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Motorists are warned to expect delays while resurfacing continues across the county’s roads. Roads are set to be surface dressed this week, making them safer and extending their lives:The roads include:l A158 Burgh Road, near Skegnessl A158 Lincoln Road, HorncastleExact dates and timings for each location will depend upon weather conditions. PICTURES: D-Day tribute at museum fundraiser in Skegness … [Read more...] about Expect delays while roads are resurfaced

A Bill proposed to the New York Senate would make it illegal to cross the road while texting would see pedestrians fined up to NZ$382 (US$250) if accepted. Last week, State Senator John Liu introduced a version into the Senate, in the hopes of moving it forward faster after it was first launched by Assembly member Felix W. Oritz.  "It's hard not to notice the number of people texting while walking, and downright alarming to see people continuing their texting while crossing the street," Liu told CNN. "We want New Yorkers to know it's okay to wait five seconds." Is the texting and driving fine enough to deter drivers in NZ? Millennial parents can't give up their phones, even while driving - study The Bill would ban texting, checking emails and browsing the internet while crossing the road. The only exception would be for emergencies, reports CNN. Fines for flouting the law would range from NZ$38 (US$25) to NZ$382 (US$250.) Before it can come to a full vote, it must be approved by … [Read more...] about New York considering banning texting and walking

Let us now praise famous men, and our fathers that begat us.This year, Berlin celebrates the life of a distinguished son; Alexander von Humboldt, who was born in the city 250 years ago. It’s a double anniversary; he died there 90 years later. Alexander’s older brother Wilhelm, a philosopher who influenced John Stuart Mill, founded the University of Berlin, the most famous institution bearing the Humboldt name. Their father, a minor aristocrat, died when Alexander was nine years old. The boys were educated privately.Alexander travelled widely, never married, and attended several German universities, becoming a geologist. After his mother’s death when he was 30, he inherited a fortune. Few legacies were spent more productively. A polymath, with extensive knowledge of the science of his day, Alexander spent two years meticulously preparing for a voyage to the Americas, one which Darwin would emulate 30 years later. In 1799, he set … [Read more...] about Recalling genius of the German super man

The threat of bacterial epidemics is something that threatens all countries, island or not. Such epidemics and pandemics have wiped out populations of people and animals since the dawn of time.  The Spanish flu epidemic in the years just after the First World War was probably the deadliest of all, when 20m to 50m people died globally.For this reason, island nations have often used their seas as barriers to quarantine possibly infected peoples or animals until such time as the infection risk has passed. Ellis Island at New York was the quarantine port for millions of immigrants to the United States. In Canada, Grosse Isle near Quebec was another such port where an estimated half a million Irish people passed through to build a new life. Many were infected with typhus and cholera and around 3,000 Irish people died there. Irish quarantine ports were established at Lough Larne, Carlingford Bay; Derry; Killybegs; Clew Bay; Galway Bay, Scattery Bay; … [Read more...] about Islands of Ireland: Under Quarantine in West Cork

Given the many setbacks an exciting, eagle reintroduction project has suffered, any smidgeon of positive news is welcome.An Irish-bred, white-tailed sea eagle has become the first of its species to reach England, which is being celebrated by nature lovers here and the UK, all hoping it will be safe.  Named Aonghus and fledged last year in Connemara, Co Galway, it’s not the first to leave the country as at least seven others had already ventured to Scotland.After a trip around the south-east and east coast of Ireland, Aonghus headed north to Malin Head, in Donegal. On May 1, he went east to reach the north Antrim coast before making the shortest crossing (21km) to the Mull of Kintyre.He headed north-east, on May 5, crossing over the isle of Arran before roosting near Gilston, south-east of Edinburgh. He then flew east towards Berwick-on-Tweed before eventually stopping in a small upland area 30km south of the Scotland/England border. Since the programme to … [Read more...] about Aonghus the white-tailed sea eagle has fans intrigued