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Cage the Elephant have become the latest band to sell a portion of their future royalties to raise capital for future projects. They're using a company called Royalty Exchange, which aims to allow music creators to essentially go public: investors can buy a share of future royalties on songwriting and recording, paying the artists money that can be used to finance future recordings, tours, and other projects.
"Cage the Elephant is a band in their prime with a long career still ahead of them," said the band's manager in a statement. "Financially empowering artists is the key to creative control, which is the most important factor to achieving true longevity."
The band are selling a portion of their future royalties to a private group of over 40 individual and institutional investors. If you want to pay those investors a tiny fraction of a cent right now, you can press play on the video below. (Billboard)
Pop star Demi Lovato has reportedly been hospitalized and was in "stable" condition on Tuesday in the wake of a suspected overdose. Her family have issued a statement saying, "Demi is awake and with her family who want to express thanks to everyone for the love, prayers and support. Some of the information being reported is incorrect and they respectfully ask for privacy."
Lovato has been very open about her past struggles with addiction and mental health issues, and a recent song called "Sober" has lyrics coming from the perspective of an addict who suffers a relapse. "I'm sorry for the fans I lost/ Who watched me fall again/ I wanna be a role model/ But I'm only human." (Rolling Stone)
Fellow founding Beach Boys Al Jardine and David Marks will also participate, along with longtime member Bruce Johnston. It will mark that lineup's first shared public appearance since their reunion tour ended in 2012. (Rolling Stone)
Former MTV VJ Jesse Camp is missing, and is "possibly transient," say authorities in Riverside, California. Camp's sister reported him missing next week, and at this point authorities say they don't suspect foul play. Camp rose to fame after winning MTV's Want to be a VJ contest in 1998. (Billboard)
Yoko Ono has announced a new album of "reimagined" versions of songs originally released from 1970 to 2009. "I like to create things in a new way," says the 85-year-old icon. "Every day things change."
One of songs on Warzone (Oct. 19) will be the song "Imagine," for which Ono was just awarded a co-writing credit with her late husband and collaborator John Lennon. She's released her new version of the album's title track, which was originally released in 1996. (Pitchfork)
These properties make synthetic polymers exceptionally useful, and since we learned how to create and manipulate them, polymers have become an essential part of our lives. Especially over the last 50 years, plastics have saturated our world and changed the way that we live.
This discovery was revolutionary. For the first time, human manufacturing was not constrained by the limits of nature. Nature only supplied so much wood, metal, stone, bone, tusk, and horn. But now humans could create new materials. This development helped not only people but also the environment. Advertisements praised celluloid as the savior of the elephant and the tortoise. Plastics could protect the natural world from the destructive forces of human need.
The creation of new materials also helped free people from the social and economic constraints imposed by the scarcity of natural resources. Inexpensive celluloid made material wealth more widespread and obtainable. And the plastics revolution was only getting started.
The reputation of plastics has suffered further thanks to a growing concern about the potential threat they pose to human health. These concerns focus on the additives (such as the much-discussed bisphenol A [BPA] and a class of chemicals called phthalates) that go into plastics during the manufacturing process, making them more flexible, durable, and transparent. Some scientists and members of the public are concerned about evidence that these chemicals leach out of plastics and into our food, water, and bodies. In very high doses these chemicals can disrupt the endocrine (or hormonal) system. Researchers worry particularly about the effects of these chemicals on children and what continued accumulation means for future generations.
Despite growing mistrust, plastics are critical to modern life. Plastics made possible the development of computers, cell phones, and most of the lifesaving advances of modern medicine. Lightweight and good for insulation, plastics help save fossil fuels used in heating and in transportation. Perhaps most important, inexpensive plastics raised the standard of living and made material abundance more readily available. Without plastics, many possessions that we take for granted might be out of reach for all but the richest Americans. Replacing natural materials with plastic has made many of our possessions cheaper, lighter, safer, and stronger.
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Following the successful launch of our Human-Elephant Coexistence (HEC) Toolbox on World Elephant Day last year, we embarked on a significant milestone this year by conducting our inaugural Toolbox Training of Trainers workshops in Tsavo, Kenya.
Representatives from diverse communities across Kenya gathered at our Sagalla research centre to equip themselves with the knowledge and tools necessary to teach others how to live more in peaceful coexistence with elephants. Set against the picturesque backdrop of the Sagalla hills, the training sessions took place in April, July, and August and were led by our own team of HEC experts from Save the Elephants.
At the center of this tale is Manolo, a wise bull elephant, and his band of equally legendary companions. Save the Elephants (STE) researchers were the first to uncover the extraordinary bond shared between Manolo (aged 40) and the fishing community of Mikocheni living near Lake Jipe.
Leaders in elephant science, Save the Elephants provides cutting-edge scientific insights into elephant behavior, intelligence, and long-distance movement and applies them to the long-term challenges of elephant conservation.
We conduct vital research on elephant behaviour and ecology and pioneered GPS radio tracking in Africa to provide fresh insight into the life of elephants. Our solid scientific data has helped shift international policy towards a better future for the species. Read more here
Our STE Wildtracks App enables us to conduct real-time monitoring of elephant movements. The data compiled is used to make critical decisions about elephant corridors as well as to respond quickly to elephants in distress. Read more here
Historically, elephants were classified into two species, the African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants. However, genetic research has provided new insight to elephant "relatedness" and taxonomic classification at the subspecies level.
African elephant classification is ongoing research. Preliminary genetic studies have indicated there are at least two subspecies of African elephants, namely the savanna (Loxodonta africana africana) and forest (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) elephants. However, elephant taxonomy may further diversify in the future, as genetic and phylogenic research indicates additional subspecies. Forest and savanna elephants are differentiated by geographic distribution and several physical characteristics.
There are four recognized subspecies of Asian elephants, the Sri Lankan subspecies (Elephas maximus maximus) the mainland subspecies (Elephas maximus indicus), the Borneo subspecies (Elephas maximus borneensis), and the Sumatran subspecies (Elephas maximus sumatranus). However, elephant taxonomy may further diversify in the future, as genetic and phylogenic research indicates additional subspecies. The three subspecies are differentiated by geographic distribution and several physical characteristics.
Elephants are the only living members of the Order Proboscidea today. However, modern day elephants represent only one of many proboscid families that have existed throughout history. Elephant ancestry spans over 55 million years and includes more than 300 proboscidean species. Proboscideans have ranged throughout the world, except Australia, Antarctica, and a few islands. These large animals inhabited numerous habitats, from aquatic to tundra. The Order Proboscidea has one of the most comprehensive fossil records of any species.
Barytheriums lived toward the middle/late Eocene epoch about 40 to 45 million years ago. There appears to have been two Barytherium species. The Barytherium grave species was about the size of the modern Asian elephant and the other unnamed species were about the size of a cow. These were semi-aquatic herbivores, spending much time in and around water consuming aquatic vegetation. Barytheriums inhabited North Africa.
Phiomia appeared in the fossil record during the Oligocene epoch, about 35 million years ago. They had two downward-curved tusks in their upper jaw and two straight tusks in their lower jaw. The tusks on the lower jaw facilitated feeding, while two downward-curved tusks in the upper jaw were used for defense. Phiomia was smaller in size than modern elephants, standing about 2.4 m (8ft.) tall at the shoulder. It was thought to have a short trunk-like structure based on the retracted position of the nasal bones. Phiomia were semi-aquatic herbivores, spending much time in and around water consuming aquatic vegetation, inhabiting areas around the El Fayum oasis in Egypt.
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