[Fatima99]

Mystery 23-foot sea beast weighing four tonnes found on beach in Wales


The faceless creature was discovered last week on Broad Haven South Beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales but more testing is needed to identify the 23-foot long beast



A mystery sea beast that’s more than 23 feet long, weighs an estimated four tonnes and has no face will be probed by scientists in a bid to discover its true identity.

The colossal creature was found on Broad Haven South Beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales, last week and reported to the UK Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP).

But with the gloopy remains already decomposing, experts couldn’t make a firm identification and now a sample from the sea beast must be sent for testing.

Matthew Westfield, the CSIP stranding co-ordinator for Wales, said: “It’s very difficult to tell for certain what it is because it’s so badly decomposed.

“It died at sea and had been dead for a while before it washed up on the beach, so it would have come in with one of the high tides.”



In pictures from the scene, the remains are seen as a grey husk, stringy in some places, with bony elements showing through in others.

No obvious feature of the creature’s biology stands out, with the head seemingly gone and no limbs apparent.

And though Mr Westfield identified a spine, measuring some 23 feet long, even the animal’s true scale is uncertain.



He said: “Basically the whole head element was either decomposed or missing or pointing in the wrong direction.

“We were unable to say, ‘right, there’s the head element of it’ so we suspect it could have been longer.”

However, inspecting the remains in person did offer some clues.

Matthew said: “Basically I got a report of a blob, a huge thing that washed up on a beach.

“And the lady that actually reported it to us had done a bit of research and had initially come back saying that she thought it might have been a basking shark.

“Well by the pictures we initially didn’t think so because of the size of it and because it is rare to get basking sharks wash up on the beaches around Wales.

“So initially we thought it was going to be a whale but when we actually got there and did an exam on it, it became clear that it definitely wasn’t.

“The initial clue was the smell of rotten fish. Decomposing fish smell different to decomposing whales.

“Then we got closer and we had a look at the bone structure which indicated that it definitely was not a whale and it was going to be some sort of fish.”

Mr Westfield now believes the remains to be of a basking shark, but he still can’t be sure.

He said: “We couldn’t say 100% because there are other species it could be, even including the whale shark – which is actually a bit bigger but then it could have been a juvenile.”

He continued: “We’ve taken pictures, we’ve taken a couple of samples, and we’ve sent them off to the Natural History Museum and some of the specialist teams there, along with London Zoo.

“We just have to wait and see what happens.”

As for what killed the sea beast, that will likely never be known.

Matthew said: “It’s completely impossible to say what the cause of death was.

“It could be anything from its age, to bycatch, to injury to anything else.”

The remains must now be either buried where they are, removed from the beach in chunks or left for nature to take its course.

[Fivetide]

Yard sale find turns out to be artifact worth up to $500,000


This photo, provided by Sotheby's, in New York, on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, shows a small porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale that turned out to be a rare, 15th
century Chinese artifact worth between $300,000 and $500,000. The bowl will be offered in Sotheby's Auction of Important Chinese Art, in New York, on March 17. (Sotheby's via AP)

Talk about your yard sale finds. A small porcelain bowl bought for $35 at a Connecticut yard sale turned out to be a rare, 15th century Chinese artifact worth between $300,000 and $500,000 that is about to go up for auction at Sotheby’s.

The white bowl adorned with cobalt blue paintings of flowers and other designs is about 6 inches (16 centimeters) in diameter. An antiques enthusiast came across the piece and thought it could be something special when browsing a yard sale in the New Haven area last year, according to Sotheby’s.

The piece, one of only seven such bowls known to exist in the world, will be up for auction in New York on March 17 as part of Sotheby’s Auction of Important Chinese Art.

The buyer, whom is not being named, paid the $35 asking price and later emailed information and photos to Sotheby’s asking for an evaluation. The auction house’s experts on Chinese ceramics and art, Angela McAteer and Hang Yin, get many such emails every week, but this was one of the kind they dream about.

“It was immediately apparent to both of us that we were looking at something really very, very special,” said McAteer, Sotheby’s senior vice president and head of its Chinese Works of Art Department. “The style of painting, the shape of the bowl, even just the color of the blue is quite characteristic of that early, early 15th century period of porcelain.”

