Should you go to Florida? The ethics of travel after a hurricane.

 Posted on July 29, 2024  |  7 minutes  |  1397 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

On Visit Florida’s website, click on the “Southwest” region of the map and a link sweeps you off to Barefoot Beach in Naples. In the photo, beachgoers lounge on the white sand, a gentle breeze barely ruffling the beach umbrellas. Wavelets ripple across the Gulf of Mexico. You want to be there, but you will have to wait — weeks, maybe months, depending on recovery efforts following Hurricane Ian and your own ethical calculations. [Read More]

Spy in the Ocean: Deep Thinkers | Spy Octopus Helps Friend Hide From Shark | Nature

 Posted on July 29, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  141 words  |  Tobi Tarwater

TRANSCRIPT - [Narrator] Blacktip sharks hunt octopus. Fortunately, our spy doesn't smell like one. Not so the real thing. He may hide, but they could still find him. (water gurgling) Time for some quick thinking. A hollow bamboo shows promise (water gurgling) but its open entrance is far from ideal. (water gurgling) Our spy may have the answer. (shark swooshing) It's just what the octopus needs. [Read More]

Turkeys best-kept secret

 Posted on July 29, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  837 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

By Amelia ThomasFeatures correspondent Is the little island of Bozcaada Turkey's best kept secret? The little island of Bozcaada, roughly 15 square miles and home to a less than 3,000 people, is unknown, even to Turkish locals. One of the secrets of successful travel lies in always turning adversity to your advantage. And so it was that, having missed our flight home from Istanbul because of a freak traffic jam on Bosphorus Bridge – topped off with being cheerily informed by airline staff that the next available seats were a full week away – when we happened, following a scribbled tip-off from a hotel porter, upon a happy Turkish isle that might otherwise have remained unknown to us forever. [Read More]

What is difference between login and user in SQL Server?

 Posted on July 29, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  283 words  |  Patria Henriques

Logins are created at the server level, while users are created at the database level. In other words, a login allows you to connect to the SQL Server service (also called an instance), and permissions inside the database are granted to the database users, not the logins.Click to see full answer. Also to know is, what is login and user in SQL Server?Creating Logins and Users in SQL Server. A Login is used for authentication into a SQL Instance while a User is used for authorization into a SQL Database. [Read More]

William Hopper

 Posted on July 29, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  612 words  |  Patria Henriques

William Hopper estimated Net Worth, Biography, Age, Height, Dating, Relationship Records, Salary, Income, Cars, Lifestyles & many more details have been updated below. Let’s check, How Rich is William Hopper in 2019-2020? Scroll below and check more detailed information about Current Net worth as well as Monthly/Year Salary, Expense, Income Reports! Biography William Hopper was born in New York City, NY on January 26, 1915. 50s television icon who was immortalized for his role as Paul Drake on over 250 episodes of the series, Perry Mason. [Read More]

A flight with the the Air Forces Thunderbirds

 Posted on July 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  622 words  |  Patria Henriques

First things first — no, I didn’t throw up. It’s the first question that inevitably follows when someone hears you’re flying with the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds, as I did Friday morning in advance of the Joint Base Andrews 2015 Air Show scheduled for Saturday. It’s the base’s first show since 2012 and the Thunderbirds are a big draw. Years ago, I was lucky enough to fly with the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels. [Read More]

Ancient teeth reveal where Black Death began, researchers say

 Posted on July 28, 2024  |  3 minutes  |  435 words  |  Valentine Belue

By Malu CursinoBBC News Getty ImagesThe Yersinia pestis bacteria causes bubonic plague (file picture)Researchers believe they have discovered the origins of the Black Death, more than 600 years after it killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa. The mid-14th Century health catastrophe is one of the most significant disease episodes in human history. But despite years of research, scientists had been unable to pinpoint where the bubonic plague began. [Read More]

CDC issues safety alert for peaches, nectarines and plums linked to listeria outbreak

 Posted on July 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  383 words  |  Valentine Belue

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a food safety alert linked to several fruits. On Friday, November 17, the HMC Group Marketing, Inc., which does business as HMC Farms, voluntarily recalled peaches, plums and nectarines sold in retail stores between May 1 and November 15, 2022, and between May 1 and November 15, 2023. The recalled fruit involves two pound bags branded “HMC Farms” or “Signature Farms”, according to the CDC. [Read More]

Charles Munger Net Worth 2024

 Posted on July 28, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  174 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

During a talk at Harvard in 1995 entitled The Psychology of Human Misjudgment, Munger mentions Tupperware parties and open outcry auctions, where he explained "three, four, five of these things work together and it turns human brains into mush," meaning that normal people will be highly likely to succumb to the multiple irrational tendencies acting in the same direction. In the Tupperware party, you have reciprocation, consistency and commitment tendency, and social proof. [Read More]

Corey Lewandowski accused of sexual assault by Joy Villa

 Posted on July 28, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  377 words  |  Chauncey Koziol

Getty ImagesCorey Lewandowski pictured on Donald Trump's campaign trail in 2016A US singer has filed a sexual assault claim against President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski. Joy Villa says Mr Lewandowski hit her twice on the backside during an event in Washington last month. She told the US media she spoke to the police on Christmas Eve, having been persuaded to launch a formal complaint by friends. Mr Lewandowski has not responded to US media's requests for comment. [Read More]