The actress noted that she’s a survivor of “all forms of sexual abuse, including three rapes,” in addition to being subjected to rape and death threats on the internet. Some of the worst harassment Judd received online came after she weighed in about a Kentucky Wildcats game.
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The Malay Red Harlequin is a butterfly found in the rainforests of peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. This particular individual was photographed in Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesia’s West Kalimantan province on the island of Borneo. Gunung Palung National Park is today an island of forest amid a largely deforested landscape.
There more than 2,500 species of butterflies found in tropical Asia.
“Flowers and Fog” at Glacier National Park
“Bison” at Yellowstone National Park
“High Sierras” at Sequoia National Park
“The Storm” at Grand Teton National Park
“Snow and Canyons” at Grand Canyon National Park
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Another raptor shot to get 2017 going – White-tailed Kite #slo #kite #raptor #birdnerd #birding #wildlife (at San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport (SBP))
Dame Jean Macnamara, who did important polio research, was awarded her damehood (is that the term?) for her work in orthopaedics, and convinced the Australian Government to introduce the myxoma virus to curb wild rabbit populations.
Elizabeth Kenny, an unaccredited (somewhat self-taught) nurse, who transformed polio treatment.
Florence Violet McKenzie, who ran her own electrical contracting business, co-founded Australia’s first weekly radio magazine, and got women into the (previously all-male) Australian Navy.
Just a reminder that the first NASA astronauts were supposed to be women because generally they are smaller, lighter (less weight in the cockpit means less fuel required) and eat less than men and so would be easier to accommodate in space.
Both men and women trained (and many of the female finalists had higher scores than the men), but they were completely excluded from the final selection because of their gender.
13 women underwent final training, all were accomplished pilots with at least 1000 hours flying experience, all passed the necessary tests, all could have been astronauts if only they were afforded the opportunity.
[below, Jerrie Cobb photographed during testing]
They are collectively known as the Mercury 13, there’s a great blog entry about them here and a brilliant PBS documentary too.
Their names are Myrtle Cagle, Jerrie Cobb, Janet Dietrich, Marion Dietrich, Wally Funk, Sarah Gorelick, Jane “Janey” Hart, Jean Hixson, Rhea Hurrle, Gene Nora Stumbough, Irene Leverton, Jerri Sloan and Bernice Steadman. They should be remembered and celebrated for their role in the history of space exploration.
It wasn’t until 2 decades later that Sally Ride became the first woman in space in 1983.
7 of the surviving members of the Mercury 13 are pictured below, 33 years later in 1995.
The full part of my #Craftversations with @funkwox is now up on my channel! How cool is this marbled paper craft? Check it out and let me know who you’d like to see next on the show!
i found a bunch of dodder growing along the levee when i went and hung out there yesterday! there were a least half a dozen good-sized patches like this. its not green because it parasitizes whatever plants it comes across instead of doing its own photosynthesis.
