In Afghanistan, Canada's female soldiers earned the right to fight, and die, as equals .

 Capt. Nichola Goddard in the Shah Wali Kot district during Operation Peacemaker, an effort launched in March to disrupt Taliban activities and win alliances among village leaders.Photograph by: Handout , Supplied Image

By Valerie Fortney, Postmedia News
In the early hours of May 17, 2006, Capt. Nich Goddard and another junior officer led more than 200 Canadian and Afghan army soldiers into Afghanistan's Panjwaii district.
By midday, Goddard became the first Canadian soldier since the Korean War to execute a fire mission in support of Canadian troop manoeuvres against a known enemy.
A few hours later, Goddard was killed in a firefight.
The 17th Canadian soldier death in Afghanistan sent shock waves across Canada. It was not Goddard's historical mission that generated headlines, though, but her gender: the 26-year-old officer's given names were Nichola Kathleen Sarah...Continue reading...

Cyberwar Is Already Upon Us

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BY JOHN ARQUILLA.  In the nearly 20 years since David Ronfeldt and I introduced our concept of cyberwar, this new mode of conflict has become a reality. Cyberwar is here, and it is here to stay, despite what Thomas Rid and other skeptics think. Back then, we emphasized the growing importance of battlefield information systems and the profound impact their disruption would have in wars large and small. It took just a few years to see how vulnerable the U.S. military had become to this threat. Although most information on cyberwar's repercussions -- most notably the 1997 Eligible Receiver exercise -- remains classified, suffice it to say that their effect on U.S. forces would be crippling... Continue reading...

DIA director: China preparing for space warfare

.BY: Bill Gertz Army Lt. Gen. Ronald L. Burgess, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, disclosed new details of China’s space weapons programs last week, including information regarding China’s anti-satellite missiles and cyber warfare capabilities.

Burgess stated in little-noticed written testimony prepared for an appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee that Beijing is developing missiles, electronic jammers, and lasers for use against satellites.

Much of the space warfare activity is being carried out under the guise of China’s supposedly non-military space program, he said...Keep reading...

The behavior of cats - Learn how cats think!

Do cats think?

The behavior of cats

It is often said that cats do what they want to do. Some people admire the independence of cats and sees it as proof that cats are intelligent, we can not control the cat. Others think that independence is an expression of stupidity, you can not tame a cat in the same way as you can tame a dog.

Although cats are not as social as dogs tend to be, cats like living wild in groups, like lions. Domestic cats are usually very affectionate with their owners and with other pets. To be able to have a pleasant time with your cat it is important to have understanding about the cats natural behavior. Many people think that you can not raise a cat, but if you are working on the cat's natural behavior you can have a good relationship with the cat. The reward is a happy cat and polite cat to share some really pleasant moments with. You might want to consider if you should have an indoor cat or an outdoor cat...Read here...

Video: Meet Hank, the cat that’s running for Congress

Dolly Parton "Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"

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Crow swooped down and perched on bemused roe's head - MailOnline

You might think this bird was stark 'raven' mad to land on an unsuspecting deer's head.
But far from shaking off the crow, the roe seemed to actually enjoy the attention.
Harry Tsappas snapped this extraordinary spectacle during a visit to Richmond Park in south-west London.
The 57-year-old said the bird had swooped in on the deer to eat parasites from its fur...Read here...

Long Island Couple Wants Answers After Lavatory Leak From Overhead Plane

imageMALVERNE, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — One Malverne couple was enjoying the mild night Thursday when they became covered by sludge as a plane taking off from Kennedy Airport flew overhead.
“A plane was coming over. Next thing you know she says ‘Oh my God it’s raining.’ I said ‘No it’s not’,” Artie Hughes told 1010 WINS’ Sonia Rincon.
“Some black liquid, black oil came off on her face, and I walked around and I looked and said ‘Oh my God.’ There was quarter-sized, nickel-sized, dime-sized drops all over my deck, my barbecue, my table,” he said.
Thinking something was wrong with the plane, they called police.
“It was oily in substance, blackish-greenish oil. I thought it was hydraulic fluid and then the policeman came down and said ‘No I don’t think so. Looks like something nastier than that’,” Hughes said...Keep reading...

