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Dog gets fired for sleeping during bar robbery

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A dog was retired from his post of a guard dog after sleeping during the single round at the pub where he worked for 12 years.

The thiefs took thousands of pounds in cash and alcohol beverage while Taz, the dog, slept in a corner of the bar.

The morning after the robbery, Mark Keel, owner of the pub in Devon, found his property trashed and Taz snoring in a corner of the room.

According to the dealer, Taz is going blind and deaf. Because of this, opted to retire the animal.

Source: Mail Online

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Girl has her hand attached to her leg for 3 months

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 Chinese Ming Li, aged nine, was walking to school when she had her left arm severed damage by a tractor accident.

Chinese doctors believed that the hand could be saved, but the arm was very sore for the implant be done successfully. For the tissues of the hand did not die, Medics kept the limb alive by sewing it to her leg.

Li Ming’s hand was only implanted back into his arm three months after the accident, when doctors tested tissue rejection would not suffer because of the injury.

The arm is said to regained a healthier colour and she can move her wrist.

Source: Galileu

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Disease-Fighting Anti-Oxidants Discovered In Pure Maple Syrup

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University of Rhode Island researcher Navindra Seeram, who specializes in medicinal plant research, has found more than 20 compounds in maple syrup from Canada that have been linked to human health, 13 of which are newly discovered in maple syrup.


In addition, eight of the compounds have been found in the Acer (maple) family for the first time.

Several of these anti-oxidant compounds newly identified in maple syrup are also reported to have anti-cancer, anti-bacterial and anti-diabetic properties.

Prior to the study, the Federation of Quebec Maple Syrup Producers already knew that its product was full of naturally occurring minerals such as zinc, thiamine and calcium. But it enlisted Seeram to research the presence of plant anti-oxidants.

The Federation awarded Seeram a two-year, $115,000 grant with the help of the CDAQ and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

His research continues to determine if the compounds exist in beneficial quantities.

The biomedical scientist said such early research is exciting because many people would not associate such a sugary product with healthy biological properties.

Seeram acknowledges that real maple syrup is pricier than commercial brands with maple flavoring or even those with no or very little maple syrup. “But you pay for what you get and you get what you pay for, meaning there are consequences for what you eat.

“We know that anti-oxidants are present in the leaves, bark and twigs of the maple tree, so looking at the sap make sense.”

Seeram now has a sugar maple tree trunk sitting in his lab so he can begin a more comprehensive study of the entire tree.

Source: discoveryon.info

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