They confirmed it was from the 1400s when they were able to look at it in person. There are no scientific tests, only the trained eyes and hands of specialists. The bowl was very smooth to the touch, its glaze was silky and the color and designs are distinctive of the period.

are in the United States. There are two at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan, two at museums in London and one in the National Museum of Iran in Tehran, according to Sotheby’s.

How the bowl ended up at a Connecticut yard sale remains a mystery. McAteer said it’s possible it was passed down through generations of the same family who did not know how unique it was.

“It’s always quite astounding to think that it kind of still happens, that these treasures can be discovered,” McAteer said. “It’s always really exciting for us as specialists when something we didn’t even know existed here appears seemingly out of nowhere.”

[BigGlen]

Woman Belonging to Alien Reptile Cult to Stay in Jail for Shooting Boyfriend



This story just gets weirder the further you read.
Insane conspiracy theories are usually nothing more than slightly chuckle-worthy light news. But for every funny story, there’s one case where an unhinged person brainwashed into outlandish beliefs does some irreversible damage. Case in point, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on February 25 that a woman sentenced to 15-40 years in jail for the murder of her boyfriend should stay behind bars. The reasons for why she shot him are truly bizarre.



Barbara Rogers, 46, was sent to prison in 2019 after she put a bullet through the head of 32-year-old Stephen Mineo. That was because Rogers had been accused of being a reptilian alien creature in disguise, reported PennLive.

Both Rogers and her boyfriend were members of a deranged online doomsday cult. They were convinced that an extraterrestrial race of devil-worshipping reptilian shapeshifters were looking to install Antichrist himself as the supreme ruler of Earth.

There’s one sentence this author never expected to type out. Yet here we are.



‘Oh my god, he’s dead!’
The crime itself took place on July 15, 2017. On that day, Rogers – an Army veteran discharged for medical reasons – and Mineo were both staying at their shared apartment in Monroe Country, PA.

Over the course of the day, the odd couple got into an argument. According to Senior Judge John L. Musmanno, their affiliation with the doomsday had been causing friction in their relationship for quite some time.

“Rogers stated that she and Mineo had recently become upset with the leader of the cult, who believed that Rogers was actually a reptile,” Musmanno wrote in a court opinion.

As a result of the disagreements, the two were kicked out of the cult, wrote The New Republic (TNR). Mineo, in particular, didn’t take the ouster very well.

Rogers said that her boyfriend had simply lost his will to live with his cult membership. So, he asked Rogers to kill him.

The story goes that Mineo placed a .45 caliber pistol. He pressed the gun against his head and told Rogers to pull the trigger.

And she did. Some 20 minutes after the deed was done, Rogers phoned 911.

“My boyfriend had a gun. He told me to hold it here and press the trigger. Oh my god, he’s dead!” she said during the call.

A Dubious Account
Whether Rogers’ story is true, however, is up for debate. After all, the only other person with knowledge of what actually happened took his story to the grave.

Judge Musmanno, for one, is not convinced of the accuracy of Rogers’ account. And no wonder – according to TNR, Rogers has changed her story several times.

“Evidence was presented at trial that showed Rogers and Mineo had a tumultuous relationship in the weeks leading up to the shooting,” court documents read.

The alien cult that Rogers and Shriner belonged to was led by one Sherry Shriner. Some two months before the killing, Shriner started attacking Rogers online.

She insisted that Rogers was in actuality one of the group’s enemies – a reptilian alien devoted to furthering the cause of Satan. Because of her affiliations, Mineo should call off their relationship, Shriner claimed.

“Shriner had immense control over the majority of her devotees, including Mineo,” the Pennsylvania court said.

“In addition to this ongoing confrontation, the commonwealth presented evidence that Mineo was financially dependent on Rogers, and that Mineo suspected that Rogers was cheating,” the court document added.

In these circumstances, the court found it plausible that Rogers actually killed Mineo as a result of an argument.

