[All Africa] Uganda's conservation has been hit by yet another blow with the death of the oldest chimpanzee.
Zakayo 54 years, Uganda's known oldest chimpanzee died at the Uganda Wildlife Education Center (UWEC).
This has been confirmed by the centre's executive director James Musinguzi.
Speaking to Daily Monitor, Musinguzi said Zakayo started feeling unwell about 3 weeks ago and has been on treatment until yesterday.
Preliminary findings indicate that he succumbed to Chronic Gastroenteritis.
"Due to his old age, he was highly susceptible to opportunistic infections. Please join us as we celebrate the life of this legendary chimpanzee who once lived as a dominant male and brought up the chimpanzee family at UWEC," said Musinguzi.
According to Musinguzi, Zakayo nurtured two Alpha male chimpanzees, Matooke, who led the group up to 2013, and Aluma who took over in 2013 up to today.
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Zakayo was found abandoned on June 10, 1964 in Semiliki National Park in Bundibugyo District and was hand raised by a white man who surrendered him to UWEC on June 19, 1976 as he was becoming aggressive and difficult to manage. He used to stay in a cage and visitors would tease him, offer him cigarettes and alcohol, which would make him very excited.
Although Zakayo had by 2012 lost his alpha male position he still commanded a lot of respect from the group, instilling order and peace when there were group fights and made sure that everyone entered the enclosure or exited it before he did, which defined his caring character.
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...offer him cigarettes and alcohol, which would make him very excited.
(Reuters) - The world's largest active geyser has erupted three times in the past six weeks at Yellowstone National Park, including once this week, in a pattern that is unusual but not at all indicative of a more destructive volcanic eruption brewing beneath Wyoming, geologists said on Saturday.
Steamboat Geyser, which can shoot water as high as 300 feet (91 meters) into the air, erupted on March 15, April 19 and on Friday. The last time it erupted three times in a year was in 2003, the U.S. Geological Survey's Yellowstone Volcano Observatory said.
The last time it erupted prior to March was more than three years ago in September 2014.
"There is nothing to indicate that any sort of volcanic eruption is imminent," Michael Poland, the scientist in charge for the observatory, said in an email.
This year's eruptions have been smaller than a usual Steamboat eruption, but the two in April were about 10 times larger than an eruption at the park's famed Old Faithful Geyser in terms on the amount of water discharged, he said.
Geologists have not pinpointed a reason for the latest series of eruptions, but say they could indicate a thermal disturbance in the geyser basin, or that Steamboat may be having smaller eruptions instead of one large.
Since most geysers do not erupt on a regular schedule, "it might just reflect the randomness of geysers," Poland said.
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Geologists have not pinpointed a reason for the latest series of eruptions
Must have been educated at US institutions. Coolest winters in a long time resulting in lower temps with hot molten lava in the earths core causes geological stress on the earths crust, widening faults, letting in water which turns to steam when it hits the core.
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Seriously, if it wasn't for the idiots at the Sierra Club and the Interior Dept. all of North America could be run on geothermal from Yellowstone and doing so would cool it down a tiny bit and make it a tiny bit safer...
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if the geothermal work triggered the quake, it is likely the quake was going to happen eventually
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Everybody knows that so called earthquakes are the ground dragons moving from a cold spot to a warm spot. At least that's what my social justice meta-geology professor taught me at the free college I graduated from.
[SpaceDaily] The chronic water shortage in Venezuela which has left millions struggling to cope sparked fresh headlines this week after a state governor expressed outrage that his swimming pool was empty.
In a video posted on his Twitter account, Rafael Lacava, governor of the northern Carabobo state, can be seen standing next to his empty pool issuing furious threats towards Venezuela's main water company and giving them 24 hours to fix the problem.
"Here is the pool, in the governor's house and there is no water. THERE IS NO WATER!" shouts the 49-year-old who is known for his eccentricity which has seen him pushing a plan to keep the streets free of criminals with his customized "Draculamobile."
"If by tomorrow evening, I don't see any improvement.. the Draculamobile is coming for you," he says menacingly, pointing at the camera.
"I'm warning you!"
"I know you're working but we want to see results because at the end of the day, it's me who has to suffer all the people's insults for something that is your fault."
Water rationing is a regular occurrence across this crisis-hit country which has huge water resources but a national infrastructure in very bad condition, with the shortage affecting both hospitals and some of the capital's richest neighborhoods.