Pakistan capital fights growing boar population

In this Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012 photo, a wild boar searches for food in the Margallah Hills of Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

The Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — With a police officer wounded and the presidential palace breached, the Pakistani capital has launched a fresh offensive against a uniquely feared enemy in the Muslim country -- the city's ever expanding population of wild boar.
Each night, packs of the hairy beasts emerge from Islamabad's river beds, parks and scrubland to rifle through the overflowing rubbish bins of its mostly wealthy residents and growing number of restaurants.
City authorities are laying poison and have announced free hunting permits to cull the wild pigs' numbers. But to make sure residents don't get caught in the crossfire, they only allow shotguns. There have been few takers. Hunters are wary of getting arrested by the police, or even worse -- getting mistaken for a terrorist...Keep reading...

"Occupy London" Dancing Leprechaun - Ridiculous - Star of David?

Sally and Sam think this old fossil ought to occupy the nearest mental health facility.

Real life Lassie: Dog saves pensioner's life after he hears dementia sufferer tapping on pipe following fall - MailOnline

By Daily Mail Reporter.
It's an extraordinary tale of rescue and heroics which could have come straight from the script of the hit television itself.
When dementia sufferer David Feltham tripped and fell on his driveway on a freezing cold winter's night, rescue came from a little pooch who bears a striking resemblance to wonder dog Lassie.
Little Collie-cross Jack heard the pensioner's desperate tapping on a drain pipe, which was his only way of signalling for help as he lay prostrate in sub-zero temperatures.
The heroic dog kept barking at the sound of the tapping until owner and neighbour, John Wheatley, 67, got out of bed - and spotted his friend lying outside...Keep reading...

We Barbarians - Chambray

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Saving Smeegle from the Fiery Brute

by Laura Simpson
We Showed Him that Hands Could Deliver Love Instead of Pain
Written by Ness Watson of West Sussex, United Kingdom

In the Autumn of 2007, our very old Border Collie, Frog, went out for a long walk as usual without any problems. On her return, she climbed the steps to where we lived, got to the top and lay down and couldn’t get up again. We rushed her to the vet and they told us that at nearly 15, she was going into heart failure quite quickly and although they may well be able to make her comfortable, there was no coming back from it. I said goodbye to Frog and she crossed the rainbow bridge.

Cut to a few months later and we were having a lot of difficulty adopting a new dog. I live in a very large apartment and this went against me when it came to adopting from all the larger organizations in the UK. ‘Dogs cannot live in apartments’ I was told. I felt this is incorrect as I take my dog out for four long walks a day, a lot of dogs I am aware of just get to do their business in a garden and rarely see the outside world.

One day, I received an email from a lady who was desperate to rehome her dog, JJ. She told us all about him, how he was 8 months old and a handful. She said she and her husband had four kids and that her husband no longer wanted the dog. I went immediately to find out more about the situation. When I got there and first met with JJ, he cowered and cried so much, I couldn’t put a hand on him as he shied away and he wouldn’t walk properly, just crouched so low to the floor. He was bald in a lot of areas, very underweight and most of the fur from his face was gone, only pink skin remaining. He did his best to keep well away from my partner and would try and disappear if my partner put a hand out for him to smell...Keep reading...

Richard Dawkins: I can't be sure God does not exist

imageBy John Bingham. He is regarded as the most famous atheist in the world but last night Professor Richard Dawkins admitted he could not be sure that God does not exist.                                                                                                     He told the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, that he preferred to call himself an agnostic rather than an atheist... Keep reading...

