Children in Siberia pour cold water on DiCaprio’s climate change concerns

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A group of children in Russia’s northeastern Yakutia Republic have, literally, poured cold water over Leonardo DiCaprio’s concerns that temperatures there have reached record lows.

The children, dressed in karate gear, delivered an ‘ice cool’ video message to the Hollywood actor and environmental activist as they stood topless on the snow-covered ground and threw buckets of freezing water over themselves.

"Hello Leo! Thank you for thinking of us. Don't worry, we are all good. The sun is even shining today. Come visit us, we'll pour cool water. Good luck!", one boy from Yakutsk declared to the camera...https://www.rt.com/news/419501-dicaprio-oymyakon-climate-ice-bucket/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

Winter walk

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2,000-Year-Old Tree In South Africa Called The Tree Of Life

Jady Kyle

We are living in a world full of wonderful things. The world full of amazing things. The world which you cannot describe with just a word. All things were created with a purpose. And this one creation in the photo featured below is somehow can be defined as more than just a treasure box full of luxurious jewelry.

2,000-year-old tree in South Africa called The Tree of Life. The baobab tree...https://uniquefacts.net/facts/the-baobab-tree/

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Dog bit off more than he could chew

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One more cup of coffee HEGERWALTERBAND

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Attenborough: the amazing Lyre Bird sings like a chainsaw!

http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-superb-lyrebird.html 

Quebec City to dump 46 million litres of sewage waste into St. Lawrence River

Julia Page - CBC News - February 22, 2018

 Quebec City officials say the dumping of 46 million litres of raw sewage into the St. Lawrence River is necessary to do maintenance work on the Saint-Pascal pumping station. (Jean-Simon Fabien/Radio-Canada)

Quebec City is warning residents it will be dumping 46 million litres of untreated wastewater into the St. Lawrence River over a 12-hour period starting Thursday night at 11 p.m.

The city is asking residents to limit water consumption during the operation, which is expected to end at 11 a.m. on Friday.http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4546694?__twitter_impression=true

Related: 

“The Great Lakes are a treasured resource for all Canadians. Through the Lake Erie Action Plan, we are working with our partners and delivering on a key commitment under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. Together, we are protecting our environment and strengthening our economy, and in doing so, improving freshwater resources so Canadians can swim, drink, and fish."
– Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2018/02/the_governments_ofcanadaandontarioreleaseactionplantoreduceharmf.html

In Ancient Egypt, cats were mummified and buried with jewelry, and harming a cat was an offense that could be punished with death

Domagoj Valjak

                                                        Black Egyptian cat statue

 The Ancient Egyptian religion was a vastly complex system of polytheistic beliefs that included an elaborate mythology and a large number of deities. Many of the deities were frequently represented as animals: the funerary god Anubis was depicted as a jackal; Hathor, the goddess of fertility, was often depicted as a cow; and Horus, the god of sky and kingship and one of the most significant ancient Egyptian deities, was usually depicted as an ornamented falcon. Animals’ significance extended beyond representing the gods; they were an integral part of Egyptian culture and society...https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/23/ancient-egypt-cats/

Indian Chief Joseph Riverwind talks Nephilim Giants, Star People & Star Gate Portals

https://truedisclosure.org/news/an-ancient-race-of-white-giants-existed-according-to-ancient-native-american-tribes.html 

Justen Faull

Related: 1. Nephilim Giants - YouTube
              2. "The Eyes of that Species of Extinct Giants ..." - Abraham Lincoln
              3.Did giants once live in North America?

              4. Karliene - 'The Last of the Giants'

   http://karliene.com/

Fleetwood Mac ''Landslide',

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Billy Graham, 99, Dies; Pastor Filled Stadiums and Counseled Presidents

By LAURIE GOODSTEIN

Mr. Graham preaching when he was 27 in 1947. Credit Billy Graham Center 

 

The Rev. Billy Graham, a North Carolina farmer’s son who preached to millions in stadium events he called crusades, becoming a pastor to presidents and the nation’s best-known Christian evangelist for more than 60 years, died on Wednesday at his home in Montreat, N.C. He was 99...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/21/obituaries/billy-graham-dead.html

How we should treat ALL animals

This video is a beautiful reminder of how we should treat ALL animals 🐾 💞.
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Michelle Obama to speak in Saskatoon in March

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By Ashleigh Mattern, CBC News

 Michelle Obama is coming to Saskatoon. The former first lady of the United States will be speaking at the SaskTel Centre on March 22

The Greater Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce is the sponsoring the event. CEO Darla Lindbjerg said it's exciting to have such a strong leader speaking in Saskatoon.

