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When New Yorkers Were Menaced by Banana Peels – Gastro Obscura
In 1907, Anna H. Sturla boarded a ferry, slipped on a banana peel, and demanded $250 in compensation from the boat’s operators. Three doctors had examined her, she claimed, and told her she needed an operation. She received $150—a significant sum at the time, although less than the $500 she received after her first banana-peel incident, a fall on the train-station steps at 125th Street and Park Avenue.
“Not six months went by after that,” a New York Times reporter wrote, “before Mrs. Sturla was once more in trouble with these arch-foes of hers, banana peels.” In total, Anna Sturla received $2,950 from 17 accidents in four years. In 11 cases, Sturla blamed banana peels. When the Times wrote about her, Sturla was on trial for making fraudulent complaints.
Usually if I have a bananna peal or an apple core in the woods, I'll toss it somewhere away from the a trail or a campsite, or bury it in the woods. It probably feeds wildlife, but so be it.
Researchers say Coyote tapeworm transferalbe to pets, humans β Furbearer Conservation
Recent studies have found an increased presence of a tapeworm infecting coyotes, foxes, and rodents across the Canadian province of Alberta. The research was published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Led by the University of Calgary's faculty of veterinary medicine, the findings state that a parasitic tapeworm called Echinococcus multilocularis is now prevalent in Western Canada, including in urban off-leash dog parks in Calgary.
The tapeworm was first recorded in the area in 2012, and has long since been common in Europe. The tapeworms have also been present in wildlife found in Ontario, with the latest research suggesting the parasite has been present in the region for decades - now well established.
Echinococcus multilocularis is spread through the feces of coyotes and foxes that have eaten infected rodents such as mice and rats. Tapeworm eggs can be passed through their feces, which poses a risk to other animals that come into contact with it - including humans. Domestic pets such as dogs and cats can contract the parasite through contact with coyote feces or by also eating infected rodents. The worm can then be passed on to people via fruit, the handling of contaminated soil or through an infected pet’s fur.
Where Amazon Returns Go to Be Resold by Hustlers
Every box is a core sample drilled through the digital crust of platform capitalism. On Amazon’s website, sophisticated sorting algorithms relentlessly rank and organize these products before they go out into the world, but once the goods return to the warehouse, they shake free of the database and become random objects thrown together into a box by fate. Most likely, never will this precise box of shit ever exist again in the world. On liquidation.com, each pallet’s manifest comes with suggested prices for each product in a pristine state. If you add them up, the “value” of the box might be $4,000, while the auction price might only come to $200.
While Amazon doesn’t publicly talk about how it chooses which returned products go back up for sale and which go to the liquidators, it does sell some products through Amazon Warehouse at a discount. If it sounds crazy to sell products at massive discounts, consider that goods sitting in a warehouse are a cost. So is the labor necessary to repackage something for resale. If Amazon and other retailers let another company pay them something, they avoid those costs and add some revenue.
July 29, 2019 – Upcoming Sunsets
Upcoming Sunsets:
8:15 pm sunset – Thursday, August 1
8:00 pm sunset – Monday, August 12
7:45 pm sunset – Thursday, August 22
7:30 pm sunset – Saturday, August 31
7:15 pm sunset – Monday, September 9
7:00 pm sunset – Tuesday, September 17
6:45 pm sunset – Thursday, September 26
6:30 pm sunset – Friday, October 4
6:15 pm sunset – Sunday, October 13
6:00 pm sunset – Wednesday, October 23
4:45 pm sunset – Sunday, November 3
Standard Time Begins – Sunset on Sunday, November 3 is at 4:45 pm
4:30 pm sunset – Monday, November 18
Earliest Sunset – Tuesday, December 10 at 4:22 pm