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Butterfly Bomb

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Popsicle sticks lock together, to make a butterfly shaped throwing star that explodes on impact.

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Project Inspired By: Childhood memories, and recently making these with my kids. I had a lot of fun with these as a kid, and I wanted to make a video tutorial with loads of different shapes and sizes you may not have seen before.

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This video is only for entertainment purposes. If you rely on the information portrayed in this video, you assume responsibility for the results of your actions. Have fun, but always think ahead, and remember that every project you try is at YOUR OWN RISK.

Project History & More Info:

I remember learning how to make some popsicle stick bombs in my early years, but can’t exactly remember where or how. Probably some random kid showed me at school, but I never forgot how to make them.

At the time, it seemed really cool to be able to create a “throwing star” that would explode when it hit the wall, and now that my kids are a little bit older but still young enough to enjoy popsicle sticks), I thought this might be a great project to try with them.

I got a couple of bags of craft sticks and scoured the internet for different kinds of throwing stars or stick bombs that we could make. We ended up making 8 different kinds of stick bombs, which you’ll see how to make in a future video.

I’ve had hundreds of messages and comments asking for easy projects with simple materials, and this is about as simple as I can make it, however, I expect most of my viewers won’t like it because it’s a project geared toward a really young audience.

But if you’re a dad, your kids are going to love it .. so go have some daddy time, and make a bunch of exploding stick bombs!

92-year-old man sings love song for his dying wife
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92-year-old man sings love song for his dying wife

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Laura is nearly blind , Howard will not stop – be able to communicate the two become difficult . But he does not forgot their common love song for his dying wife even after 73 years of marriage .

Gainesville ( Florida ) – The old man sings love Song for his dying wife touched millions of hearts worldwide.

On September 12, Erin Solari has filmed in New Orleans , as her grandfather Howard Serena ( 92 ) for his wife Laura ( 93 ) sings the song ” You’ll Never Know ” by Rosemary Clooney and Harry James . Laura is difficult accordingly .

“We knew that it might be the last time , so we wanted the moment to hold ” Erin Solari told to ” ABC News “.

Posted by Erin Solari on Monday, March 25, 2013

Thereafter, she was slumped in tears , as the granddaughter . ” It took me so deeply touched – and therefore it does not surprise me that it is many people in the world as well . ” The video has been viewed more than four million times , ” I like it ” provided more than 60 000 times with and more than 80 000 times divided .
The pair of Gainesville , Florida , has nine children together, 18 grandchildren . And has been married for 73 years .

Howard sings love song for his dying wife in the video for Laura , while he caresses her face , is a collective memory that goes back to the 40s . ” It has comforted them as Grandpa had to away  in World War II ,” said the granddaughter . All her life she sang it like together , each verse for one another.

Since Laura is now too weak , it was now on Howard to sing love song for his dying wife .

Her grandfather knew now about the enormous success of the video , Solari leaves on their Facebook page to know . ” We are grateful to all for the love and the kind words . ” For this purpose, they posted this photo of her grandmother .

 

The incredible Laura Virginia celebrating her new found Internet fame with an ice cream cone! ☺️ #LauraVirginia #Serena #Family #Hospice

Posted by Erin Solari on Sunday, September 13, 2015

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Sea Turtle with Straw up its Nostril – ‘NO’ TO PLASTIC STRAWS

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*****WARNING: inappropriate/ strong language!******

SAY “NO” TO PLASTIC STRAWS, AND ANY KIND OF ONE-TIME USE PLASTIC ITEMS!

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Our Story:

Our research team in collaboration with Christine Figgener and Dr. Nathan J. Robinson found a male Olive Ridley sea turtle during our in-water research trip in Costa Rica.
He had a 10-12 cm PLASTIC STRAW lodged in his nostril.

After initially thinking that we are looking at a parasitic worm, and trying to remove it to identify it, we cut a small piece of to investigate further and finally identified what we were REALLY looking at.

After a short debate about what we should do we removed it with the plier of a swiss army knive which was the only tool available on our small boat (not intended for overnight stays), since we were on the ocean, in a developing country, a few hours away from the coast and several hours away from any vet (probably days from any vet specialised in reptiles, not to mention sea turtles) and x-ray machines. Plus, we would have incured a penalty (up to time in jail) on ourselves by removing the turtle since that is beyond our research permits. He did very obviously not enjoy the procedure very much, but we hope that he is now able to breath more freely.

The blood from the shoulder is from a 6mm skin biopsy we took previously to this event for a genetic study (part of our permitted research), which usually doesn’t bleed much, but which started bleeding while restraining the turtle.

We disinfected the air passageway with iodine and kept the turtle for observation before releasing him back into the wild.
The bleeding stopped pretty much immediately after the removal of the straw.

The turtle very likely ate the straw and regurgitated the straw where it ended up in the wrong passageway. The nasal cavity of sea turtles is connected directly to the palate (roof of the mouth) by a long nasopharyngeal duct.