrees Fahrenheit(because I’m American and we can’t just use the same measurement system as everybody else in the world because reasons). Otabek let Yuri keep sleeping. Hopefully his fever won’t be as high when he wakes up.

“Yura? Are you okay?” Otabek asked, turning on the living room light. Yuri wasn’t in the cocoon of blankets on the couch. He would have known if Yuri had gone back to his bed, and he wasn’t there. Which meant Yuri was in the bathroom, probably. Otabek ran down the hall and knocked quietly on the door.

“Yuri? Are you in there?” Otabek asked, quieter this time.

“S’okay. Go back to bed, Beka,” Yuri replied, sounding a little slurred.

“Yuri, I’m going to come in, okay?”

“Go back to bed. I’m fine.” Yuri said sternly, or as sternly as he could. Otabek opened the door slightly and found Yuri curled in a ball on the floor.

“Yura, what’s wrong? Why are you in here?” Otabek asked in a tone that meant business. He wasn’t taking any excuses, and Yuri could see it in his eyes.

“Okay, I’ve felt like shit all day,” Yuri said. There was something about Otabek that made him cave every time and he didn’t know what it was. “I’ve been freezing and I was sure when I came in here I was going to throw up.”

“Yura, come on. Let’s get some medicine and then you can go back to bed, or the couch or wherever you want to sleep.”

“It’s three in the morning and I know we don’t have any medicine that isn’t expired.” Yuri said, and Otabek was about to tell him about the Tylenol, but stopped after he remembered.

“Well, I’ll just have to get some, then.”

“You dumbass. You are not leaving to get me drugs at this hour of the morning. I can wait until the sun’s up, at least,” Yuri said, but the wave of chills that hit him at that moment said otherwise.

“I’m going to see if the CVS around the corner is still open. I’ll be right back, and call me if you need anything.” Otabek said gently, and Yuri nodded. He heard Otabek’s footsteps down the hall to his room, and then he came back with a hoodie for Yuri.

“I’ll be right back, Yura.”

“Okay. Thanks.” Yuri said quietly as Otabek went back down the hall, and he didn’t think he had been loud enough.

Yuri pulled on the hoodie, and realized it was Otabek’s after seeing the sleeves were just a little too long. He walked slowly back to the couch and turned the TV on for background noise, but after fifteen minutes of lying under blankets with his eyes shut, Yuri knew he wasn't going back to sleep any time soon. Turning on a show that was actually entertaining was his only option, but he wasn't in the mood to wait ten minutes for Netflix to decide if the Wifi was working or not. Yuri channel-flipped until he landed on some international house show and tuned out the buyers. He was more interested in the places and buildings themselves, mostly because after living in a small town all his life and moving to a bigger city only a few years ago, the world outside of Yuri’s apparent bubble seemed so much more interesting and exciting. He had always been a little jealous of JJ and Isabella because their channel was based on their travels and the places they got to visit. Yuri was so lost in thinking about all the places he would go if he could that he didn't hear Otabek unlock the door and come in.

“Yuri? You still awake?” He asked quietly.

“Yeah, I’m on the couch,” He replied.

“I got some meds. I’ll get some water so you can take them and try to get some sleep.” Otabek said, walking towards the kitchen. He came back with a mug and the bottle.

“Thanks, Beka,” Yuri said, and downed two of the pills.

“Anytime. Now, go to sleep, and wake me up if you need anything,” Otabek said, and went back into his room. Yuri blamed his racing heartbeat on the fever. But he knew that wasn’t the reason it was there.

“Leo?”

“Hey, Yuri. Heard you're sick?”

“Yep. If I leave the bubble of blankets I've made, I'm gonna freeze.”

“That sucks, man. But judging by your text, I'm assuming that's not the reason you're calling.”

“No, it's not. Leo, what do I do? I thought that crush was something that died in my old flat. And now I that I know he might return my feelings, it’s not as bad. But it's still awful.”

“You could tell him? But that's obviously not the best option at the moment,” Leo said, trying to think. There had to be something else that Yuri could do.