Calvary - Levon Helm

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The Tokens - The Lion Sleeps Tonight

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Christian pastor sentenced to death in Iran for refusing to renounce his faith could be hanged 'at any time without warning'

By Daily Mail Reporter.
A Christian pastor who converted from Islam is to be put to death for leaving Islam following the ruling of an Iranian court, it was reported today.
Youcef Nadarkhani, 34, was arrested more than two years ago on charges of apostasy, and has now been sentenced to death by an Iranian court for refusing to renounce his Christianity, according to the pastor's legal team.
The father-of-two had defied a request by the Gilan provincial court, in Rasht, Iran, to repent, and now faces death by hanging.

Mr Nadarkhani may be executed at any time without warning, as death sentences in Iran can be carried out immediately or dragged out for years...Keep reading...

The Weirdest Unsolved Mysteries of World War II

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By Ed Grabianowski   World War II was a period of dramatic change across the globe. But along with all the political machinations and military strategies, some seriously bizarre stuff happened. Here are five of the most mysterious incidents from World War II...Keep reading...

20 greatest unsolved mysteries in the world

Ivica Miskovic
1. The great Inca Empire in South America...Continue reading...

US, France, UK, Turkey, Italy prepare for military intervention in Syria

Bosra amphitheater, Syria DEBKAfile Exclusive Report: Despite public denials, military preparations for intervention in the horrendous Syrian crisis are quietly afoot in Washington, Paris, Rome, London and Ankara. President Barack Obama is poised for a final decision after the Pentagon submits operational plans for protecting Syrian rebels and beleaguered populations from the brutal assaults of Bashar Assad’s army, debkafile’s Washington sources disclose.
This process is also underway in allied capitals which joined the US in the Libyan operation that ended Muammar Qaddafi’s rule in August, 2011. They are waiting for a White House decision before going forward...Keep reading...

Sunni or Shia? Which Poses A Greater Threat?

by Mumin Salih Choosing between Sunni or Shia is like choosing between the idiot and the fool; both sects come from the same cult called Islam.
There are many other sects in Islam but these two are the major ones. They both came to existence in the seventh century after the assassination of Ali, the fourth of the ‘rightly guided Caliphs’. Ali was elected when the Islamic state was in turmoil following the brutal and merciless assassination of Uthman, the third Caliph.  Muslims endured a civil war that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. In fact, they still pay with their lives as a result of that divide.
The Shia Muslims were the ones who sided by Caliph, Ali, against the rebels. The Sunni Muslims’ position was, and still, a more interesting one and is in line with their position regarding other Islamic absurdities; in one word: confusing. They believe that Ali was right and did the right thing for the service of Islam. The history of the events, as it reached us, is in support of Ali. In addition, Ali was one of those ten Muslims who were guaranteed places in paradise, according to Mohammed, therefore Allah would protect him from committing sins. However, they refuse to condemn Ali’s opponents, the rebels. Therefore, the Sunnis believe whoever was on the right side and whoever was opposing those who were on the right side were both on the right side!! May look mind boggling, but this is Islam...Keep reading....Sunni v Shia
by Zaki Chehab The clash between Sunni and Shia Muslims is the greatest cause of strife across the Arab world. Here - as part of our special issue on Islam - Zaki Chehab explains the deep-lying roots of the turmoil

Iraqis have already given it a name: the "Bloody Evening". At about 5pm on Saturday 3 February, a Mercedes lorry carrying more than a tonne of explosives was detonated in the Sadriyah neighbourhood of Baghdad, killing 150 people and wounding 300 more. The suicide bomber had driven into a food market in a largely Shia area; the result was the greatest loss of life from a single bomb since the US invasion of 2003.