[KCNAWATCH.CO] The respected Supreme Leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... and President Moon Jae In signed the "Panmunjom Declaration on Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of Korean Peninsula" on April 27, the full text of which reads:
Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Kim Jong-un and President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae In had the north-south summit talks at the "House of Peace" in Panmunjom on April 27, 2018 at the significant time when a historic turn is being made in the Korean peninsula, reflecting the unanimous desire of all the Koreans for peace, prosperity and reunification.
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I hope no one gets too excited about all of this. It could all change very quickly. Gen. Douglas MacArthur also thought he had achieved a "united Korea."
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...My answer to this would be the words of Ronaldus Magnus: "Trust, but verify."
Beosoeker, FWIW it's hard to avoid the conclusion that Democrat or Republican, whoever was President would have been fully justified in canning MacArthur. (Had Ike been President then - and he didn't like MacArthur at all - he probably would have 86'd him even sooner.)
Mac's intended actions weren't meant so much to win the war as punish the Chinese for having the colossal nerve to embarrass him, and he was starting to imply that he would do what he felt was tactically necessary, instead of following orders from Washington. MacArthur was never as good as his press agents made him out to be, and by firing him Truman did us a favor. YMMV, of course.
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Don't trust. Verify
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MacArthur was never as good as his press agents made him out to be, and by firing him Truman did us a favor. YMMV, of course.
Agreed. I've always been a little cautious around men who smoked pipes.
[Rodong Sinmun] The respected Supreme Leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... together with President Moon Jae In signed the "Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula" and exchanged written declaration.
Kim Jong-un had a significant souvenir picture taken with Moon Jae In and embraced him in congratulation of the birth of the historic Panmunjom Declaration reflecting the unanimous desire and demand of the Korean nation.
Attending the signing-ceremony from the north side were Ri Su Yong and Kim Yong Chol, vice-chairmen of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Yo Jong, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, Ri Son Gwon, chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea, and Jo Yong Won, vice department director of the C.C., WPK, and from the south side were Im Jong Sok, presidential chief of staff of Chongwadae, Jong Ui Yong, chief of the State Security Office of Chongwadae, So Hun, director of the Intelligence Service, Jo Myong Gyun, minister of Unification, Song Yong Mu, minister of Defense, Kang Kyong Hwa, minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yun Yong Chan, chief secretary in charge of communication with the people of the Chongwadae Secretariat.
At the end of the signing-ceremony, the top leaders of the north and the south made statements over the Panmunjom Declaration.
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I have been to Korea a lot, all on business. Love the place. The South Korean's I have worked with always express a deep desire to get their fellow Koreans north of the border out of the hole they have dug for themselves. National identity is strong, but at the same time these is little wishful thinking. They know it will be hard.
I say have at it, and do your best. It would be good to get this on the road to resolution. North Korea can hardly continue on the path they have been walking.
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Wanna change things in North Korea, have to exterminate the ruling elites.
[MAIL] Chinese social media today is buzzing with reports of a beam of mysterious light over parts of the country.
Pictures and footage have emerged on the Chinese social media showing a moving beam of light in the night sky over Beijing.
The public wondered what the airborne object could be. Some queried if it could be a UFO while others joked it looked like a massive torch.
Chinese residents have shared pictures of the strange light reported to be observed in northern part of the country. The light was caused by a Beidou satellite rocket launch, reported Chinese media. Chinese residents have shared pictures of the strange light reported to be observed in northern part of the country. The above pictures are seen on a popular Weibo account.
[DAWN] Police on Saturday claimed to have solved the recent rape and murder case of a six-year-old girl in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Manghopir area through "scientific evidence".
"The three suspects, who have been placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! , committed the heinous crime to settle ’old enmity’ with the victim’s family," said Karachi-West Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Omar Shahid Hamid. All concept of right or wrong evaporates in the face of "old enmity."
Speaking at a presser held at his office, the officer said that DNA samples of the arrested accused matched with the victim’s as per the report submitted by the Sherlocks from Liaquat University of Health Sciences (LUHS), Jamshoro.
In his statement, the bigwig said the minor girl was kidnapped from Baloch Mohalla of Orangi Town on April 15. Her body was subsequently found from Northern Bypass in Manghopir area.
The next day FIRs were registered at both Manghopir and Orangi Town cop shoppes against the suspects.
That same day, police arrested two suspects on the complaint of the victim’s father.