“No, it's fine. It’ll blow over. It did last time, so there's no reason that it shouldn't this time,” Yuri said, shifting in his spot on the couch. “Otabek’s out getting food and stuff, so he shouldn't be back for a while. But enough about my shitty emotions. You said you had something you wanted to talk about?”

“Yeah, actually. So you remember how the last day of VidCon I walked around with those two vloggers?”

“Yep.”

“Well, I kept in contact with one, and we’ve been Skyping, and I think I like him a bit.”

“What’s his name?” Yuri asked, stretching to grab his laptop. He wanted to investigate. Not stalk. Just see what this guy was like.

“Guang-Hong Ji. He’s honestly the sweetest person I’ve ever met, and it helps that he’s adorable, too.” Leo sounded sheepish.

“Well, if I were you, I’d try to meet face-to-face more often. If it's possible, I mean. But I'd wait to see if the friendship keeps going before saying anything.” Yuri said. “There’s not much else I can think of, at the moment.”

“Well, you are kind of dying right now. Thanks, Yuri. Do you think JJ might have any helpful advice?”

“Advice? Yes. Helpful? Maybe,” Yuri laughed, and Leo chuckled on the other end.

“Well, I’ve kept you long enough. Take a nap or something. Get better.” Leo tried to sound stern, but Yuri could hear the laughter in his voice.

“Thanks, Leo. Good luck.”

“You too. Bye.”

“Bye.” Yuri said, and hung up.

[sciencespies]

'Lunar ark' could safeguard millions of species' DNA on the Moon

https://sciencespies.com/space/lunar-ark-could-safeguard-millions-of-species-dna-on-the-moon/

'Lunar ark' could safeguard millions of species' DNA on the Moon

A “lunar ark” hidden inside the Moon‘s lava tubes could preserve the sperm, eggs and seeds of millions of Earth’s species, a group of scientists has proposed.

The ark, or gene bank, would be safely hidden in these hollowed-out tunnels and caves sculpted by lava more than 3 billion years ago and would be powered by solar panels above. It would hold the cryogenically preserved genetic material of all 6.7 million known species of plants, animals and fungi on Earth, which would require at least 250 rocket launches to transport to the Moon, according to the researchers.

Scientists believe the endeavor could safeguard our planet’s wildlife against both natural and human-caused apocalyptic scenarios, such as a supervolcano eruption or a nuclear war, and ensure the survival of their genes.

The scientists presented their lunar ark plans on Sunday (March 7) at the IEEE Aerospace Conference, which was held virtually this year due the COVID-19 pandemic. 

“There’s this strong interconnectedness between us and nature,” lead author Jekan Thanga, head of the Space and Terrestrial Robotic Exploration (SpaceTREx) Laboratory at the University of Arizona, told Live Science. “We have a responsibility to be guardians of biodiversity and the means to preserve it.”

Not all the technology needed for this ambitious project exists yet, but the researchers think that it could realistically be built within the next 30 years, Thanga said.

Existential threats 

The main motivation behind the lunar ark is to create a secure off-world storage facility for biodiversity. 

“I like to use the data analogy,” Thanga said. “It’s like copying your photos and documents from your computer onto a separate hard drive, so you have a backup if anything goes wrong.”

Therefore, if an apocalyptic event destroyed the natural world or wiped out most of humanity, there would be a chance to “hit a reset button,” Thanga said.

In their presentation, the researchers listed the following as potential existential threats to biodiversity on Earth: Supervolcanic eruption, global nuclear war, asteroid impact, pandemic, climate change acceleration, global solar storm and global drought.

Related: Doomsday: 9 real ways the Earth could end

“The environment and human civilization are both very fragile,” Thanga said. “There are many of these really tragic circumstances that could happen.”

Creating genetic back-ups to preserve biodiversity is not a new concept. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located within the Arctic Circle in Norway, holds the genetic samples of plant species from around the world and has already been used to reintroduce certain plants back into the wild.

However, that vault is still at risk of being destroyed by rising sea levels or an asteroid strike.