"Michelle Obama is one of the most influential, powerful and inspirational women in the world today. So the fact that we can attract her and get her to come to Saskatoon is amazing."...http://canada.venez.fr/link/10085_michelle-obama-to-speak-in-saskatoon-in-march

 Michelle Obama on Inauguration day

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Trump's moon shot might be steered by a woman, says Nasa chief

by Nicola Davis

  More and more women are being accepted to follow in the record-breaking footsteps of Nasa astronaut Peggy Whitson. Photograph: Nasa/EPA 

There is at least a one in three chance that the first human to set foot on the moon this century will be a woman, Dr Ellen Ochoa, the head of Nasa’s Johnson space center has said.

In the early 1960s Nasa sent out rejection letters saying it had no plans to send women into space. Among those who apparently received the brush-off was a teenage Hillary Clinton. But the agency has since changed its tune, and in 1983 Sally Ride became the first American woman in space. In 2013 Nasa announced that half of its new class of eight astronauts were women – a first for the agency...https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/17/trump-moon-mission-woman-nasa-astronaut

Two trees, one root: the link between evolutionism and Eastern spirituality

by Tricia Wright

 Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the man who introduced the world to transcendental meditation.

Looking at today’s once-Christian ‘Western’ society, one sees two non-Christian worldviews growing like long-established trees, stretching their branches into everything from education, to the media, to the church. One tree is materialism, the belief that matter is all there is, firmly based on and intertwined with Darwinian evolution. Its canopy bears the dark fruits which stem from morality without a Creator (and thus Lawgiver).¹

Alongside it a second tree is thriving: Eastern spirituality. With its alluring blossoms promising enlightenment, health and wisdom, this tree seems to be drawing much of the world to its shade.

These two worldview ‘trees’ may look very different, but are remarkably connected by a common root system...https://creation.com/evolution-linked-with-eastern-spirituality?utm_media=email&utm_source=infobytes&utm_content=ca&utm_campaign=emails

Two Swiss athletes have the norovirus. Yikes

National Post Staff

Two Swiss skiers are the first athletes to be diagnosed with norovirus at the Olympics. Paul Chiasson / THE CANADIAN PRESS

 You never want to be known as the first team diagnosed with norovirus at the Olympics. Sorry, Switzerland. One of the athletes is freestyle skier Fabian Boesch. The other skier has not been named because their family hasn’t been informed yet.

“Everyone else is safe. We did everything we could,” a spokesperson told Reuters. “We took them away from the rest of the team and now they have to recover.”

The outbreak started last week when 1,200 people working Olympic security were taken off the job after 41 guards fell ill...http://thestarphoenix.com/sports/olympics/while-you-were-sleeping-two-swiss-athletes-have-the-norovirus-yikes/wcm/ff26357e-c6b5-408f-97ac-0568bfab4d30
 
Related: Norovirus: Public Health Agency of Canada

Chuck Berry 'You Never Can Tell'

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Pig Brings Lunch To His Sick Brother Every Single Day

By Kristen Warfield 

Horton and Henry were only a few months old when rescuers found them — but they had already formed an undeniable bond.

Starving and terrified, the two brothers were being raised at a pig farm — and had gone without food so long that their bones were visible. They were covered in ticks, riddled with parasites and anemic from the lack of care.

They were afraid of people, too...https://www.thedodo.com/amphtml/on-the-farm/pig-takes-care-of-sick-brother?__twitter_impression=true

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U.S. woman becomes 1st person to have eye worms previously seen only in cattle

Reuters

An adult female eye worm immediately after removal from the eye appears in a handout photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. (CDC/Handout via Reuters)


An Oregon woman has become the first person worldwide known to have had an eye infestation by a tiny worm species previously seen only in cattle that is spread by flies that feed on eyeball lubrication, U.S. government researchers said on Monday.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention scientists said 14 translucent parasitic worms of the species Thelazia gulosa, all less than 1.27 centimetres long, were extracted from the 26-year-old woman's eye over a 20-day period before her symptoms dissipated.
The woman, Abby Beckley, was diagnosed in August 2016.

