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Honduras

 

 

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) : The Honduras National Bird.

Honduras is a republic in Central America. It was formerly known as Spanish Honduras to differentiate it from British Honduras (now Belize). The country is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, and to the north by the Gulf of Honduras, a large inlet of the Caribbean Sea.

Welcome to Honduras, the newest flag to visit The Daily Croissant !

 

via en.wikipedia.org

 

You Otter Take Time to Play !

All creatures , great and small, love to play !

The Late, Great H20 : Our Most Precious Resource

 

 

Determine your water footprint via waterfootprint.org          Download the Water Footprint Assessment Manual  

"People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint is an indicator of water use that looks at both direct and indirect water use of a consumer or producer. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business."

 

Natural pain relief with no opioids, no side effects?

"It’s called conolidine, and it’s been used for many years in traditional Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Thai medicines.

Originally isolated from the bark of a tropical, ornamental flowering plant Tabernaemontana divaricata (also known as crepe jasmine or pinwheel flower, pictured), the compound from the leaves and roots have been used for anti-inflammation and pain relief, respectively.

Now, a synthetic form of the rare natural product can alleviate fever and acute pain as well, according to researchers from the Scripps Research Institute.

Conolidine belongs to a larger class of natural products, called C5-nor stemmadenines, members of which have been described as opioid analgesics belonging to the same class of compounds as morphine and hydrocone.

But because conolidine is not an opioid, it might offer pain relief without complications like the development of dependence and nausea."

Read more via smartplanet.com

 

 

Crazy Rube Goldberg Device

Brain Game : That Darn Clock

 

 

t was Friday afternoon, October 2, and Katelyn kept an appointment by visiting Austin in his office for the first time. When Katelyn arrived, the first thing she did was apologize for being late.

“I thought I was on time, but the clock on your wall says that it’s five minutes after three, and I was supposed to be here at right at three o’clock.” Austin followed her eyes to an the old decorative analog clock. “Oh, don’t go by that. It’s a cool old clock I got years ago, and I just can’t get rid of it. You’re right on time!” Austin went on to explain that the clock lost exactly five minutes every hour, and so it rarely indicated the correct time. He kept it around because he liked its old-fashioned design.

The two concluded their business in about fifteen minutes, and Katelyn left. The two didn’t see each other until the following week, when Katelyn returned to Austin’s office for a second afternoon appointment. Katelyn was prompt as usual, and one of the first things she did was to look at the old clock on the wall.

“Did you fix it?” she asked.

“No, I haven’t touched it.” Austin replied. “Why?”

“Because the time it’s showing is exactly correct.”

The question:

What was the day, date, and time of
Katelyn’s second visit to Austin’s office?

Here is the SOLUTION.