Sound of Mind?
Rogers and her defense team, however, didn’t see eye to eye with the judges. That’s why they filed their now-failed appeal to drop Rogers’ murder charges.

According to Rogers, her shooting Mineo wasn’t an act of intentional violence. She argued that she should have a re-trial for involuntary manslaughter in light of her military service and history of mental instability.

She also claimed that she was intoxicated when she shot Mineo. Judge Musmanno, however, ruled that Rogers had been of sound enough mind that her prison sentence should stand.

He also deemed that the judge who gave her the sentence had appropriately considered all the facts of the case.

Bizarre Beliefs
Speaking of the facts of the case, the most outlandish of them concern the doomsday cult Rogers and Mineo followed. We’ve already told you the basics, but this stuff is so weird that it deserves a deeper look.

The cult was founded by the aforementioned Sherry J. Shriner from Carrollton, OH, wrote TNR. Going by the moniker of the “Messenger of the Most High God,” she spread her bizarre beliefs through self-published e-books, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

The basic tenets of this weird… Suppose we can call it “faith,” revolved around a global alien conspiracy. Shriner claimed that shape-shifting reptiles from outer space had infiltrated human society.

These reptilians collectively worship the Devil, she posited. With tricks such as mind control and body-snatching they were looking to set up a totalitarian world government with the Antichrist at its helm.

Shriner used unflattering photos of celebrities as “proof” that the aliens were here on Earth. Supposedly the ugly pictures were a result of their human disguise accidentally starting to slip off.

The cult deemed practically all global catastrophes to be the work of the aliens. These acts were carried out by the good old conspiracy story favorites, including the NATO, the Illuminati, or the U.S. Democratic Party.

The Steak Tartare of Pure Evil
Not only that, TNR reported that Shriner’s videos also reveal the cult to be viciously anti-Semitic, homo- and xenophobic, and misogynistic, among an endless collection of other hateful ideologies. Even certain foods received the ire the cult’s ire.

In fact, food was what caused the rift between Shriner and Rogers in the first place.

One day, Rogers shared a picture of a delightful steak tartare meal she’d recently enjoyed. To Shriner, that was proof that Rogers was actually one of THEM.

“That means she’s into ingesting blood. Eating raw hamburger is a symbol that you are part of the vampire/succubus societies. Rogers is a witch, I can confirm that at this point,” Shriner wrote.

Shriner died some months after Rogers shot Mineo. Whether the cult will survive her passing remains to be seen.

Maybe it’d be for the better if it didn’t.

[PennySerenade]

Toronto woman celebrates 106th birthday



TORONTO -- Mary Peel is turning 106-years-old on March 3 and her family is asking for your help in marking the special occasion.

“For me, when I think of my grandmother, all I think about is her laughter and cheer. She laughs at pretty much anything,” said Victoria Newson, Peel’s youngest granddaughter.

Peel lives at Nisbet Lodge, a long-term care home in the heart of the Danforth.


Even from England, Newson jumps at the chance to speak with her grandmother.

“They’ve been able to secure video calls at least once a week with her, with at least one family member. We love her so much and want to talk to her, so we’re taking rotations,” she said.

Born in 1915, Peel’s family said the matriarch’s life has been filled with overcoming adversity.

“The Great Depression, having her parents die young, having to go to work at a young age,” Newson explained.

Last summer, Peel tested positive for COVID-19. Newson admits that it was a scary time for the family, but that Peel overcame the virus like a fighter, as well.



The restrictions at long-term care homes mean that Peel won’t be able to have visitors to celebrate her birthday — that’s why her family is asking the community for help in sending 106 birthday cards to her in time for the big day.

“We don’t have that many people in our family and all of her friends, basically because of her age, have passed.”

Peel has always loved reading personalized messages, which makes the idea of birthday cards so special, Newson said.

“The reason we chose birthday cards is because she loves reading them and re-reading them. She’s going to feel so loved and she’ll be laughing and smiling so much.”