Only by storing the genetic information somewhere else in the Solar System can we ensure it survives any existential threats to Earth, the researchers said.

Lava tubes 

The Moon was the obvious choice for an off-world ark for one main reason: It is only a four-day journey from Earth, which means transporting the samples is much easier than taking them to Mars. Building an ark in orbit around Earth is also not secure enough due to the instability of orbit, Thanga said.

However, another benefit of building an ark on the Moon is that it can be safely hidden away in lava tubes. These hollowed-out caverns and tunnels under the surface were formed during the Moon’s fiery infancy, and they have remained untouched ever since. Lava tubes would protect the ark from meteor strikes and DNA-damaging radiation. The lava tubes have also been suggested as excellent places to build lunar cities for a human civilization on the Moon as well, as previously reported by Live Science. 

Design of the lunar ark with solar panels above. (Jekan Thanga)

“Unless there is a direct hit from a meteor or a nuclear strike, the ark should be okay,” Thanga said. “And there could be as many as 200 lava tubes that could be suitable for the ark.” 

The researchers propose to first map these tubes using specially designed robots capable of autonomously exploring the caverns and tunnels. The hypothetical SphereX robots would resemble large “pokeballs” with a dark metallic grey upper half and bronze lower half, according to Thanga. The SphereX robots would be capable of hopping around in the Moon’s low gravity and mapping the tubes using cameras and LIDAR — a remote sensing method that uses light in the form of a pulsed laser to measure distances.

Once the robots identify a suitable lava tube then the construction phase could begin.

Building the base 

The proposed ark would include two main sections above and below ground. The genetic samples would be kept in cryostorage modules inside the lava tubes that would be connected to the surface by elevators. On the surface, a communications array and solar panels would allow the ark to be maintained autonomously and an airlock would allow for human visitors. 

An expanded design of the ark shown without the lava tube roof. (Jekan Thanga)

Building the ark would be a huge logistical challenge, but Thanga said that upcoming Moon missions by NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will lay the groundwork for these types of construction projects. 

Thanga predicts that transporting the samples to the Moon will be the most challenging and costly aspect of building the ark, Based on some “quick, back-of-the-envelope calculations,” he said.

Those calculations assume that 50 samples of each species would be needed to successfully reintroduce a species. However, reintroducing each species could actually take as many as 500, which would mean many more rockets were needed, Thanga said. These calculations also don’t include the launches needed to transport the necessary materials to build the ark in the first place.

“It will cost hundreds of billions of dollars to build the ark and transport samples,” Thanga said. “But this isn’t totally out of the question for international collaborations like the UN”

Super-cold robots 

Even so, one aspect of the lunar ark is currently out of reach.

In order for the samples to be cryogenically preserved, they must be stored at extremely low temperatures between minus 292 and minus 321 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 180 to minus 196 degrees Celsius). This means that it would be impractical to use humans to sort and retrieve samples from the cryostorage modules. Instead, robots would have to do the heavy lifting. 

But at such low temperatures, the robots would freeze to the floor via cold welding, where metals fuse together under freezing temperatures. The solution, according to the researchers, is quantum levitation. This theoretical solution is basically a supercharged version of magnetism using superconductive materials to fix objects in a magnetic field. 

“You can have things at a distance being pinned together, so you can move the robots via levitation,” Thanga said. “It’s as if you know, they have invisible strings or ropes attached to them.”

Quantum levitation isn’t possible yet, but it will also be needed in the future for other cryogenic projects like long-haul space travel, so it is only a matter of time before someone works out how to do it, Thanga said.

The researchers say that a 30-year timeframe is possible, but if humanity were faced with an imminent existential crisis it could be done much faster, Thanga said. 

“This is a project that would require real urgency to have a lot of people energized enough to go after it,” Thanga said. “I think it could be achieved within 10 to 15 years if needed.”

Related content:

Top 10 amazing Moon facts

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This article was originally published by Live Science. Read the original article.

