Merilies2

☘🇮🇪Surviving 💪👊☘️my mantra... Carpe Diem

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the UK if oasis reunite:

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

6 August 1881. Nobel prize winning scientist Alexander Fleming was born in Lochfield, Scotland. He first discovered penicillin, which was later turned into a life-saving antibiotic drug by Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, and their colleagues at Oxford University.

[Merilies2 @merilies2]

@Lord_Sirjs @FXMC1957 It’s years since I’ve seen it Rob..can you imagine today’s team doing the same thing 😊I hope you’re keeping well ..

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

29 July 1966. On the night before the 1966 World Cup Final, Alf Ramsey, the England manager, took his entire squad to the Odeon cinema in Hendon, to see, Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. They were staying at the nearby Hendon Hall Hotel, and walked there and back.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

Former Liverpool & Scotland footballer Graeme Souness is to lead another major challenge raising awareness for children affected by a rare and painful skin disorder.

A relay team will swim the Channel both ways and then cycle from Dover to London in September - but on #BBCBreakfast he admitted to Isla Grist, who is living with EB, injury stops him fully taking part

https://t.co/k5gjNwQQJ9

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

Kevin Piette, paraplegic since an accident, made history today by carrying the Olympic flame with his exoskeleton! 💪

[The Dalbo Dog @Dalbodog]

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[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

11 July 1921. A truce came into effect in the Irish War of Independence. The post-ceasefire talks led to the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty on 6 December 1921. This ended British rule in most of Ireland, except for 6 counties in Northern Ireland.

[Merilies2 @merilies2]

@FXMC1957 When I cracked my ribs nothing but time helped .. painkillers for sure and definitely turning over in bed is agony more so if it’s someone else turning over.. I be have 4 cracked vertebrae in my spine at the moment so I feel your pain 🙏💫

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

PHOTO OF THE DAY: First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left to driving on the right (1967). 📷 google images

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

5 July 1948. Britain’s National Health Service came into operation. It was led by Aneurin Bevan, Labour’s Health Minister. It offered treatment free at the point of delivery to all citizens irrespective of income. It’s one of the most important social reforms in British history.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

1 July 1916. On the first day of the bloody Battle of the Somme, 19,240 soldiers of the British armed forces were killed. It was the worst ever daily death toll for the British Army in military history.

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Do babies develop accents even before they can speak conventionally?

The short answer is yes… and these linguistic markers begin even sooner than you might think.

So many of you tagged me in this video yesterday featuring an infant that babbles with the same Scouse accent as his mother.

Other than “no” he doesn’t speak a single conventional word, but listen to how the rhythm and intonation of his vocalizations mirror those to which he is exposed daily.

As hearing becomes functional during the third trimester, infants are exposed to the distinct patterns of their mothers’ native language - with studies suggesting newborns can already distinguish (and prefer) what will become their native tongue only hours after birth.

Incredibly this learning doesn’t wait until the babbling stage to evidence itself.

Research suggests that even the cries of newborns reflect this preference.

That’s right: babies cry with an accent.

One major study on the topic showed that French babies cry with a rising intonation, while German infants favor a falling melody - both reflecting the patterns of their native languages.

We’re only just beginning to understand the deep learning that begins in utero. It’s just more evidence that the period from prenatal to three is the most critical window in all of human development.

This little Liverpudlian was shared to TT by iamcustardpot.

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

22 June 1906. Billy Wilder was born in Sucha, Austria-Hungary (now in Poland). He was one of the most versatile film directors. His films include: Some Like It Hot, Sunset Boulevard, The Seven Year Itch, The Lost Weekend, Double Indemnity, Ace in The Hole, and The Apartment.

[MattStaniek @MattStaniek]

Blue green algae season in Windermere is starting to take off.

With last year being the biggest sewage spilling year in recent times, I wonder what the summer will bring. If you see this, then I would suggest not entering the water and definitely don’t let your dogs near it.

Just the other day, someone stopped me whilst I was recording with @Countrystride1 and he told us that his dog was killed in 2010 from BGA toxicity in Windermere. It should be taken seriously.

I’ve already received a few videos in the last week or so, including this one from yesterday morning.

If you see algae like this, take pictures and videos and send them over to us on social media or by visiting our website

https://t.co/Z8svuQkFOO

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

General Dwight Eisenhower broke down while giving speech to D-Day veterans in 1952, while recalling those who died under his command on D-Day.