Those interested in mailing Peel a birthday card should address their messages to:

Nisbet Lodge
740 Pape Avenue
Toronto, Ontario M4K 3S7

Virtual birthday cards can also be sent via email
[email protected]

[goldie0608]

60 Years Ago He Couldn’t Afford College–Now He’s Donating $20M to Fulfill the Dreams of Students Today



While countless brilliant men and women don’t have college diplomas, their achievements often speak for themselves. Still, having access to higher education can be an integral stepping stone on the path to success.

It’s a double-whammy when marginalized students who’ve traditionally faced financial barriers to obtaining degrees find themselves drowning in debt by the time they graduate.

Few know the challenges of this particular obstacle course better than Calvin Tyler, who abandoned his own collegiate dreams six decades ago when tuition became too steep.

In 1961, Tyler enrolled as a student of business administration at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University) in Baltimore. When his funds dried up in 1963, a year shy of graduation, he took a job as a UPS driver.

Tyler’s lack of a college diploma might have been considered a setback by some, but it didn’t deter this driver with a true drive from steadily rising in the ranks. By the time he retired in 1998, Tyler was Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations and was seated on the UPS board of directors.

Tyler’s hard work and grit paid off, but he knew that in the business world, his story was the exception rather than the rule. So, in 2002, he and his wife established the Calvin and Tina Tyler Endowed Scholarship Fund at the historically Black university he once attended.

By granting full-tuition scholarships to select Baltimore students in need, they hoped to elevate them to a place where they’d be able to gain a first foothold on the corporate ladder. How far they climbed would be up to them.

In 2016, the Tylers raised the bar, endowing the fund with $5 million. Earlier this year, they broke their own record, pledging $20 million in scholarship endowments.

Tyler says he and his wife were compelled by the impact the COVID-19 crisis has had on students already struggling to do what they could to help close the financial gap.

“This is why we are increasing our commitment,” he explained. “We want to have more full-tuition scholarships offered to young people so that they can graduate from college and enter the next stage of their life debt-free.”

Morgan State President David Wilson addressed the couple’s magnanimous ongoing support in a statement that said in part: “Through their historic giving, the doors of higher education will most certainly be kept open for generations of aspiring leaders whose financial shortfalls may have kept them from realizing their academic dreams…

“The Tylers’ generosity over the years, culminating with this transformative commitment, is a remarkable example of altruism with great purpose.”

Calvin Tyler might not have a college diploma to hang on his wall, but he’s earned an advanced degree in paying it forward many times over—and that’s one course of study all of us can learn from.

[hija]

Goodwill worker finds $5,000 left in donated jacket pocket



March 3 (UPI) -- Employees at a Goodwill store in Texas said it took weeks of searching to find $5,000 cash that was mistakenly left in the pocket of a jacket that was donated to the store.

Goodwill Fort Worth officials said a man came into the thrift store chain's location in Hurst in early February to report that his wife had mistakenly donated an old jacket that had an envelope containing $5,000 cash in the pocket.

"We roughly get donated anywhere from 50 to 200 donations a day, so when the customer had come in, I explained to him that we had to go and sort through bag-per-bag," store manager Rhonda Davis said in a video posted to YouTube by Goodwill Fort Worth.

Davis said workers searched through donations for several days without success. She said the search was slowed when icy weather forced the location to close for multiple days.

The manager said employee Maqayla DeLaPena finally found the envelope three weeks after the search began.

The cash was returned to the customer and DeLaPena was rewarded with a bonus and the Goodwill Medal of Integrity.

"Thank you, Makayla, for your incredible integrity," Terry Willet, the Goodwill retail director of Fort Worth, said while bestowing DeLaPena with the medal. "And thank you for letting Goodwill stand out, as well as yourself."

[HogwartsExpress]

[johngriffen]

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But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
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Study Shows Wild Kangaroos Can Intentionally Communicate With Humans

Animals that have never been domesticated, such as kangaroos, can intentionally communicate with humans, says a new study.




Challenging the idea that such behavior is restricted to domesticated animals like dogs, horses, and goats, the research was done by the University of Roehampton and the University of Sydney.

Involving kangaroos—marsupials that were never domesticated—at three locations across Australia, the findings revealed that these animals gazed at a human when trying to access food which had been put in a closed box.