DIG West Amir Farooqi established a special investigation team comprising SSP West Omar Shahid, SSP Investigation Zeeshan Siddiqi, and SP Orangi Abid Ali Baloch.
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"The three suspects, who have been placed in durance vile,committed the heinous crime to settle ’old enmity’ with the victim’s family," said Karachi-West Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Omar Shahid Hamid."
Honor gang rape of a 6-yr old? There's no honor in that.
[DAWN] A court in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... on Saturday granted bail to two men who had been enjugged Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try! with more than 800 donkey and dog hides at a warehouse in Korangi Industrial Area a day earlier, DawnNewsTV reported.
On Friday, the police, acting on a complaint, had conducted the raid and arrested the duo, one of whom is an Afghan national. They had allegedly stocked more than 200 sacks filled with illegal animal hides.
The police had said that the hides were smuggled from Afghanistan and also collected from different areas of Pakistain with the intent of dispatching them to China.
One of the suspects had told the police that the animals were slaughtered in different areas of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab, which is where their meat was also sold off.
The police, however, had suspected that the meat may also have been sold to hotels in Karachi, including those in posh areas.
The suspect had maintained his innocence, claiming they were not aware that the hides were of haram (prohibited in Islam) animals.
"I do not know where these hides are from and who they belong to," the suspect had said. "I have been working at this warehouse for 32 years; we only receive Rs5 per hide.
"We got these hides just last night and were told to move them to a different warehouse. We moved them and that's when the raid took place."
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[DAWN] Thousands of people have fled renewed fighting between Myanmar's army and ethnic bandidos myrmidons in the country's remote north, a United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... official said, as a long-simmering conflict intensifies.
More than 4,000 people have been displaced in Myanmar's northernmost state of Kachin near the border with China in the last three weeks, Mark Cutts, the head of the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), told AFP late Friday.
The numbers do not include some 15,000 people who have fled since the beginning of the year and upwards of 90,000 residing in IDP (internally displaced persons) camps in both Kachin and Shan states since a ceasefire between the government and the powerful Kachin Independence Army broke down in 2011.
"We have received reports from local organizations saying that there are still many civilians who remain trapped in conflict-affected areas," Cutts said of the recent festivities.
"Our biggest concern is for the safety of civilians ‐ including pregnant women, the elderly, small children and people with disabilities. We must ensure that these people are protected."
OCHA has been unable to verify reports that civilians have been killed in the fighting.
In addition to the Rohingya crisis in the western part of mainly Buddhist Myanmar, the country's conflict-hit north has also played host to festivities involving other ethnic minorities, which rarely make headlines. Burma's diversity is obviously its strength.
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Burmans are the most ethnocentric population on earth. They are equal opportunity haters: Shan, Kachin, Karen, Wa, Padaung, Rohingya. Makes no difference.
[PJMedia] The Counseling and Mental Health Center at the University of Texas at Austin recently launched a new program to help male students "take control over their gender identity and develop a healthy sense of masculinity."
Treating masculinity as if it were a mental health crisis, "MasculinUT" is organized by the school’s counseling staff and most recently organized a poster series encouraging students to develop a "healthy model of masculinity."
The program is predicated on a critique of so-called "restrictive masculinity." Men, the program argues, suffer when they are told to "act like a man" or when they are encouraged to fulfill traditional gender roles, such as being "successful" or "the breadwinner." They just don't want any men competing in white collar market.
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Men, the program argues, suffer when they are told to "act like a man" or when they are encouraged to fulfill traditional gender roles, such as being "successful" or "the breadwinner."
Why didn't you push that on 9/11? NYFD and NYPD could have avoided all those casualties. The oxygen must be really thin at UTA.
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Act like a man typically means act like an adult. Stop crying and bitching constantly. Of course the university system that is turning men into women and or babies has issues.
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I'd say that is too far removed from the original intent of the charter. No further public funding until a program-by-program audit confirming core educational principles and cancelling non-core programs and initiatives.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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[All Africa] Uganda's conservation has been hit by yet another blow with the death of the oldest chimpanzee.
(Reuters) - The world's largest active geyser has erupted three times in the past six weeks at Yellowstone National Park, including once this week, in a pattern that is unusual but not at all indicative of a more destructive volcanic eruption brewing beneath Wyoming, geologists said on Saturday.
[DAWN] Police on Saturday claimed to have solved the recent rape and murder case of a six-year-old girl in 
