Native to Madagascar, the Trachelophorus giraffa gets its name from its jointed extended neck, which is similar to that of a giraffe. The majority of the body is black with distinctive red patterns covering the wings. The extended neck assists with nest-building and fighting. The giraffe weevil is the longest weevil in the world at around 2.5 cm.
Not much is known about the giraffe weevil, as it was only recently discovered, in 2008.
Coughing is one of those irritating symptoms that usually indicates a deeper health concern. Often, it can be hard to isolate the cough and figure out exactly why you are experiencing this uncomfortable condition. Many people simply reach for the cough syrup without a second thought, searching for some measure of relief. However, it is essential that you understand what different coughs mean and what they reveal about your health.
Any kind of cough is merely the body’s natural defense mechanism. When you cough, your body is trying to remove foreign or unwanted objects from your airway. In short, it is the final protective barrier between your mouth and lungs and is an essential tool for keeping a healthy airway.
Though it is difficult to pinpoint the source of a cough without medical intervention, these common conditions are often directly related to distinctive coughs that can help you narrow down an underlying cause.
Identifying factors: Usually a dry cough at first and turns into a wet cough with green, yellow, red, or rust-tinged mucus. The wet cough usually develops after a few days.
This is a bacterial or viral infection of the lungs and will be treated accordingly by your primary care physician. If it is bacterial, your doctor will usually prescribe antibiotics. Viral pneumonia is treated simply with rest and time. Keep in mind that you should always spit out extra mucus, as swallowing it can lead to an irritated stomach lining.
If you have pneumonia you may also experience fever, chills, trouble breathing, and pain when breathing in deeply or coughing.
Identifying factors: This is usually a hacking cough that produces excessive amounts of mucus in the morning and often gets better as the day progresses.
COPD, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is usually caused and exacerbated by smoking. This is a disease that includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Emphysema causes the air sacs in your lungs to lose elasticity while chronic bronchitis is due to swelling in the lining of the lungs. COPD is usually treated with medication such as bronchodilators and inhaled steroids. It is also essential to stop smoking and depending on the severity, you may need oxygen therapy to restore lung health.
If you have COPD you may also notice persistent shortness of breath that is worsened with physical activity, chest tightness, wheezing, and fatigue.
Identifying factors: An asthmatic cough is usually a dry cough with a rattling or wheezing sound present in the lungs. It usually worsens with exercise or at night.
Asthma can be a serious condition and should not be taken lightly. If you suspect asthma, it is important to get a diagnosis from your doctor and begin to focus on taking deep, full breaths as soon as possible.
This condition causes inflamed airways and may be accompanied by fatigue, shortness of breath, and chest tightness.
Identifying factors: This can be either a wet or dry cough and is caused by mucus trickling down the back of the throat and irritating nerve endings.
Postnasal drip is due to allergies or a cold and is the most common type of cough. A cough related to allergies may also be accompanied by sneezing or itching while cold symptoms may cause congestion and a sore throat. You may also notice that your cough gets worse at night.
Time and patience will usually remedy the common cold, and a spoonful of local, raw honey before bed can help you sleep. If you suspect an allergy, try avoiding the source and consider taking an over the counter antihistamine.
Indicating factors: Dry, spasmodic cough that usually starts or becomes worse when you are lying down or eating.
GERD, or more commonly known as acid reflux, occurs when acid from your stomach backs up into your esophagus. This condition is the second most common cause of chronic coughing, comprising about 40% of cases. When food passes through the esophagus into the stomach, a valve, known as the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) closes, which prevents food or acid from coming back up the throat. GERD is caused by an untimed relaxation of the LES which causes acid to flow backward from the stomach.
In 75% of cases, chronic cough is the only symptom of acid reflux, so it is vital to be aware of this condition. Treatments vary, so it is best to consult your doctor for an appropriate diagnosis and course of action regarding GERD.