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Jorge paez boxer

The Spanish word "maromero" is gotten from "maroma" (somersaults), and would signify "trapeze artist," "the individual who somersaults," "one who flips his body," or essentially "swindle." Jorge Adolfo Febles Paez, a neighborhood of Mexicali in Baja Jorge paez boxer California, Mexico experienced adolescence in a gathering of meandering and fighting entertainers of a festival asserted by his grandmother. More than the boxing ring, Paez treasured comic and tumbler parts in the jubilee. In 1989, "El Maromero" Paez is refered to as saying, as for the more than $100,000 he would get for guarding his International Boxing Federation (IBF) flyweight title against Lupe Gutierezz in Reno, Nevada:

"I simply need to get money, not titles...I began from a down status. By and by, I am at the top. It was hard arriving" ("Paez Faces Gutierezz" in "Schenectady Gazette," December 9, 1989).

Indeed one of Jorge Paez's motivations to get money was the redesigning and exhibiting of the family jamboree.

The rising to notoriety of Maromero Paez was exceptional, dynamite, and basically certain. Before Paez's first fight in the United States of America, he was in every practical sense cloud past the boxing circles of Mexico where he had earned the sobriquet "Maromero." In Mexico Paez had generally fought in Mexicali (which is the state capital, and a portmanteau for "Mexico" and "California") and Tijuana in the state Baja California. He from time to time struggled in spots like Mexico City and San Luis Colorado. Regardless, however by and large untested by worldwide competition before his attempts into the United States, Paez had amassed an unbelievable boxing record of 25 wins (19 by knockout), two incidents, one draw. Paez amassed the two mishaps at an early stage in his occupation.

On January 23rd in Gamaches in Somme, France, 25 year-old African-American Calvin Grove dismissed Puerto Rican Antonio Rivera whose continue going fight had been on August 30th 1986 when he expelled Ki-Young Chung of Korea of the IBF flyweight title. Undefeated in 32 past fights in a specialist restricting livelihood that started 1982, Grove pounded out Rivera in the fourth round of a booked 15 rounds. Tall and thin Calvin Grove, one of the best American boxers, was famous for his speed and aptitudes and ability to evade blows; he earned the moniker, "Smooth." On April seventeenth 1988, Grove would successfully secure his new title, against American Myron Taylor. The accompanying battle would be with Paez, on August fourth 1988. Woodland was required to win, however Paez had the higher knockout extent. Paez would fight in his notable fundamental habitation with the gathering cheering for the jokester. Sogginess in Mexicali is generally low, yet the July-August atmosphere temperatures oftentimes rise to a getting dried out triple-digits Fahrenheit! The temperature high of Mexicali on that August fourth 1988 was 105 degrees Fahrenheit, while the low was 86 degrees!

Calvin Grove Vs. Jorge Adolfo Paez: The First Bout

A high point of confinement swarm at the Plaza de Toros Calafia was enthusiastically anticipated the IBF featherweight title session. The ring set up in a bullfighting field was unusually wide in locale, and this would be a consider the fight. It would likely give Grove the space advantage given that he was an endeavor at murder warrior. Paez was a more prominent measure of the catch and short vicinity boxer who needed to take out the space or corner his adversaries and hitter them. Tragically, there are no rigid legal limits on the estimations of a boxing ring.

Of obvious importance, the Paez-Grove experience would definitively be the last USA communicate and genuine general 15-round capable title session. Challenges over the risks of boxing had no ifs ands or buts had an impact in well ordered limiting capable boxing sessions to twelve rounds.

A young looking Paez, definitely comprehended for his stand-out conspicuous and brilliant ring outfits and haircuts (near his playing in the ring) was this time wearing pompous blue shorts and had a faultless full yield of hair with bangles connected to the hair shuts running down the neck. As anyone might expect, Paez was there not to take the Troy dorsey karate show yet rather to be the show! In examination, Grove looked none the ragged out in his white and lines dull shorts. He had a vital thick crown-result of hair on top of his head with the lower outskirts of the head seriously trimmed down. Paez at 22 years of age (considered on October 27th, 1965 in the little agreeable city Colima which is the capital of the Colima state of Mexico) and a decently short 5'5" (165 cm) was formally weighted 125.75 pounds, while Grove who may turn 26 the next day (August fifth 1988) stood tall at 5'8" and light at 125.5 pounds. The qualifications arms lengths were similarly immense. Paez at 68-69 inches and Grove at 71 inches- - very nearly a full-foot of qualification. Woods was imagined in the little steel town Coatesville in Pennsylvania.

