So many ideas hit me when I read this headline and saw the video attached to it.
Really was it safe to send those astronauts up there in the middle of a crazy presidency where resources are now on the brink of scarcity due to Politicians?
Secondly, the video of the spacecraft looks like a metal box detaching itself, not exactly a spacecraft. It’s like the back of a silver articulated truck.
Thanks to Shannon Fogg, Missouri University of Science and Technology and The Conversation for this Headline
The displacement of refugees after the War, particularly the Jews who had had their property and businesses confiscated by the Nazi’s in lands that they had invaded.
Unfortunately even through all the suffering to those who if they weren’t killed themselves lost whole families in circumstances that for us, though we can read about it , we will never understand fully the trauma or appreciate the feelings associated with the experience of being so hated as someone wanting to destroy us.
Yet today it still happens.
However, this article from “The Conversation” details how even on their return to their homes, those displaced Jews did not or could not get immediate relief. There was no welfare effort to help them re-establish their lives , no, as I recently heard a “Modern Charity ” asking for money for Gaza call it ” Mental Health Aid”.
Those who survived and I think very much for Simone Veil, a phenomenal French Lawyer, and Human and Woman’s right advocate who survived Auschwitz and the Holocaust and recently passed. She overcame all of it and continued to pursue a wish for “rights for all”.
Administrations and Governments very often lose sight of the “rights and wrongs “of this World. I have no doubt that it’s only the people who can keep them focused and we must never forget that one man’s cruelty can affect millions, and prejudice and bad judgement can infiltrate and persist and needs to be constantly monitored.
Sad to say, this article made me realise how easily bad behaviour and lack of understanding can affect those who have been dealt severe blows and deserve empathy not disdain.
Thanks to Ushma Mistry and BBC Online News for the Headline.
Not something I was aware of that people actually feel is necessary to do. Transport a bunch of newly born puppies , just weaned away from their mother to be cuddled by complete strangers. Seems very odd to me.
Even some Universities are using this to reduce the stress levels in their students. Honestly there are better ways, and in truth older dogs who are used to being with people will do the trick.
The process should always be managed and controlled by responsible people who are not looking to “sell” puppies ( one of the people quoted in the article was a dog breeder who thought it was a wonderful idea and I can see why).
Thankfully a dog trainer in Coventry, Nicky Brunt has started a Government Petition, being a dog trainer, she probably sees the problems that arise when dogs have had a bad experience early in life and need special care and rehabilitation to get over it. This can easily start when they are puppies.
The Dogs Trust and the RSPCA have also raised concern about these events, Nicky has worked with Coventry Council and recently was successful in cancelling a puppy cuddling event planned to be held in a “pub” in Leamington Spa.
I for one will be signing her Government petition as “puppy cuddling” is symptomatic of thinking of dogs as soft toys, but they are not toys, they are sentient beings and the puppy stage of their life sets them up for their future. They need to be with their mother and siblings and be appropriately socialised, not traumatised.
A trainer uses hand signals and treats to teach two attentive dogs in a sun-drenched park.
Thanks to Helen Burchell from BBC Online News for the Headline
This headline and the story about the poor dormouse who didn’t wake up even when it was disturbed by Nature Loving litter pickers taking the remnants of a discarded helium balloon from a tree.
Luckily the Essex Wildlife Officer who spotted the little creature in cover which acted like a thermal blanket.Thankfully the little creature did not suffocate as we know plastic bags with no holes in them can .
The dormouse did not wake up from it’s winter sleep, it’s still too cold . So it’s been found another location , probably in a nice nesting box with straw and whatever else dormice need.
I know these balloons have sentimental value , but they can cause a lot of damage in the Countryside, and would be best replaced with some other form of memorial.
A tiny dormouse finds a peaceful place to rest inside its cozy woven nest.
Thanks to Ray Bonsall of Liverpool Echo Online for the Headline
Any person who has to approach a strange house , needs to be protected from any animal that feels it is “guarding ” the house. Let’s face it cats can be pretty nasty , so let’s not blame everything on the dogs.
We should all do what we can to make everyone and every animal feel safe and yes it’s probably a good idea to have a sign so that the person approaching knows to be careful or at least give the householder time to make sure the “potential culprit” is somewhere it can’t cause any harm.
Whether we need a 15 word sign or an 11 word sign I’m not sure.
This sign could could cause confusion and actually looks quite unsightly on the front of the House.
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