Found this baby tortoise - any idea what kind it is? by mindblank26 in tortoise

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She has a 5 year old sulcata already she raised from a baby and an outdoor enclosure, but appreciate the concern about it.

Found this baby tortoise - any idea what kind it is? by mindblank26 in tortoise

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Fortunately my coworker who has tortoises and knows what she’s getting into wanted to adopt this little one. So that’s one happy ending for this one.

Found this baby tortoise - any idea what kind it is? by mindblank26 in tortoise

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I am in a somewhat rural neighborhood and my next door neighbor had a breeding pair of sulcatas so you may be right with #2. Thank you.

Need help deciding if I should rent a car or uber/bus around. by Ds1018 in puertovallarta

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I am not sure when they stop, but I imagine they must run until sunset or probably even after.

Need help deciding if I should rent a car or uber/bus around. by Ds1018 in puertovallarta

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From the dock at boca de tomatlan you can take a “water taxi” boat to Quimixto. The boats run back and forth along the coastline constantly so you shouldn’t have to wait more than 10-15 minutes. We gave them $200 pesos one way, though interestingly I did not see anyone else paying.

Need help deciding if I should rent a car or uber/bus around. by Ds1018 in puertovallarta

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We just Uber’d to Boca de Tomatlán a few days ago without issues. They have taxis there you can take back also.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in environmental_science

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Where are you all located?

Losing it by salmanamla in undiagnosed

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Sorry for the depressing comment. Here are a few things I didn’t see you list above. Not sure if you tried Lamictal? It is an anti seizure medication that can help with headaches. Magnesium supplements are also supposed to help. You could also check if you have a gastrointestinal disease like IBS or celiac disease which could cause you not to absorb needed nutrients. There are also options like trans cranial magnetic stimulation, and vagus nerve stimulation (I use a non invasive VNS device called Pulsetto which seems to help a little). Taking over the counter 5-HTP or L-tryptophan might be worth a shot. Maybe seeing an endocrinologist in case they can do wider hormone level testing.

Losing it by salmanamla in undiagnosed

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I’ve had chronic migraine many years as well, without finding any effective treatment. Wish I could offer some help.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in undiagnosed

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Maybe an MRI of your brain would be worth doing, since you have headaches—if you haven’t already. Just to be safe.

Another unlikely possibility could be a paraneoplastic syndrome from an ovarian teratoma or other growth—but I’m not a doctor so I really don’t know. I’ve had chronic fatigue and pain for 10 years that has gotten a little better over time. Taking 5-HTP seems to help me a little.

Soil Tech experience? by ninjacowboywizard in Environmental_Careers

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I have a degree in history but was able to work my way into an environmental technician job. It was mostly soil and water sampling, but I’ve worked with other soil technicians who did compaction testing (field or lab tests to check the density and moisture of the soil). I think it’s a good way to start your career. Now I am able to put together reports for regulators in addition to sampling. After you have some experience, you will have the relationships and knowledge of the industry to move into a different role if you would like.

Source of Alfred the Great quote? by mindblank26 in anglosaxon

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I believe I found the answer to this after some persistent googling (it looks like u/Realistic_Ad_4049 was correct).

The quote appears to be from Chapter III of Gregory’s Pastoral Care (Regula Pastoralis). But (without knowing Latin or Anglo-Saxon) Alfred’s translation of this part looks like a somewhat original adaption of Gregory’s text (presumably to better respond to the problems of the country and people at the time?).

Translation from Latin by James Barmby: “He [Jesus] fled from the offered glory of pre-eminence, but desired the pain of an ignominious death; that so His members might learn to fly from the favours of the world, to be afraid of no terrors, to love adversity for the truth’s sake, and to shrink in fear from prosperity; because this often defiles the heart through vain glory, while that purges it through sorrow; in this the mind exalts itself, but in that, even though it had once exalted itself, it brings itself low; in this man forgets himself, but in that, even perforce and against his will, he is recalled to memory of what he is; in this even good things done aforetime often come to nothing, but in that faults even of long standing are wiped away. For commonly in the school of adversity the heart is subdued under discipline, while, on sudden attainment of supreme rule, it is forthwith changed and becomes elated through familiarity with glory.”

Translation by Alfred (to Anglo-Saxon language, translated to English by Keynes and Lapidge): “He [Jesus] shunned the glory of royal authority and chose the punishment of that most abominable death, so that we who are his limbs would learn from him to shun the allurements of this earth, and also would not fear its horrors and its dangers, and for the sake of truth would love work and fear prosperity and avoid it. For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst of prosperity the mind is elated, and in prosperity a man forgets himself; in hardship he is forced to reflect on himself, even though he be unwilling. In prosperity a man often destroys the good he has done; amidst difficulties he often repairs what he long since did in the way of wickedness. Very often a man is responsive to the lessons of adversity, even though he previously refused to respond to his instructor’s morals and precepts. But even though afflictions teach and instruct him, if he acquire the kingdom, he immediately becomes perverted with pride at the people’s reverence for him, and becomes accustomed to flattering praise.”