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Statue of Pharaoh Tutankhamun
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Scientists Have Discovered A Mushroom That Eats Plastic, And It Could Clean Our Landfills -
This is actually pretty exciting. They’ve found a way to turn plastic into food.
Mushrooms are such amazing things. Most are decomposers, meaning they break stuff down into its original components. Some break down dead wood, or animals, others can break down toxic waste, and apparently this one can break down plastic. How cool is that?
catch me running biorecycling plants filled with pestalotiopsis and waxworm caterpillars, BOTH OF WHICH ARE EDIBLE,
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This object was obviously designed as part of a window. The subject of the sculpture is highly original and reflects the blending of Egyptian and Greco-Roman traditions. A horseman, who is none other than the god Horus, is stabbing his spear into a crocodile, one animal that symbolized the god Set. This strange combat represents the victory of Good over Evil.
A fragment of a window
Egyptian deities were never portrayed on horseback. This representation, which dates from the fourth century CE, reflects the influence of Greco-Roman models and of the Christian symbolism of Good conquering Evil. The scene in question is complete, although the object itself is not: it was undoubtedly part of a window, of which only the left part remains, with a section of molded frame. Several of the components of the scene (the horse’s head and the crocodile’s mouth) are joined to the frame for both technical and artistic reasons, contributing, with the sculpted scrolls, to the liveliness of the scene.
Horus on horseback
The god Horus, a man with a hawk’s head, is dressed like a Roman soldier. He is portrayed in full profile, on a horse which is also in profile with its head turned full face. Horus is sitting on a saddle attached by a bellyband to his richly appointed mount. He is controlling his steed with his left hand and holding a spear in his right (the hand is missing). He is about to stab a crocodile, which is pinned between the horse’s forelegs and under his own left foot (which is not in its stirrup). The horse appears to be looking down at the crocodile, while the latter’s wide open eye reflects his sorry plight. The horse’s position and bearing, and the god’s calm assurance, contrast with the slumped body and hunched legs of the crocodile.
The precursor of St. George
According to Egyptian mythology, the god Set murdered his brother Osiris. Horus, the son of Osiris, avenged his father’s death by killing Set. The episode is depicted here with all the symbolism and freedom of expression proper to the Greco-Roman period. The iconography of the horseman overcoming Evil with his spear was widespread throughout the Christian period: representations of St. George, in particular, are direct descendants of objects such as this. It should be added that the present work does not actually portray a fight, as the crocodile and horse are facing the same way. Horus has caught up with Set, who adopts the form of a crocodile to escape his nephew; this ruse, however, will not be enough to save his life.
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…most bottled water sold in the US comes from the same municipal sources that supply tap water – a fact probably unknown to most consumers. Coca-Cola makes Dasani at the company’s Detroit plant by purchasing, treating and bottling municipal water before selling it at a significant mark-up to consumers. Pepsi bottles its Aquafina water brand in Detroit the same way.
The business model is hugely profitable. The cost to buy that municipal water is exceedingly low – and once bottled, the mark-up can be about 133 times greater, a Consumer Reports analysis of company water billing and usage records found.code> …
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Nova Scotia shooting: residents ask why authorities didn't send emergency alert -
As Canada reels from mass shooting that killed at least 22 people, residents in Nova Scotia have asked why authorities failed to send an emergency alert as a gunman posing as a police officer drove around the province for more than 12 hours.
A week before Canada’s worst-ever mass shooting, all residents of the province received a mobile phone alert asking them to remain at home due to the coronavirus pandemic. Many argue that a similar warning during the shooting spree could have saved lives.
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said on Wednesday that the active shooter situation over the weekend was “dynamic” and “fluid” as officers scrambled to locate the gunman, delaying an emergency message broadcast to the public.
“We were in the process of preparing an alert when the gunman was shot and killed by the RCMP,” Chief Superintendent Chris Leather told reporters.
The first reports of gunfire came late on Saturday, and police officers were dispatched to a home in the town of Portapique. At 11.32pm, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police sent out a tweet asking residents to “stay in their homes with doors locked at this time”.
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