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“The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood… wins this year’s Best Fiction award for her long-anticipated sequel to the dystopian classic “The Handmaid’s Tale.” The book picks up the story 15 years after handmaid Offred’s ambiguous fate in the theocratic nation of Gilead and continues the saga’s dark contemporary resonance. In fact, Atwood’s stated inspiration for her new novel is direct: “The world we’ve been living in.”
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk may finally get his huge paycheck by mid-spring if shares of the electric carmaker stay stable and the company manages to… read more
In a word, no. See style.mla.org/capitalizing-names-of-dog-breeds
Do not routinely capitalize the names of dog breeds. Many breed names are composed of proper nouns that you capitalize [like Boston] and generic terms (like retriever or terrier) that you lowercase.
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A cousin just installed a 16kW generator to power the whole house. It goes on and off automatically, triggered by power failure and restoration, and runs on natural gas. See video here.
It costs about $4K plus installation. Various models on www.generac.com. He says, “I was going to use a smaller, less costly unit, but the trade-off is to then have a more labor-intensive installation of selecting only critical circuits to power. Also, I did not find portable units that run on natural gas, which this does. I don’t have to store any fuel. As to neighbors hooking up, I planned for that, as the power is adequate. Next-door neighbors on both sides can plug in. BYOC (Bring Your Own extension Cord). Some goodwill to offset the 60 dB noise, about as loud as an air conditioner (I am told).”
UPDATE: As a postscript, yesterday, four days after the installation completed, we lost utility power at 9:30 AM and it is still not restored. Expected soon. Very heavy winds caused havoc with downed trees over a widespread area. As to the generator, it started automatically and functioned flawlessly all day. I manually stopped it at night to eliminate noise and save fuel cost, then turned it on this morning. When power restores it will shut off automatically. I hope your electric power source is more reliable!
Found this. Seems you can put a cotton ball impregnated with iodine and saline in each nostril and breathe quite well:
*Iodine and the 1918 Influenza Pandemic
Dr. David Derry, MD, wrote a very interesting article entitled "Iodine: the Forgotten Weapon Against Influenza Viruses". The abstract of his article is shown below.
After the 1918 Influenza Pandemic which killed an estimated 30 million people, governments financed research on the Pandemic’s causes. Over 25 years, influenza viruses were isolated and methods for killing them with various agents discovered. Iodine was the most effective agent for killing viruses, especially influenza viruses. Aerosol iodine was found to kill viruses in sprayed mists, and solutions of iodine were equally effective. In 1945, Burnet and Stone found that putting iodine on mice snouts prevented the mice from being infected with live influenza virus in mists. They suggested that impregnating masks with iodine would help stop viral spread. They also recommended that medical personnel have iodine-aerosol-treated rooms for examination and treatment of highly infected patients. Current methods of dealing with influenza infection are isolation, hand washing, antiviral drugs, and vaccinations. All of these methods can be improved by incorporating iodine into them. When impregnated with iodine, masks become much more effective, and hand washing is more effect when done with mild iodine solutions. Isolation techniques coupled with aerosol iodine would make them safer for patients, medical personnel, and all persons working with the public. Public health authorities could organize the distribution of iodine and at the same time educate the public in the effective use of iodine. Oral iodine might also boost body defense mechanisms in the upper oral and respiratory mucus.
The British Ecological Society is encouraging people to mow around dandelions, buttercups, and other flowering weeds to help pollinators…. read more
Possibly interesting. See Ancient Origins
EARTH could be braced for a ‘mini ICE-AGE’ as experts warn a solar minimum could last until the 2050s.