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Meatless school menu in France

  I’ve read an article about latest situation in France. Namely, the mayor of Lyon decided to temporarily take meat from the menu in school canteens during the coronavirus pandemic. The reason that he have made such an unwise decision was that there was too little time  on breaks and the children couldn't get served if there was a meat and vegetarian menu to choose from. It is logical that this decision was met with a wave of criticism.  Meat and all meat preparations are very important components of the human diet, especiwlly when it comes to children. This decision also did not appeal to the farmers who went to the streets with banners. Being a vegetarian is personal choice and in my opinion taking meat from school’s menu was unreasonable and there are many other possible solutions how to safely use canteen without influencing students’ diet. For example taking lunch to classes and eating there. So in my judgement the decision was made too hastily andit is not supported...

CT Scan

Lately I’ve read an article about how a CT scan can uncover cancerous lung tumours when they are at an early enough stage so they can still be removed. Lung cancer is very dangerous and hard to diagnose, so experts expect that goverment will bring in routine CT scanning of smokers and ex-smokers in order to cut the huge death toll from lung cancer.  I think that it’s a wise idea, because many people now a days aren’t interested in their own health and they downplay the possible symptoms of a dangerous disease. Besides they think that something like that cannot touch them personally. But making routine examinations is really important and sometimes we should even force our family and friends to the them, for their own good. After all, it's better to pay for one visit to the doctor than a few years of chemotherapy caused by our ignorance. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/14/ct-scan-catches-70-of-lung-cancers-at-early-stage-nhs-study-finds

Supporting the fight against COVID - 19 in developing countries

    I’ve read an article named „Supporting the fight against Covid-19 in developing countries”.                   The article was about how this virus changed people’s lives and views on the world. The main topic of this text was a disease – Malaria, which is a huge problem in south-est Asia now. People in Laos especially in some of the most remote communities are struggling with this disease but now it’s even harder to get any medical help becuse of Covid. The British charity organization decided to help those people, they have taught them how to recognize Malaria’s symptoms and also bought some products for hospitals – disposable gloves and masks. It was very wise decision because now people can get proffesional help and don’t have to worry about Covid so much. For me it’s really teriffyieng, and I can’t belive that people rather prefare to suffer in their houses than go to the doctor and get help that they neeed . https://ww...

Underwater pyramid in the Azores

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  At the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, a large pyramid-shape was found. The top of the pyramid is 40 meters deep and 60 meters high and covers an area of ​​8,000 m2. The underwater pyramid was discovered by a local angler in September this year during one of his trips. This angler claims that the pyramid must have been built with human hands and it may be the mythical Atlantis. However, not everyone is convinced that the find from the Azores is a pyramid. Skeptics that there is a chance that this is just an underwater volcanic hill, not a residual Atlantean civilization. (it’s because Azores are archipelago of nine volcanic islands and that’s why people are not convinced about the theory of underwater city)    https://curiosmos.com/is-there-a-20000-year-old-underwater-pyramid-in-the-atlantic-ocean/  

Exxon Valdez story

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  The name Exxon is the name of a ship that passed through Valdez Bay on 24 March 1989. After midnight the capitan heared very loud noise, he saw that from the bottom of the ship which was carrying tens of millions of liters of oil was ripped apart and the oil poured out in liters into the ocean.  It turned out that the ship had caught on Bligh's reef. The crue was trying to save the ship and prevent oil spill, but they couldn’t do anything. Out of 11 Exxon Valdez tanks, 8 were damaged. They did not know then that they caused one of the greatest environmental disasters in history. Prince William Bay Leakage Kills 250,000 gulls and other birds, 2,800 sea otters, 22 killer whales and 247 bald eagles. On the barren coast, fishermen and crab fishermen are left with no livelihood. The catastrophe destroys the lives of over 30,000 Alaska residents. Exxon spends over 2 billion dollars on direct disaster relief - 11,000 people are involved in it at the peak of the rescue operation.,...

Underwater volcanos

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  It might seem that volcanoes can only exist and erupt on the surface. But the truth is that there are many underwater volcanoes that are remain dormant, although an explosion can appear at any moment. One of the most known undersea volcano is Marsili which is located about 175 kilometers south of Naples. It hasn’t exploded yet, but if it does it may cause tsunami which can hit the coasts of Campania, Calabria and Sicily. There are not so many underwater volcanoes, but some time ago geologists discovered a new one which is located between Madagascar and Mozambique in the Indian Ocean. It erupted not so long time ago. The scientists recorded a weird seismic event – they called it   a seismic hum that circled the world, but no one could figure out what sparked it. The underwater volcano is huge, rising nearly a half mile from the ocean floor. It's the length of a 3.1-mile race and lies about 31 miles off Mayotte's eastern coast. And it came into being in just six months. ...