From weary experience, Iraqis know that it is only a matter of time before Shia militants seek revenge. While hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have sought refuge in neighbouring countries, the majority who cannot leave or cannot afford to leave are trapped in a cycle of sectarian killings that the religious and political leaderships of Shias and Sunnis alike have failed to arrest. Abbas, a Shia friend who left Baghdad recently, told me from his new base in Jordan that he had been forced to go - he had been unable to send his three children to school for fear they would fall victim to the Iraqi sectarian killings that are claiming the lives of a hundred people a day. He described the grisly scene with municipal trucks going out each morning to collect the bodies of those killed the previous night. Corpses found in plastic bags were evidence that the victims had been kidnapped and disposed of when no ransom was paid...Keep reading...

Bedbugs confirmed in Yellowknife apartment building

Bedbugs are still invading Yellowknife homes, and the pests are unlikely to be eradicated from the city anytime soon, says Duane Fleming, territorial chief environmental health officer. Here, Fleming holds an enlarged photo of a bed bug during a Dec. 2010 press conference. - NNSL file photo                                                                                 Laura Busch
Northern News Services
Concerned Northern Properties tenant Gerard "Mike" LeBlanc provided Yellowknifer with documents confirming his unit in Ptarmigan Apartments has been invaded by the creepy crawlers. This confirmation was dated Jan. 19. Further documentation shows that an initial bed bug treatment was scheduled for the following Thursday, Jan. 26, but was later cancelled because the NWT's only pest control specialist, the "Orkin Man" based out of Hay River, had to cancel his bi-monthly trip to the capitol city due to an abscessed tooth. LeBlanc received notice on Jan. 31 that the company's pesticide contractor was rescheduled to spray his apartment to kill the pest on Feb. 22.
A delay in treating a bedbug infestations "would just give them more time to multiply," said Duane Fleming, territorial chief environmental health officer. The bugs do not pose a significant health risk, because they have never been shown to spread disease.
"They're not considered a public health hazard that way," said Fleming. "However, they can cause anxiety – people are afraid to fall asleep or they can interrupt your sleep."
Bedbugs, which grow to about five millimeters in size,feed on human blood, normally at nighttime.
"I can't go to sleep at night without things crawling on me or feeling like things are crawling on me," said LeBlanc. "It's hell."...Keep reading....Bed Bugs fact sheetshttp://www.toronto.ca/health/bedbugs/factsheets.htm.

Canada Bedbugs

.http://www.canada-bedbugs.com/. Let the bedbug slaughter begin!

Bed Bugs Song!

Ed Bruce - Tell 'em I've Gone Crazy & living with pain

Cultivating presence to live with pain; by Pain Coach.One of the things that has really worked for me in learning to live well with pain is cultivating presence. Presence can be in any form, stillness, inner peace, silence, a sense of joy, courage, compassion, loving kindness, it manifests according to what is needed in the moment...Read here...

Whitney Houston’s death raises issues of mixing meds with alcohol

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By Howard Cohen

hcohen@MiamiHerald.com

.The eulogies for pop superstar Whitney Houston have been delivered and she was laid to rest Sunday near her late father. The round-the-clock coverage of the 48-year-old singer following her Feb. 11 death will subside.
But Houston’s passing has already sparked widespread discussion on the dangers of mixing prescription pills, especially mixing medications with alcohol. Bottles of prescription pills were found inside Houston’s hotel room and are said to have included the anti-anxiety medication Xanax, the antibiotic amoxicillin for an upper respiratory infection, and the pain medication Ibuprofen. She was drinking champagne in the days leading up to her death, including at a pre-Grammy party in which she was photographed looking disheveled...Continue reading..

Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/20/2651893/whitney-houstons-death-raises.html#storylink=cpy

.Houston killed by combination of alcohol and drugs, insider says.

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

(Newser) – Whitney Houston was killed by a combination of Valium, Xanax, and alcohol, an insider tells Radar. All three were found in her system, but the coroner is still waiting for toxicology results before the "major contributing factor of her demise" can be determined, the source says, adding that drowning is almost certainly not to blame: "Her heart stopped beating because her respiratory system was suppressed because of the anti-anxiety meds, and combined with the booze it probably happened very quickly before she was found partially submerged in the bathtub." (In other Whitney news, sources say Bobby Brown is shopping a tell-all about their life together.)...Read here...