This species of Thelazia worm was previously seen in cattle throughout the northern United States and southern Canada, the researchers reported in a study published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. They said the study indicates that North Americans may be more vulnerable than previously understood to such infections....http://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4532481

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Canada crushes Switzerland to win Olympic mixed doubles curling gold.

Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes and Canada's John Morris hold the Canada flag on the podium after winning the gold medal in mixed curling at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games on February 13, 2018.

Wang Zhao/Getty Images

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The Canadian Press

The first Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles curling goes to Canada.

Canada's John Morris and Kaitlyn Lawes downed defending world champions Jenny Perret and Martin Rios of Switzerland 10-3 in Tuesday's final...https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/canada-defeats-switzerland-10-3-to-win-mixed-doubles-gold-medal/article37958217/

Related:

Anastasia Bryzgalova and Aleksandr Krushelnitckii clinched the bronze medal in mixed doubles curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics.(AP)...https://www.hindustantimes.com/other-sports/2018-winter-olympics-russian-pair-claims-first-mixed-doubles-curling-medal/story-jA5g7drJvAWyqXSkS2j6iK.html

Suspected big cat poacher 'savaged and eaten alive by lion pride he was trying to hunt'

Yahoo News UK February 12, 2018

The pride of lions reportedly left the suspected poacher’s head untouched (Rex)

A big cat poacher has reportedly been killed and eaten by the pride of lions he was trying to hunt.

The suspected hunter was heard screaming for help as he was mauled and bitten to death by lions in the Ingwelala Private Nature Reserve in Hoespruit, near Phalaborwa in South Africa.

The pride were unhurt and it looks as though they saved themselves from the unfortunate fate of Cecil the Lion and his son Xanda, who were both shot dead in South Africa.

Authorities presume the man was hunting the lions, who left his head almost untouched, after a hunting rifle was found close to what was left of his body...https://ca.news.yahoo.com/suspected-poacher-eaten-pride-lions-trying-hunt-141210605.html

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From day one: A timeline of Gerald Stanley’s trial

https://ipolitics.ca/2018/02/11/political-commentary-court-verdicts-hurts-views-justice-system-lawyers/ 

CTV Saskatoon
Published Saturday, February 10, 2018 9:09PM CST
Last Updated Saturday, February 10, 2018 10:02PM CST 

 On Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, a floor person for the jury at the trial of Gerald Stanley, a farmer charged with second-degree murder in the death of 22-year-old Cree man Colten Boushie, stood up inside Battleford’s Court of Queen’s Bench and read the verdict.

Not guilty, the juror said. Stanley was acquitted.

 What happened during the two-week trial?...https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/from-day-one-a-timeline-of-gerald-stanley-s-trial-1.3798399

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• Acquittal of Gerald Stanley in death of Colten Boushie 'a defining moment,' says Saskatoon Mayor ...

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• Gerald Stanley trial: Witnesses have conflicting, changing stories about Colten Boushie's shooting

   

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Fact.. there are more sheep in New Zealand than people!

Fact.. there are more sheep in New Zealand than people! pic.twitter.com/wDR3imbFdc

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Trudeau to Facebook: Fix your fake news problem or face stricter regulations

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 By Alex Boutilier

OTTAWA—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned social networking giant Facebook it needs to fix its “fake news” problems or face stronger regulation from Ottawa.

Trudeau told Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg in November he was concerned the company wasn’t doing enough to stop the spread of misleading information on their platform, a source with direct knowledge of the conversation told the Star.

Facebook has been under intense international scrutiny for allowing so-called “fake news” — false and often outlandish information presented as legitimate journalism — to propagate on its network...https://www.thestar.com/amp/news/canada/2018/02/08/trudeau-to-facebook-fix-your-fake-news-problem-or-else.html?__twitter_impression=true

Dead goose falls from sky, KOs hunter

Associated Press

(Getty Images)

EASTON, Md. — A waterfowl hunter is in stable condition after a dead goose fell from the sky and knocked him unconscious.