The kangaroos used these long looks to communicate with the person instead of attempting to open the box themselves—a behavior that is usually expected for domesticated animals.

10 out of 11 kangaroos tested actively looked at the person who had put the food in a box to get it (this type of experiment is known as “the unsolvable problem task”).

Nine of the 11 kangaroos additionally showed gaze alternations between the box and the person present, which is seen as a heightened form of communication.

The science of communication


The research builds on previous work in the field which has looked at the communication of domesticated animals, such as dogs and goats, and whether intentional communication in animals is a result of domestication.

Lead author Dr Alan McElligott, University of Roehampton (now based at City University of Hong Kong), previously led a study which found goats can understand human cues, including pointing, to gather information about their environment.

Like dogs and goats, kangaroos are social animals, and Dr McElligott’s new research suggests they may be able to adapt their usual social behaviors for interacting with humans.

Dr Alan McElligott said in a statement: “Through this study, we were able to see that communication between animals can be learnt and that the behavior of gazing at humans to access food is not related to domestication. Indeed, kangaroos showed a very similar pattern of behavior we have seen in dogs, horses and even goats when put to the same test.

“Our research shows that the potential for referential intentional communication towards humans by animals has been underestimated, which signals an exciting development in this area. Kangaroos are the first marsupials to be studied in this manner and the positive results should lead to more cognitive research beyond the usual domestic species.”

Dr Alexandra Green, School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, said of the study, published in Biology Letters: “Kangaroos are iconic Australian endemic fauna, adored by many worldwide but also considered as a pest. We hope that this research draws attention to the cognitive abilities of kangaroos and helps foster more positive attitudes towards them.”

[BigGlen]

What Happened on MARCH 4th



Birthdays on this date:
In 1394 Prince Henry the Navigator, sponsored Portuguese voyages of
discovery
In 1678 Antonio Vivaldi, Baroque violin virtuoso and composer
In 1888 Knute Rockne, football player, coach
In 1921 Joan Greenwood (in London, England)
In 1932 Miriam Makeba, African singer
In 1934 Jane Goodall, archeologist, primate observer
In 1939 Paula Prentiss (in San Antonio, TX), actor
+ Barbara McNair (in Chicago, IL), singer, actor
In 1944 Susan Clark (in Ontario, Canada)
In 1969 Chastity Bono, daughter of Sonny and Cher

Events worth noting:
In 1681 Pennsylvania deeded to William Penn
In 1789 Congress declares the Constitution to be in effect.
In 1791 Vermont becomes the 14th state.
In 1792 Oranges introduced to Hawaii.
In 1793 George Washington's second inaugration, shortest speech 133 words.
In 1801 First presidental inaugration in Washington (Thomas Jefferson).
In 1826 First railroad in US chartered, the Granite Railway in Quincy, Mass.
In 1841 Longest inaugration speech - 8443 words - William Henry Harrison.
In 1861 Confederate States of America adopted "Stars and Bars" flag as the
final design of official flag.
In 1902 American Automobile Association opens.
In 1930 Mrs. Charles Fahning of Buffalo, New York, becomes first woman to
bowl a perfect game under sanctioned competition rules.
In 1933 Roosevelt inaugurated, said "We have nothing to fear but fear
itself".
In 1934 Easter Cross on Mt. Davidson dedicated.
In 1954 First black U.S. sub-cabinet member appointed - J. E. Wilkins
In 1955 First radio facsimile transmission sent across the continent.
In 1960 Lucille Ball files for divorce from Desi Arnaz
In 1994 John Candy dies in Mexice while filming "Wagons East" at age 43.

[HogwartsExpress]

[goldie0608]

A man had a stroke four months after adopting a dog. He credits the dog with saving his life.



Brian Myers knew he was in trouble when he fell to the floor. He had no feeling on his left side and couldn’t stand up in the crawl space between his bed and the wall.

“It was really frightening — I couldn’t get up and I didn’t realize at that moment that I’d had a stroke,” he said. “My cellphone was on the dresser about 15 feet away, but there was no way I could get to it.”