Could Your Cat Drive You Crazy—Literally?

http://mitchieville.comSally and Sam think the two ladies in gif may have a cat or two at home.

By Lexi Petronis, Glamour magazine.

Did you know that, when you're pregnant, you're not allowed to change kitty litter? For real. And it's not just because it's hard to do when you're sporting a huge baby belly. There's an actual health risk involved...

Cats can play host to a parasite called toxoplasmosis after eating infected prey (like a mouse or bird). The parasite multiplies inside the cat and produces oocysts that are deposited in the cat's feces. These oocysts are extremely resistant and can stay in the environment for almost a year. If a pregnant woman comes in contact with the parasite, her unborn child can become infected and could face loss of vision, mental disabilities, and loss of hearing...Continue reading...

Dandelion root's effectiveness on cancer cells being probed

  imageBeatrice Fantoni, Windsor Star; Postmedia News

Cancer researchers in Windsor hope to start clinical trials soon to find out if dandelion root extract can kill cancer cells in humans without harming healthy cells.
"We are very excited," said Dr. Siyaram Pandey, a biochemist at the University of Windsor, describing the result of the tests in the lab that so far confirm that dandelion root extract causes cancer cells from leukemia blood samples to die off.
He and oncologist Dr. Caroline Hamm of Windsor Regional Hospital are submitting their application to Health Canada for approval of a Stage 1 clinical trial to determine just what dose of dandelion root extract is tolerable and effective in patients with an aggressive form of leukemia known as chronic myelomonocyctic leukemia (CMML) as well as other cancers, including pancreatic cancer and melanoma...Continue reading...

From Russia with love: The doting father bear who can't help cuddling his cub - MailOnline

By Daily Mail Reporter.

This is the touching moment a baby bear gets swept up in a big cuddle - from her affectionate father.
What makes the photographs, taken at a zoo in eastern Russia, so fascinating is that most male bears have nothing to do with their cubs and leave the rearing to females.
But Balu is more hands-on than most with four-month-old daughter Diva and is content to give her a proper bear hug...Continue reading, more pics...

Animals make nursing home living easier

Gertrude Burkholder, 89, spends time with Droopy at Lexington Court Care Center. Nursing home staff say pets help make transition easier, especially for those who have not cared for pets in many years. / Dave Polcyn/CentralOhio.com

by jkinton@nncogannett.com.Whether you’re a two- or four-legged visitor, you’re welcome at Lexington Court Care Center.
“I have a lady who brings in her dog every Wednesday,” said activities director Brenda Workman. “The residents love it, even the ones who aren’t really awake. They know to pet them.
“I honestly can’t imagine not letting them come. When you get older, animals are very important to people, and the animals are very receptive to it, too. We love to see animals come in.”
Dr. Abel Hittinger, of Appleseed Valley Veterinary Hospitals in Lexington and Bellville, said pets restore a home value for those in nursing care facilities...Continue reading...

Jewel and Merle Haggard - That's The Way Love Goes

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Syria: “Revolution” Becoming More Islamic

(By Michael Stürzenberger) This information is, of course, kept silent from us by the “correct” mass media: In Syria, things are going, as anywhere else in the Arab “Spring,” according to the seizure of power by political Islam. As the “Catholic Magazine for Church and Culture” reports, persecution of Christians in Syria are on a massive increase. Behind the so-appearing “freedom” battle is hiding a religious conflict: “Islamistic” Sunnis have Christians and Alevits in the crosshairs. 80 percent of Christians have already fled from Muslim and mixed neighborhoods. Update: Al-Qaeda is joining in the battle in Syria against the “anti-islamic” regime!(By Michael Stürzenberger)...However, the persecution of Christians in islamic countries is being ignored to the greatest extent by our media and politicians, though. Note: Islam is good and peaceful, there aren’t any problems, and if so, then they have nothing to do with Islam. Therefore, the Chancellor is cheating us out of the intermediate result of her future “dialog” – and audaciously suppressing the true frontrunner, that of a demand for open discussion over Islam. And thuse, we are also having to depend on a Catholic news magazine as regarding the true events in Syria:...Continue reading...

