A flock of starlings form what looks like one huge bird hovering in the sky, in this photo taken by Rob Wolstenholme at Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve in Somerset. Picture: Robert Wolstenholme/ Solent News & Photo Agency
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My podcast: Sterling’s Hunting Story.
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final project first thoughts
I’m interested in possibly creating a Stop Motion Film. I’m not sure exactly how I would produce it and I’m worried that might be too time consuming, especially if I would need to make props. If the stop motion idea doesn’t pan out or I can’t think of a story to do for that I may look into making a different type of film. #concept
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Giuliano and Claudiu Stroe aren’t your ordinary gym rats. At ages 7 and 5, respectively, the pint-sized Romanian brothers are capable of “jaw-dropping” displays of strength that put even the most demanding adult workout routines to shame. The boys carefully dust their hands with chalk before beginning their two-hour daily training sessions. Their father, Iulian, got them started lifting weights when they were 2. Some critics say the children are too young to take on such an intensive regimen. But the brothers have already garnered themselves an impressive following online, which their father hopes can translate into future success. Watch these ridiculously strong kids in action
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What is it about cats that creates internet page-view gold?
“But why have cats specifically been so successful at soliciting our attention? One hypothesis is that there is a fateful link between cats and human babies that explains their Internet stardom. According to Michael Newall, a philosopher of art at the University of Kent, our inordinate interest in cats may derive from their formal resemblance to our offspring—their big eyes, smallish noses, and dome-shaped heads trigger the evolutionary nurturing instincts that we have evolved toward babies. There may even be a multiplying “superstimulus” effect at work: Newall posits that the exaggerated proportions of cats’ baby-like features prompt an exaggeratedly intense, and involuntary, response in people.”
- Perry Stein, “Why Do Cats Run the Internet? A Scientific Explanation”
Photo courtesy of New York Times
and this:
There are social factors at play as well. Steve Dale, a cat behavior consultant and pet journalist, told me that cat aficionados have been particularly drawn to the Internet because they lack other public safety valves where they can express their affection. “In the world of cats, there is no dog park,” Dale says. “For cat owners, the dog park is the Internet.”