In the first round, Grove shows a huge amount of the Muhammad Ali style. He is hitting and running, circumnavigating the ring. Paez looks more grounded, significantly more buffed and strong than Grove. Without a doubt, Grove is particularly aware of the quality and shaking power of Paez. Paez is the threatening one, Grove is the careful one. As Paez walks and hurries to Grove to pass on, Grove keeps jabbing and running, however the jabs are not hurting Paez. However, the few of Paez's blows that hit Grove are basically serious, and one detectably causes Grove to amaze. This reminds Grove that he ought to continue being reluctant to keep up a key separation from a Paez surge. The warriors have been feeling or assessing each other's qualities and weaknesses. The judges likely conceded each of the two pugilists comparative amounts of centers for this round.

The second round begins and further suggests that Paez is the one with the mind-boggling power punches that Grove totally recognized in the first round. Woodland keeps up a shielded division from Paez, now and again escaping from a seeking after Paez who is meaning to put out Paez with an amazing right-left catch.

In rounds three and four, Grove continues with his hit-and-pull back position that baffles Paez who does not have all the earmarks of being accustomed to Grove's boxing style. Some place in there, Paez passes on a hard left catch that harms Grove. Nevertheless, this fight is likely transforming into a troublesome one to score. Should the judges adjust for Grove's blends which are not bound with much power and incorporate what looks like cowardly pulling back and keeping up a key separation from a toe-to-toe battle with Paez; or would it be fitting for them to give Paez for his observation however disappointment in hitting Grove? Paez's blows are hard and basic, the couple of conditions they arrive. Paez may need to rely on upon Grove losing steam as the fight propels. Besides, atmosphere temperatures are through and through high, and Grove with his thin body and unending running may will without a doubt lose more imperativeness and body fluids as the fight progresses.

In the fifth round, Paez obviously starts his clowning. This is to please and rail the gathering, demonstrating what he is acclaimed for. It may moreover be a way for him to loosen up given the aversion of Grove that has baffled and rationally annihilated him. Paez is taking a break to allow him to produce a technique to get at Grove. The primary two master sessions that Paez heretofore lost occurred at an early stage in his calling. Paez had never been pounded out and had gone the full detachment in an unobtrusive group of 10-rounders. This is his first overall title, the first past 10 rounds. Woods has gone the full partition in a basic number of scenes of 10 rounds and past. Timberland decidedly has the stamina- - in his last fight, about a year back, he vanquished Myron Taylor by steady decision in a 15-round protect of his new IBF featherweight title.

The sixth round starts, and Paez rapidly hits Grove. This is Paez's best round, the gathering of spectators is stimulated. Paez lands more head-pursuing punches, clownishly affronts Grove,. despite faking getting obfuscated after Grove's passing on the blows that don't hurt him.

In the seventh round, strikingly, the two boxers are closer in body particular; perhaps a sign that both are depleted. Regardless, as illustrated, the adjacent contact style would likely bolster the harder-hitting and threatening Paez. This round is impressively more empowering than the fifth-sixth rounds, however Paez lands the harder and more sharpened blows. Both boxers are getting drained, and Grove the more depleted, the two seem to go for the butcher as Grove ends up being more venturesome.

Paez emits an impression of being loosening up in the eighth round, while up 'til now scanning for the opportunity to land that killer punch. Woods continues getting the burst punches, assuming that the conglomeration will give him the core interests. Paez is also clearly landing hits to Grove's body as he ducks.

In the ninth round Paez snatches the pace and the gathering thunders as he now and again passes on. At some point or another he affronts Grove to move towards him and fight.