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Landscaper asked if he could bury his cat in their backyard – but it was really his dead baby girl

Kfor.com 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Albuquerque man says his landscaper asked to bury his dead cat in the man’s backyard, but it was really the body of the landscaper’s 1-year-old daughter. “He pulled the weeds, mows the yard, he takes care of the bushes of everything and lately he’s been acting a little strange. We noticed that before Christmas holiday,” Thomas Dunn, who lives in the home where the body was found. But Thurman Dunn said he and most of his roommates […]

10-day pledge to eat only dumpster food raises money for Inuit communities

Martlet 

Today — Monday, Jan. 14 — marks day seven of the UVic students’ challenge  As garbage bins fill with food waste in urban centres across the country, the stomachs of people living in northern Canada are left empty. For UVic environmental studies students Elora Adamson and Riley Yakabuski, this contradiction is unacceptable. To raise awareness... Read more »

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Телохранители бывшего вице-президента Афганистана подозреваются в нападении на полицейских

Афганистан.ру 

КАБУЛ, 14 января. Сегодня утром на территории одного из районов афганской столицы произошло вооружённое нападение на служащих полиции, к которому предположительно были причастны телохранители бывшего вице-президента Мохаммад Юнуса Кануни. Инцидент произошёл неподалёку от автозаправочной станции примерно в 11 часов утра по местному времени. Сообщается, что полицейские, подвергшиеся нападению, принадлежали к отряду быстрого реагирования. Поводом для [...]

Kauehi: A Cruising Lesson Reinforced

All At Sea 

About 20 years ago, my wife Carolyn and I were lazily cruising the Tuamotus in French Polynesia when we were accosted by a large group of Polynesian canoes. At the time we had little idea where we were and became totally confused when the young men in the canoes kept telling us that ‘our’ party …

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The founder of the World Economic Forum shares what he sees as the biggest threat to the global economy

ThisIsinsider.com 

  • Economist Klaus Schwab is the founder and executive chairman of the World Economic Forum which will be holding it's Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland January 22-25, 2019.
  • Schwab explains the theme of this year's meeting, "Globalization 4.0: Shaping a New Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.”
  • When asked if we were currently in a trend of deglobalization he said no, "we have to make a differentiation between globalization, which is a fact, and globalism."
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Stuart MacRae on Anthropocene, his new show for Scottish Opera with Louise Welsh

Scotland on Sunday 

GEOLOGISTS are still arguing over the start date of the so-called Anthropocene epoch. That’s perfectly understandable, since the term refers to an age defined by consequential human impact on earth’s geology and ecosystems. Some argue it began millennia ago with the onset of agriculture; some say the Industrial Revolution; modern day thinkers reckon the onset of “the great acceleration” following the Second World War is the true marker. The bottom line, in a world where damage to the planet is a daily concern... Читать дальше...


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