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Climate change: US megadrought 'already under way'
A drought, equal to the worst to have hit the western US in recorded history, is already under way, say scientists.
Researchers say the megadrought is a naturally occurring event that started in the year 2000 and is still ongoing. Climate change, though, is having a major impact with rising temperatures making the drought more severe. Some researchers are more cautious, saying that it is too early to say if the region really is seeing a true megadrought. According to the authors of this new paper, a megadrought in North America refers to a multi-decade event, that contains periods of very high severity that last longer than anything observed during the 19th or 20th centuries. -
BBC News - Brian Dennehy: All-round American actor dies at 81
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Nasa to launch first manned mission from US in decade
Nasa has announced that next month it will launch its first manned mission from US soil in almost 10 years.
The rocket and the spacecraft it is carrying are due to take off from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on 27 May, taking two astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). Both the rocket and spacecraft were developed by private company SpaceX. Nasa has been using Russian rockets for manned flights since its space shuttle was retired in 2011. If successful, SpaceX – headed by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk - will become the first private firm to send Nasa astronauts into space. The Falcon Nine rocket and Crew Dragon spacecraft will take off from the space centre’s historic Pad 39A, the same one used for the Apollo and shuttle missions. -
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Can't read it
Thank you GDPR.
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Rush for haircuts in Denmark as lockdown eases
Danes can now get a haircut at a salon for the first time in a month, as the Nordic country takes the next step to gradually relax its coronavirus lockdown.
"We are crazy busy. I mean fully booked for the next two weeks," says Phil Olander, owner of Phil's Barber in central Copenhagen. The move, announced on Friday, has triggered a rush of appointments. Mr Olander says his booking system crashed because it was flooded with enquiries. Another hairdresser told me she's fully booked for the next three weeks and will work extended hours to meet demand. Other businesses including tattoo parlours, beauticians, dentists and opticians are now permitted to reopen. Driving lessons are also allowed. Each has new health guidelines to follow. -
Sweden could have 'herd immunity' by next month
...claims its infectious diseases chief amid as deaths stay low despite relaxed lockdown measures
Parts of Sweden could achieve 'herd immunity' as early as next month, the country's leading epidemiologist has said as the death toll steadily rises.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sweden could have 'herd immunity' by next month
...claims its infectious diseases chief amid as deaths stay low despite relaxed lockdown measures
Parts of Sweden could achieve 'herd immunity' as early as next month, the country's leading epidemiologist has said as the death toll steadily rises.
"Could".
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Rush for haircuts in Denmark as lockdown eases
Danes can now get a haircut at a salon for the first time in a month, as the Nordic country takes the next step to gradually relax its coronavirus lockdown.
"We are crazy busy. I mean fully booked for the next two weeks," says Phil Olander, owner of Phil's Barber in central Copenhagen. The move, announced on Friday, has triggered a rush of appointments. Mr Olander says his booking system crashed because it was flooded with enquiries. Another hairdresser told me she's fully booked for the next three weeks and will work extended hours to meet demand. Other businesses including tattoo parlours, beauticians, dentists and opticians are now permitted to reopen. Driving lessons are also allowed. Each has new health guidelines to follow.I have one style haircut, bald. So I rather take care of that myself.
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
I have one style haircut, bald. So I rather take care of that myself.
Same here.
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@mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:
Rush for haircuts in Denmark as lockdown eases
Danes can now get a haircut at a salon for the first time in a month, as the Nordic country takes the next step to gradually relax its coronavirus lockdown.
"We are crazy busy. I mean fully booked for the next two weeks," says Phil Olander, owner of Phil's Barber in central Copenhagen. The move, announced on Friday, has triggered a rush of appointments. Mr Olander says his booking system crashed because it was flooded with enquiries. Another hairdresser told me she's fully booked for the next three weeks and will work extended hours to meet demand. Other businesses including tattoo parlours, beauticians, dentists and opticians are now permitted to reopen. Driving lessons are also allowed. Each has new health guidelines to follow.Unless one of you all know someone willing to give me a haircut in the Wayne County area in Ohio, I'm in desperate need of one. Getting desperate enough I might buy clippers and just buzz my entire head.
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I've stopped trimming and am starting to look like an old, grizzled Basque fisherman coming in after months at sea.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sweden could have 'herd immunity' by next month
...claims its infectious diseases chief amid as deaths stay low despite relaxed lockdown measures
Parts of Sweden could achieve 'herd immunity' as early as next month, the country's leading epidemiologist has said as the death toll steadily rises.
It's funny, I was thinking the same thing for a small town in Nebraska. There has been a rash of infections in Grand Island Nebraska. The last claim I saw said that 35% of the residents were tested positive to Covid-19. They could easily see herd immunity in a few more weeks, or possibly less.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
I have one style haircut, bald. So I rather take care of that myself.
Same here.
Considering it myself..
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sweden could have 'herd immunity' by next month
...claims its infectious diseases chief amid as deaths stay low despite relaxed lockdown measures
Parts of Sweden could achieve 'herd immunity' as early as next month, the country's leading epidemiologist has said as the death toll steadily rises.
"Could".
Could in relationship to the timing of the heard immunity. Not the fact of herd immunity itself. Even if it is not permanent immunity, there are almost no infections that the body does not naturally gain immunity to for at least a short period of time.
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@Obsolesce said in Non-IT News Thread:
Sweden could have 'herd immunity' by next month
...claims its infectious diseases chief amid as deaths stay low despite relaxed lockdown measures
Parts of Sweden could achieve 'herd immunity' as early as next month, the country's leading epidemiologist has said as the death toll steadily rises.
Articles need to use % per 1000 (a standard for things when measure large populations) so things ca be measured on some sort of normalized footing between locations.
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@JaredBusch said in Non-IT News Thread:
Articles need to use % per 1000
If they use %, then the "per" isn't needed as it's the per 100 as per 100,000,000
