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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A sick bat found in southwest Bend last week has tested positive for rabies, Deschutes County Public Health announced Tuesday, urging residents to take necessary precautions to protect their families and pets from the viral disease. Rabies is transmitted to humans and pets through a bite or scratch from an infected animal. Although post-exposure vaccination is effective, the best way to prevent rabies is to take the following precautions: Avoid physical contact with bats – healthy, sick, alive or dead – and keep children and pets away from bats. Do not hand-feed or otherwise handle stray…

The Delta Aquarids meteor shower will soon light up Earth’s skies. While it’s not the most common meteor shower of the year, it will peak under ideal conditions this year and occur during the same time period as several other meteor showers, including the Perseids.This year’s Delta Aquariid meteor shower will be active from July 18 to August 21, peaking on the night of July 29 to 30. American Meteor SocietyHowever, the peak of this meteor shower is broad, which is good news for skywatchers, because the maximum rate of “shooting stars” from this meteor shower tends to extend over…

Chef Naomi Pomeroy said, Best Chef Masters Emily Brown, who rose to fame as an award-winning restaurateur in 2011, died in a tragic accident while out on the water. She was 49 years old. The Benton County, Oregon, sheriff’s office, where she lives, said Tuesday that Pomeroy drowned in the Willamette River around 8:25 p.m. Saturday. “BCSO’s investigation determined that three adults who were playing on tubes and paddle boards (two of the tubes were secured together and the paddle board was attached to Naomi) became entangled on an exposed rock in the water,” the department said in a new…

Major League Baseball soccer Adidas has released some very interesting and exciting jerseys.You read that correctly: None of the shirts are plain enough to be described as “clean,” nor are they shirts that need to be described with elaborate explanatory graphics—all of them incorporate some sort of recognizable retro aesthetic, and they all seem extremely wearable.Five teams — LA GalaxyL.A.F.C., Inter Miami, Portland Timbers and Sporting Kansas City — will unveil their third uniforms to be worn for the remainder of the 2024 season. With the exception of the Miami and LAFC shirts, all of the jerseys are nods to…

Lauren DeSicca/Getty Images Officials at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Tuesday. CNN — Six people, including two Vietnamese Americans, were found dead in a luxury hotel room in central Bangkok. Thai Police are investigating the possibility that he may have been poisoned. According to Bangkok Metropolitan Police chief Thiti Saengsangwan, the body was discovered by staff in a fifth-floor room at the Grand Hyatt hotel after a guest had checked out more than 24 hours earlier. Police said the incident did not appear to be a robbery, there were no signs of physical violence on the body, and they believe…

As The Mirage Hotel and Casino As the casino prepares to close on July 17, it is wrapping up a week-long $1.6 million giveaway.Nevada’s gambling policy gave casino players the opportunity to cash out of a $1.6 million forced payout from the casinos.Gamers areProgressive Finale Cash GiveawayThe event, which began on July 9, promised to give away more than $1.6 million in prizes. Attendees had the chance to win $1.2 million on slot machines and $400,000 on table games, the casino said.How to play Spades:A step-by-step guide to learning card games (with pictures!)Slot machine prize of $1.2 millionPlayers who want…

Save the ISSLast month, NASA asked SpaceX Approximately $1 billion contract Develop a “United States Deorbit Vehicle” capable of removing the International Space Station from orbit and burning up in Earth’s atmosphere.The decommissioning of the aging orbital base has been planned for years, and NASA hopes to destroy it by 2030, bringing to an end three decades of peaceful international cooperation in Earth’s orbit.And not everyone is happy with the plan: Jean-Jacques Dourdan, who was director general of the European Space Agency when the space station was built, and former NASA administrator Michael Griffin have said they would rather extend…

As Age of the world populationMany of us are facing cognitive decline in ourselves or our loved ones. 10 million new infections The number of people with dementia is increasing every year around the world. But a new study suggests that up to 13 percent of people diagnosed with dementia in the United States may be misdiagnosed and suffer from treatable conditions. “Health care workers [must be] It is important to recognize the potential overlap between dementia and hepatic encephalopathy and keep it treatable.” state Jasmohan Bajaj, a liver specialist at Virginia State University. Hepatic encephalopathy Cognitive impairment due to…

Originally published in Scientific American.Samantha Lawler He is an assistant professor of astronomy at the University of Regina.On a typical Thursday afternoon, May 9, I received an email that seemed to come out of nowhere. It was from a journalist who wanted me, an astronomer, to interview a farmer who had discovered space debris while preparing his fields for spring sowing. The farmer was just an hour’s drive from my home in Saskatchewan. “Sure,” I said to myself, typing in the affirmative. The chances of space debris impacting a specific location on Earth were already pretty high, so the chances…

Josh and Christina Hall were reportedly experiencing their fair share of marital problems long before they filed for divorce. Instagram / @unbrokenjosh Christina Hall and her estranged husband Josh Hall were reportedly experiencing their fair share of marital problems long before they filed for divorce. The pair had been “having trouble in their marriage for quite some time” before Josh filed the petition in Orange County, California on Monday, a source said. He told people. Christina submitted the paperwork herself that same day. E! News reportedHowever, the former couple have made different requests to the court. A source said the…