| 1st MayLabour Day: Algeria, Argentina, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iraq, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Norway, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Uganda, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zaire, Zambia. May Day: Bangladesh, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ghana, Gibraltar, Mexico, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom. Women’s Day: Cuba, Tanzania. Workers’ Day: Burma, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Romania. 2nd MayKing’s Birthday: Lesotho. Still Labour Day in Bulgaria, Slovenia, and Romania. 3rd MayConstitution Day: Japan, Poland.Vesak Day: South Korea. 4th May 5th MayChildren’s Day: South Korea. South Korea’s day for children and youth. Children have picnics and celebrate with their parents. For working parents, this national holiday gives them the chance to have fun with their family in the open air. Cinco de Mayo: Mexico. Coronation Day: Thailand. Liberation Day: The Netherlands. 6th MayCorregidor Day: Philippines. Martyr’s Day: Lebanon, Syria. Samuel K. Doe’s Birthday: Liberia. 7th May 8th MayParent’s Day: South Korea. Three days after Children’s Day in South Korea, it’s the turn for the young to show their respect for the love received from their parents. Most Koreans buy their parents carnations and many children make paper carnations at school for their fathers and mothers. VE Day: France. 9th MayLiberation Day: Czech Republic, Slovakia. 10th MayMatsu (Goddess of the Sea): Taiwan. Independence Day: Micronesia. Vesak Day: Malaysia, Singapore. 11th May 12th MayIndependence Day: Israel. 13th MaySt. Mary’s Day: Colombia. 14th MayFlag Day: Paraguay. Kamuzu Day: Malawi. National Unification Day: Liberia. 15th MayIndependence Day: Paraguay. Teacher’s Day: South Korea. Teacher’s Day is the last official South Korean celebration in May. Students express their appreciation for their teachers through letters or flowers. 16th May 17th MayConstitution Day: Nigeria, Norway. Discovery Day: Cayman Islands. 18th MayBattle of Las Piedras Day: Uruguay. Flag Day: Haiti. Victoria Day: Canada. 19th MayAtaturk Youth Day: Turkey. Flag Day: Finland. 20th MayNational Day: Cameroon. Party Day: Zaire. 21st MayBuddha’s Day: South Korea. Navy Day: Chile. 22nd MayHeroes’ Day: Sri Lanka. Sovereign Day: Haiti. 23rd MayLabour Day: Jamaica. 24th MayBermuda Day: Bermuda. Culture Day: Bulgaria. Independence Battle Day: Ecuador. 25th MayAfrica Day: Liberia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.Independence Day: Eritrea, Jordan. The liberation of African Continent Day:Gabon. National Day: Argentina. Revolution Day: Sudan. 26th MayConstitution Day: Denmark. Holy Spirit Day: Greece. Independence Day: Guyana. 27th MayKataklysmos: Cyprus. 28th MayWaisak Day: Indonesia. 29th May 30th May 31st MayRegiment Day: Brunei. Republic Day: South Africa. |
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1. The month May was named for Maia, the Greek goddess of fertility.
2. In any given year, no month ever begins or ends on the same day of the week as May does.
3. May’s birthstone is the emerald which is emblematic of love and success.
4. May was once considered a bad luck month to get married. There is a poem that says “Marry in May and you’ll rue the day”.
5. The United Kingdom celebrates May as the National Smile Month.
6. On May 1, 1931, the Empire State Building was officially opened.
Since this month is flying past us, I will only post days after May 16th.
What would brunch be without them?
We can’t promise you won’t arrive to the office slightly sweaty, but we can give you permission to skip the gym after completing your cycling commute.
Party is a relative term, by the way. You and a pizza is definitely a party.
On this day, the entire planet celebrates museums and all the amazing things they have to offer. We recommend checking for events and activities in your area: Hundreds of thousands of museums join the party every year.
Today is a good day to channel your inner Eliza (either before or after the etiquette lessons).
A Presidential Proclamation issued in 1933 made this day an official holiday dedicated to recognizing the maritime industry. It is set to coincide with the date in 1819 that the American steamship Savannah set sail on the first ever transoceanic voyage under steam power.
They’ll act like they don’t want/need/care about having a day in the calendar, but come on, everyone wants to be celebrated.
Who’s a pretty princess? Anyone who wants to celebrate Tiara Day.
The perfect day to put on your dancing shoes.
To honor author Douglas Adams, fans carry around a towel all day. The tradition is a nod to a passage in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy about the importance of towels: “A towel, [The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy] says, is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.” Good enough for us.
This is a day to honor Mahlon Loomis, an oft-forgotten Washington D.C.-based dentist who received the first U.S. patent on a wireless telegraphy system in 1872—before Guglielmo Marconi, who is credited with inventing the first radio, was even born.
Weight loss is achieved by focusing on two things: diet and exercise.
Fat burn, similarly, is achieved by building your workouts around two goals: strengthening muscles and burning calories.
That’s according to Jillian Michaels, health and fitness expert and creator of the Jillian Michaels app.
Michaels says that many people fall into the trap of thinking that they can “spot reduce fat.” As a result they come to rely on moves like crunches, which specifically target the abs. Moves like these only condition and strengthen the ab muscles, though, and Michaels says that alone won’t get you a six pack.
© Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Jillian Michaels arrives at the iHeartRadio Podcast Awards Presented By Capital One at iHeartRadio Theater on January 18, 2019 in Burbank, California. “If you think you’re going to crunch away belly fat or crunch your way into a six pack, that’s a very incomplete component, because you have to burn the fat off the top of the muscle or you’re never going to see it, no matter how conditioned it is,” she said.
In order to burn the fat off the top of those muscles – or any other muscle on the body – you need to burn calories, and to do that you need to focus on exercises that target multiple muscles, Michaels says.
According to Michaels, exercises that work more than one part of the body simultaneously are extremely effective at burning calories. She uses planks as an example, saying that they target your entire core, as well as chest, shoulders, triceps, and quads.
She says push-ups are another exercise that works other muscles in addition to the abs.
Besides working out, Michaels says managing stress and estrogen levels can play a role in burning stomach fat specifically. She says that where you store fat depends on your hormone levels.
Jillian “The more testosterone dominant you are, the more you’ll store belly fat,” Michaels said. “The more estrogen dominant you are, the more you’ll store fat in your lower body, which is why you don’t ever really see men with cellulite unless they have some sort of severe hormone imbalance.”
Jillian Michaels recommends eating foods high in healthy estrogens, such as flax, yams, and fermented soy to help combat stomach fat. Otherwise, she suggests getting enough sleep and trying to keep stress at a minimum.
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