Indian woman rewarded for tough ‘toilet’ stand

When most people think of India I would imagine that they think of it as a great nation with a gloried past and an interesting culture; I know I did. Well, it turns out that India is no different from any other third-world country. The only difference between India and a country such as Haiti for example is that India has over 1.2 billion people; not just several million. In fact, India has more people than any other country with the exception of China. By the way, the United States has the third largest population in the world with just over 313 million people, almost a billion people less than India; and unlike India, we have toilets!

In short, India is a toilet, without toilets. TGO

Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press 

By Abhaya Srivastava | AFP  

An Indian woman has been rewarded for her “bold” decision to leave her marital home within days of the wedding to protest the lack of a toilet in the household, an official said on Thursday.

Anita Narre was handed $10,000 by Sulabh International, a non-profit group, for refusing to defecate in the open and sparking a “toilet revolution” in her village in central Madhya Pradesh, according to the district magistrate.

“Narre motivated other women of her village to coax their partners to build toilets. The village is transformed today, thanks to her bold act,” B. Chadrasekhar told AFP over phone.

Narre left the household of Shivram, a labourer, after her marriage in May last year because the house had no toilet. She returned only once he had built one with help from district officials.

Chandrasekhar said a sanitation campaign that offered to build toilets in the district free of cost had hit a roadblock as villagers thought it was “dirty” to have a toilet inside the house...Continue reading...

Pablo Cruise - Love Will Find A Way (1978)

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Hall of Fame catcher Gary Carter passed away on Thursday, succumbing to an ongoing battle with brain cancer. He was 57.

Major League Baseball commissioner Bud Selig released a statement on Carter's passing, via ESPN.com:

"Driven by a remarkable enthusiasm for the game, Gary Carter became one of the elite catchers of all-time. 'The Kid' was an 11-time All-Star and a durable, consistent slugger for the Montreal Expos and the New York Mets, and he ranks among the most beloved players in the history of both of those franchises. Like all baseball fans, I will always remember his leadership for the '86 Mets and his pivotal role in one of the greatest World Series ever played."...Read here...

Gimme Shelter: Treating animals with kindness, respect and compassion

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CATHY FUGLER/Special to Bullet News
At Niagara Falls Humane Society every animal is treated with kindness, respect and compassion. The shelter is a safe refuge and temporary home for homeless pets. We believe that every animal deserves to be loved and properly cared for. When you adopt a shelter animal or support the shelter, you are helping us to create a more humane world for the animals in our community.
I’m sitting in my office writing this column with the sweetest wee dog in my lap (a lovely perk of the job). He is a tiny fellow, not even three years old. He came to us from another shelter, having been surrendered by his family. He is a scared, lonely little guy with a history of some biting. He was pretty edgy and defensive when he first got here, but with some gentle treatment and one to one attention, he quickly turned into a complete cuddlebug...Continue reading...

Crisis looming for First Nations due to OxyContin

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The Canadian Press: TORONTO — First Nations leaders say a health crisis is about to be unleashed on northern Ontario reserves because thousands of residents addicted to OxyContin will soon be cut off from the prescription opiate.
The maker of OxyContin, which is up to twice as strong as morphine, will stop manufacturing the drug in Canada at the end of the month. As of March 1, Purdue Pharma Canada will replace OxyContin with a new formulation called OxyNEO.
OxyContin, taken orally in pill form, is a long-acting form of the highly addictive opioid oxycodone. But when the pill is chewed or crushed, then injected or inhaled, it produces a "heroin-like euphoria," Health Canada says.
OxyNEO will also be made with oxycodone, but it's formulated to make abuse more difficult: the tablet is hard to crush and when added to liquid, it forms a thick gel that stops oxycodone from being extracted for injection.
Leaders of Ontario's Nishnawbe Aski Nation, or NAN, said that with no OxyContin available, those addicted to the drug will go into withdrawal...Continue reading...

Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service: The Combined Forces Organized Crime Unit consists of members from The Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service, The Thunder Bay Police Service, The O.P.P.- Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau, The R.C.M.P., and The Anishinabek Police Service.
Originating Service: Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
Date of Release: February 14, 2012
(Thunder Bay, ON) On February 14, 2012, members from the NAPS Drug Enforcement Unit and Uniform along with the Organized Crime Enforcement Bureau successfully executed a Controlled Drugs and Substances Act search warrant in Cat Lake First Nation.
Police seized approximately eight (8) Oxycodone 80mg prescription pills with a northern street value of three thousand eight hundred forty ($3,840.00) dollars, two thousand five hundred ($2,500.00) dollars in Canadian Currency, and numerous debt lists.

Fifty-five (55) year-old Percy OOMBASH has been charged with Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking Oxycodone and Breach of Undertaking.

OOMBASH was released on conditions and will next appear in court on June 26, 2012, in Cat Lake.
Cat Lake First Nation is located approximately 550 km northwest of Thunder Bay, Ontario.
For Further Information Contact:
Sgt. Jackie George
Media Relations- email: jackie.george@naps.ca
Nishnawbe –Aski Police Headquarters
Thunder Bay, Ontario http://www.naps.ca/

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Cat Lake First Nation

Billy Currington performing People Are Crazy.

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Lera Lynn- 'Bobby, Baby'

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Sally and Sam think Bobby upset the wrong woman. There’s a bump on the hill, where your body lies
There’s a stone in the ground, reads “this man did try”
If you look to the east, you see your estate
Weathered and hollowed out by your mistakes

Oh Bobby, baby, we all know the truth
You were looking for love in all the bad that you’d do
Bobby, baby, we all know the deal
Your row was hard and long and straight up a hill

Your mother was gone, your daddy did wrong
Your brother died by his own hand
Your wife tried so long, but you she disowned
Your daughter was lost with your land, with your land

Every once in awhile, I still can see
Your blue eyes searching a way to be free
And I go to your grave, bottle in hand
And pour out your freedom right there in the sand http://slowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-met-lera-lynn

Uranium deal with China 'important' for Saskatchewan

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao before their meeting in Beijing on Thursday. For more on the trade deals signed by Canada and China.
Photograph by: Reuters, The StarPhoenix

Wall claims 'great day' for province

By Joe Couture, The StarPhoenix 

An agreement that is expected to allow Canadian companies to ship uranium to China is "very, very important" for Saskatchewan, Premier Brad Wall said on Thursday in reaction to news from Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit to the Asian superpower.
"It's a great day for Saskatchewan and we want to thank the federal government and the prime minister for raising a very Saskatchewan issue on their trade mission and making progress," Wall told reporters Thursday at the Legislative Building.
Though a small amount of Saskatchewan uranium has been shipped to China before under special agreements, the new trade agreement signed by Harper is expected to allow Saskatchewan producers to directly sell Canadian yellowcake - a type of uranium concentrate powder - to China, he continued..."The prime minister has been very clear: Canadian uranium is for electricity only:"...Continue reading...
BEIJING — The prospect of Canada entering free-trade talks with China is suddenly being discussed, as Chinese leaders indicated during Prime Minister Stephen Harper's visit that they are prepared to head down that path — even though Canadian officials aren't so sure this country is ready for the jump...Read here... Harper brings home Pandas from China.Read here.

