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Climate change causes an increase in child brides

Judy Evans @JudyEv (384331) • Rockingham, Australia 9 Jul

It may seem an odd fact, but when tropical storms hit poor Asian communities, it has a devastating effect on communities. A warmer atmosphere and rising sea temperatures increase the intensity of tropical storms, impacting heavily...

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Shooting up safely

Judy Evans @JudyEv (384331) • Rockingham, Australia 20h

A medically-supervised injecting room facility in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond is due to close, despite statistics showing a decrease in heroin-related ambulance call-outs. Over the first five and a half years, call-outs for...

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And Then There is Mama and Sid

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98868) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 Jul

Thought I would throw this photo in after I posted about Sid and his Papa. We had a camera where you could add frames or images to the photos. So this is what the cat and I looked like after Martin finished decorating the photo....

mama and sid

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Not Just Any Friday

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (56729) • Canada 9 Jul

Tomorrow is not just any Friday in my books. No, not at all. Once a month I have to go into the office to work. I dread those days because, well, I have to wear shoes, and respectable clothing, not like being barefoot in my...

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Do you buy branded merchandise?

Amber @AmbiePam (122605) • United States 12h

I don’t generally wear or use branded merchandise unless I find a bank pen I accidentally walked away in possession. So have you heard of Longhorn Steakhouse (it’s fairly popular here)? A young man from Cameroon decided four years...

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A need for cheerful things here.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (60254) 22h

This has been a week for sure. A cousin and her son were tragically killed Tuesday afternoon. This was near where I used to live...and the family of course is crazy grieving. My last remaining aunt, in her 90's but still active,...

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I just had a dream

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (37776) 9 Jul

I just had a dream I had a dream that Cliff Richard had died. I must admit that I was not sad or unhappy that the Peter pan suspected pedo pop star of yesteryear had passed away Imagine my horror when Yvonne shook me, and I...

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Platelets are low again

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127324) • United States 9 Jul

Ugh. I haven't had bloodwork done but I don't need that to know that the platelet count is down again. Platelets are the parts of the blood that cause blood clots and stop bleeding. My random cuts/scratches bleed like crazy and I...

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I am not mad at the garage any longer

snowy @snowy22315 (210398) • United States 9 Jul

I actually got the car back yesterday but other than driving to the post office, essentially next to the garage and back home I wasn't really doing anything with it. Well, today I took it to Costco which is 45 minutes from here...

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Are You a Morning Person?

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (129042) • Gainesville, Florida 9h

Some people are naturally early risers, and some people are naturally night owls. I'm a night owl by nature, but because of work requirements I am forced to be an early riser. But I'm not a morning person by any means. So, when I...

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The First Wall

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (137149) • Marion, Ohio 9 Jul

This is the first wall in the carport that I am cleaning up. That blue shelf in the middle has 2 more that I had already moved before I remembered to take a picture. It is fully moved now. I needed to switch gears and haul some...

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Inverness City Centre

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (37776) 11h

Inverness City Centre We decided to have a lazy day today and decided just to visit Inverness City Centre One of the few City Centres in Scotland with anything going on at all Quite busy today Yvonne bought a new jacket. So...

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You can tell it is July

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (169957) • United States 23h

June is for lightning bugs, July is for Cicadas. They are beginning their evening songs. The other thing I am noticing in my July evenings is the sweet smell of my lavender plants. One of my varieties is planted right near where...

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Day 2 or 3

TaxiLady @Ghostlady (2394) • United States 9 Jul

Can't remember which..will call it Day 2 recovery. Still no pains, but steroids are definately wearing off. Really tired, but did a lot today. Went and got part for the truck, and then Milk and Ice at the grocery store. So pretty...

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Why am I like this?

Toni @toniganzon (77559) • Philippines 9 Jul

My friend is leaving for France in one week's time and it's making me sad. I'm going to miss him. Not that we won't be able to communicate (thank goodness for FaceTime). I didn't tell him I was gonna miss him though. I just...

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There’s Nothing Like Easy to Open Prescription Bottles

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (42) • United States 9h

Some of my prescriptions had caps on them that were difficult for my old lady hands to open Them I remembered that most prescriptions are filled in child safety caps so that kids can’t accidentally open and take medication and...

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Good morning July 10

snowy @snowy22315 (210398) • United States 13h

It feels nice in here right now but is supposed to get hot and stormy again..later on. It is July after all. My son is coming down on Sunday, and it should be a decent day then. I have lots of projects for him to do. I think we...

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That sucks.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (14941) • Ireland 13h

Did you see that? A man (Serbian, if that makes any difference) was partially sucked out of a Ryanair plane on a flight from Thessaloniki. There was a bang, the window broke, oxygen masks dangled and the plane turned back to...

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Hot out there...

Stacey @xstitcher (39355) • Petaluma, California 9 Jul

I went out on the patio and read for a while--not such a good plan. My head was in the sun, and it got really hot! I'm feeling a little woozy right now. In a bit, I know that I need to go and check the mail. After that I'll...

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The Heat is Still On

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (98868) • Daytona Beach, Florida 9 Jul

For you chuckle of the day no matter what the weather these are my sentiments and I will not change theme, Reporting from tropical Florida, the old bat in the attic

i am surely melting

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