Seconds later, Myers, 59, felt something wet and rough on his face: his dog’s tongue.

Sadie, the 100-pound German shepherd he had rescued from an animal shelter near his Teaneck, N.J., home last fall, was standing above him with a look of concern on her face, he said.

“She kept licking me and crying, so I reached my right hand up to pet her, then I grabbed her collar,” recalled Myers, who had gone to bed just two hours before he fell on the evening of Jan. 16.

He was stunned by what happened next, he said.

Sadie backed up and began pulling Myers inch by inch out of the crawl space, and then wiggled toward his dresser.

“She was not trained as a service dog, but she was in distress over what was happening and she could tell that I was in trouble,” he said. “I don’t know how she did it, but she knew.”

Five minutes later, he was in front of his dresser and was able to reach up about three feet with his right arm and retrieve his cellphone to call for help, Myers said.

At Englewood Health hospital that night, Myers was given an MRI that revealed he’d suffered a stroke. Doctors told him it was likely that his four-legged companion had saved his life.

“It was the best decision I’d ever made to adopt her,” said Myers, who came home last month and has much of his mobility back, thanks to physical therapy. “I really feel it was meant to be.”

Another serious illness led him to adopt Sadie — a dog that nobody else seemed to want — at the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge in Oakland, N.J., last September.

Myers is retired and lives alone. He felt lonesome and scared after he came down with covid-19 early on during the pandemic last March, he said.

“I decided it would be a good idea to get a dog after all the time I’d sat in my house by myself,” Myers said. “I’d had a rescue dog before, but I had to put him down a couple of years ago. I was ready for another one.”

About six months after he’d recovered from the coronavirus, a friend who is familiar with the Ramapo-Bergen Animal Refuge emailed him a photo of Sadie and he was immediately intrigued, Myers said. Sadie had been identified by the shelter as “hard to place” because of her aggressive behavior.

Myers made an appointment to visit the dog, and on the appointed day, Sadie was brought outside to the sanctuary’s play area.

The refuge often accepts dogs such as Sadie that are rejected by other shelters because they can’t get adopted due to behavior issues, said Megan Brinster, Ramapo-Bergen’s executive director. Staff workers and volunteers train the animals in the hope that bad behaviors can be eliminated and make them more adoptable, she said.

Sadie exhibited aggression toward men, Brinster said, and visitors to the animal refuge were often intimidated by her large size and loud bark.

The 6-year-old German shepherd wasn’t a good fit for most homes, and she’d been sent away by three animal shelters because of her behavior before she ended up at the no-kill sanctuary last June, she added.

“She’s very protective and anxious in a kennel situation,” Brinster said. “When she doesn’t want someone in her space, she’ll make herself look big and start barking. But after Brian put in his application, we thought, ‘Let’s give them a chance.’ ”

Within minutes of meeting, Sadie and Myers were playing fetch with a ball and he was able to take her out for a walk, Brinster said.

“It was an inspiring thing to watch — they were this amazing match,” she said. “It was clear they were ready to go.”

“When I first saw Sadie, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s one big dog,’ ” Myers recalled. “I believe that her size is one of the reasons they had a problem placing her.”

When the adoption papers were finalized, he loaded her into the back seat of his car and drove directly to a pet store to buy a big bag of dog food, some chew bones, a squeaky toy and a dog bed.

“I kept looking in the rearview mirror and saying, ‘Wow, what a big girl!’ ” he said.

Shortly after Myers let Sadie inside the house, she stood on her hind legs, put her paws on his shoulders and licked his face, he said.

“I knew that I wanted to make the rest of her years happy ones,” he said.

On their first night together, Myers discovered that Sadie’s idea of happiness involved ditching the new dog bed and taking over his own.

“She’d start out on the pillow next to mine, then end up sleeping at the foot of the bed,” he said. “It became her routine. I thought, ‘After all she’s been through, who am I to deny her the pleasure of sleeping in a bed?’ ”

In December, when Myers came down with covid-19 a second time (doctors told him that he’d been exposed to a new variant), he said Sadie stayed by his side in bed until he felt better.