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Birds are not stupid

A Japanese carrion crow examines the fruits of its labors.

Bird Brains
by Gareth Huw Davies                                                                                                                                                             The scene: a traffic light crossing On a university campus in Japan. Carrion crows and humans line up patiently, waiting for the traffic to halt.

When the lights change, the birds hop in front of the cars and place walnuts, which they picked from the adjoining trees, on the road. After the lights turn green again, the birds fly away and vehicles drive over the nuts, cracking them open. Finally, when it’s time to cross again, the crows join the pedestrians and pick up their meal.

If the cars miss the nuts, the birds sometimes hop back and put them somewhere else on the road. Or they sit on electricity wires and drop them in front of vehicles.

Biologists already knew the corvid family–it includes crows, ravens, rooks, magpies and jackdaws–to be among the smartest of all birds. But this remarkable piece of behavior–it features in the final program of “Life of Birds”–would seem to be a particularly acute demonstration of bird intelligence...Continue reading...

Animal Photos - National Geographic Society

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Global Persecution of Christians

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By Conrad Black.Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. A comprehensive Pew Forum study last year found that Christians are persecuted in 131 countries containing 70 percent of the world’s population, out of 197 countries in the world (if Palestine, Taiwan, South Sudan, and the Vatican are included). Best estimates are that about 200 million Christians are in communities where they are persecuted. There is not the slightest question of the scale and barbarity of this persecution, and a little of it is adequately publicized. But this highlights the second half of the atrocity: the passivity and blasé indifference of most of the West’s media and governments...continue reading...

China and Canada set for free trade talks as Harper pens multibillion-dollar deals

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Stephen Harper (L) shakes hands with Chinese VIce Premier Li Keqiang at the end of the closing of the 5th Canada-China Business Forum on February 9, 2012 in Beijing, China

• By Jason Fekete .

BEIJING — China and Canada declared Thursday that bilateral relations have reached “a new level” following a series of multibillion-dollar trade and business agreements to ship additional Canadian petroleum, uranium and other products to the Asian superpower.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Chinese leadership said Thursday the economic co-operation agreements — and billions of dollars in new private-sector deals — signed by the two countries over the past few days are unprecedented and will open the door to additional trade and investment.
The new deals further solidify a “strategic” partnership between the countries, particularly in terms of natural resources, with China’s top political leaders calling for “more large-scale co-operation” with Canada on oil and gas to feed China’s seemingly insatiable energy appetite...Read here...

'Woolly mammoth' spotted in Siberia

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By STAFF REPORTER
The animal – thought to have mostly died out roughly 4,000 years ago – was apparently filmed wading through a river in the freezing wilds of Siberia.
The jaw-dropping footage was caught by a government-employed engineer last summer in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug region of Siberia, it is claimed. He filmed the elephant-sized creature as it struggled against the racing water... Read here...

Paper Rosie -- Gene Watson

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Another Green Prophet Defects

imageby John Hinderaker One by one, the more honest of the scientists who fell for the anthropogenic global warming hoax are confessing their error. The latest is Germany’s Professor Fritz Vahrenholt. Melanie Phillips explains:
[A] new book, Die Kalte Sonne, written by Prof Dr Fritz Vahrenholt and geologist/paleontologist Dr. Sebastian Lüning, has caused a sensation even in advance of its official publication yesterday. For Prof. Vahrenholt, a renewable energy expert, was one of the fathers of the modern German green movement and believed everything preached by the IPCC. But according to Focus magazine, he is now a far sadder and wiser man...:Continue reading...

Why Some Wild Animals Are Becoming Nicer

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By Brandon Keim Nature is supposed to be red in tooth and claw, and domestication an artificial process for making animals gentle. But it appears that some corners of the animal kingdom are becoming kinder, gentler places. Certain creatures may be domesticating themselves...Continue reading...

85 Year Old Woman Fights Off Moose Attack With Shovel

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