Robert Meilhammer of Dorchester County was hunting with three other people when one of them fired at a flock of Canada geese overhead in Easton, near the Miles River on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson said a falling goose hit Meilhammer, knocking him out and causing head and facial injuries...http://torontosun.com/news/weird/dead-goose-falls-from-sky-kos-hunter/wcm/a2fa8426-cfbb-4503-b0e7-eb18a0ffcceb

Sprawling Maya network discovered under Guatemala jungle

bbc.com

The Maya city of Tikal was found to be just a fraction of an immense hidden metropolis. Wild Blue Media/Channel 4

Researchers have found more than 60,000 hidden Maya ruins in Guatemala in a major archaeological breakthrough.

Laser technology was used to survey digitally beneath the forest canopy, revealing houses, palaces, elevated highways, and defensive fortifications.

The landscape, near already-known Maya cities, is thought to have been home to millions more people than other research had previously suggested.

The researchers mapped over 810 square miles (2,100 sq km) in northern Peten.

Archaeologists believe the cutting-edge technology will change the way the world will see the Maya civilisation.

"I think this is one of the greatest advances in over 150 years of Maya archaeology," said Stephen Houston, Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology at Brown University...http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42916261

Justin Trudeau’s edict to call ‘Mankind’ ‘PEOPLEKIND’

By Judi McLeod

  ‘Mankind’ was always mankind until silly, frilly Justin-Justine Trudeau came merrily prancing down the primrose path to christen it as ‘PEOPLEKIND’.

But how was to know that the truth might come along to bite him right in his fastidiously preserved royal rump?

While all deplorables remain in the ‘mankind ‘category, North American Liberals are graduating cum laude to ‘Peoplekind’.

The latest Justine rump bite came on Friday as Trudeau imperiously tried to correct a woman on her language when she posed a question he didn’t particularly want to hear during a town hall gathering.

In Trudeau’s case, Obama made him do it.

“The unidentified woman asked Trudeau whether the Canadian government could ease regulations on volunteering with religious organizations, according to the Washington Free Beacon. (FoxNews, Feb. 6, 2018)...http://canadafreepress.com/article/justin-trudeaus-edict-to-call-mankind-peoplekind

Related 1. Descent into twilight zone of 'gender neutrality' perverts democracy
           
            2.Gender Neutrality

            3.Trudeau says ‘peoplekind’ remark was a bad attempt at humour

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The Human Spirit Knows No Bounds - The BRINK of Greatness!

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SpaceX Animated Version of the Falcon Heavy Launch

By Andrew Moseman


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Amazing starlings murmuration captured by Paul Wilde in the middle of Redditch.

Amazing starlings murmuration captured by Paul Wilde in the middle of Redditch. pic.twitter.com/fDITlgU7pu

— Nature is Amazing 🌿 (@AMAZlNGNATURE) February 7, 2018

Family Dedicates Everything To Caring For 3,000 Stray Dogs

By Kristen Warfield

The outdoor dog yard at the shelter | Angel Wang 

It’s a scene that dog lovers would only dream of: over 3,000 dogs of all shapes and sizes, with countless wet kisses and happy tail wags to offer around the clock.

But at one animal shelter in Taiwan, it’s a reality...https://www.thedodo.com/close-to-home/taiwan-animal-shelter-cares-thousands-stray-dogs

This Mutant Crayfish Clones Itself, and It’s Taking Over Europe

Carl Zimmer

The marbled crayfish is a mutant species that clones itself, scientists report. The population is exploding in Europe, but the species appears to have originated only about 25 years ago. Credit Ranja Andriantsoa

Frank Lyko, a biologist at the German Cancer Research Center, studies the six-inch-long marbled crayfish. Finding specimens is easy: Dr. Lyko can buy the crayfish at pet stores in Germany, or he can head with colleagues to a nearby lake.

Wait till dark, switch on head lamps, and wander into the shallows. The marbled crayfish will emerge from hiding and begin swarming around your ankles.

“It’s extremely impressive,” said Dr. Lyko. “Three of us once caught 150 animals within one hour, just with our hands.”

Over the past five years, Dr. Lyko and his colleagues have sequenced the genomes of marbled crayfish. In a study published on Monday, the researchers demonstrate that the marble crayfish, while common, is one of the most remarkable species known to science.

Before about 25 years ago, the species simply did not exist. A single drastic mutation in a single crayfish produced the marbled crayfish in an instant...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/05/science/mutant-crayfish-clones-europe.html

SpaceX Falcon Heavy Launch

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