Weeks later, he stood up in the night to walk to the restroom and his legs buckled. Myers’s doctor later told him that his stroke was brought on by blood clots due to covid-19, he said.

When he was released from a rehab center on Feb. 9, his brother brought Sadie for a reunion in the parking lot.
“He’d been watching Sadie while I was gone and I had to keep reminding him, ‘She’s my dog — she’s going home with me,’ ” Myers said.

In the parking lot that day, he said he wept as Sadie jumped into his lap and smothered him with sloppy kisses.
“She knocked my glasses off and kept licking my face,” he said. “And all I could do was just hug her close and say, ‘I love you.’ ”

[PennySerenade]

Four-month-old puppy who was inside truck when it was stolen reunited with owner



TORONTO -- A four-month-old puppy who was inside a pickup truck that had been stolen in Milton, Ont. last week has been reunited with its owner.

The theft occurred at a supermarket parking lot around 9 p.m. on Feb. 26. Police say a white Pyrenees puppy named Hudson was inside the vehicle when it was stolen.

On Tuesday, Halton Regional Police said that the puppy was returned to a family member of the victim on March 1 by an unknown person.

Hudson, police said, was left tied to the front porch around 7 p.m. Since then, the puppy has been reunited with its owner.

Police say they will continue to investigate the incident in order to determine who is responsible for the theft.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact police or reach out to Crime Stoppers anonymously.

[hija]

Two Welsh women pull Airbus A320 to break Guinness World Record



March 3 (UPI) -- A married couple from Wales broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to pull an Airbus A320 aircraft 65.6 feet by a team of two women.

Sue Thomas-Franklin, 52, and Sam Taylor, 42, pulled the massive aircraft the required distance in 37.63 seconds during the Sunday attempt in Barry.

The women, members of GymVision in Pontprennau, have both amassed a number of accomplishments with their strength. Thomas-Franklin has two British deadlifting records and nine mixed powerlifting records, while Taylor placed second in the Europe's Strongest Woman competition in 2019.

The couple said they were recruited by Guinness to break the record in celebration of St. David's Day.

"It was so weird, because two years ago while on holiday in Dubai, I had a thought that I'd like to try and break a record as the first Welsh woman to pull a plane," Taylor told the Barry and District News. "The idea had fallen by the wayside a bit, until we got that call from Guinness World Records."

Ancient Roman penis carving incredibly important, say English archaeologists

Maybe in a few millennia, archaeologists will uncover a drawing of a penis on the wall of a bus shelter and say: "Oh wow. A 21st century fertility symbol".
Because archaeologists in England have today revealed the "highly significant" discovery of a carved phallus dating back to Roman times.
The penis was carved into a millstone used to crush grain into flour.


This millstone was excavated years ago, but it took archaeologists until recently to realise it had a penis carving on it. (Highways England)

The millstone was found in several pieces in 2017 and 2018 during a dig during a major road upgrade in Cambridgeshire.
But it is only recently that the millstone has been put back together and archaeologists realised what they were looking at.
"The phallus was seen as an important image of strength and virility in the Roman world," the project's head archaeologist Steve Sherlock said.


This penis carving is very important, archaeologists said. (Highways England)

Roman soldiers would often wear penis-shaped amulets for luck during battles.
The millstone is an estimated 2000 years old.
Decorated millstones and querns are extremely rare, which makes this phallus-shaped rock extra special.
Meanwhile, archaeologists have uncovered a figurine of about the same age of the Roman god of love, Cupid.


The bronze Cupid sculpture was probably used in a sacrifice. (Highways England)

The figurine was found during a dig related to the construction of another new highway.
The solid bronze statue showed the god with wings and a flaming torch.
It was found in a deposit of charcoal, which indicates it may have been used as a sacrifice to the gods.
They also found an ornate brooch.
They also found a skeleton buried in an unusual pagan ceremony.
The skeleton was buried on a north-south axis, indicating it was a pre-Christian ceremony.
It was also buried face-down, suggesting it may have been the grave of a criminal.
But the skeleton will be left in the grave and not studied further.

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