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Research Chimps Retire

Posted by Val Fox on May 4, 2013 at 6:30 PM

Biomedical research animals have helped scientists develop improved products, everything from medicines that save lives to the cosmetics and shampoos we are taught to think we need. They live in unnatural conditions, often caged their entire lives in a laboratory until their usefulness ends.

The fate of more than 400 medical-research chimpanzees owned or supported by the United States government is being decided. Controversy ex...

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Quiet Prairie Songs

Posted by Val Fox on May 4, 2013 at 5:35 PM

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This is a common sight here on the Kainai Reservation in southern Alberta...

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Pinterest Inspires

Posted by Val Fox on April 24, 2013 at 12:45 PM

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Pinterest is a great source for information, ideas and solutions for just about any topic you can think of. Pinterest is an image-sharing website, a tool to help you organize material you might want to refer back to later.

You begin by copying and pasting a Pin-it bookmarklet on your browser so when you’re searching the ‘net and want to save something more than just a URL you can pin a photo, music clip or some other graphic to a theme-based, virtua...

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Natural Flame Burns

Posted by Val Fox on April 24, 2013 at 1:25 AM

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Although most eternal flames are man-made, there exists in our world a number of Natural flames that have burned for centuries. The flames pictured below in Turkey are believed to be the oldest in the world. References to them go back 6,000 years.

Chimaera, Turkey Eternal Flame

This r...

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Oromo Wins Boston

Posted by Val Fox on April 23, 2013 at 3:25 PM

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Oromo athletes recently showed the world their skill and stamina by winning three major marathons in one week.

Following the April 15 tragedy that happened at the Boston Marathon I want today's post to draw attention back to this year's winner of America's oldest race. Congratulations to the Oromo runner, Lelisa Desisa (pictured on the right) who crossed the finish line in the Mens Elite with a time of 2:10:22.

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Art Meets Conservation

Posted by Val Fox on April 23, 2013 at 12:40 PM

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Off the coast of Granada in Moilinere Bay this sculpture

memorializes the state-sponsored, systematic enslavement

and annihilation of First Nations by European, Middle Eastern

and American Nations and their collaborators since 1441.

More than 100 million have been...

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Learning Ballet at 79

Posted by Val Fox on April 22, 2013 at 9:00 PM

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Inspiring people come from all walks of life. I couldn't let this blog challenge go without sharing with you the story of John Lowe, who learned ballet at age 79, then performed in Prokofiev's The Stone Flower.

Lowe is a former Japanese prisoner-of-war and a retired teacher. He is also the founder and artistic director for the Lantern Dance Theatre Company based in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. His love for theatre even helped duri...

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Kinkajou's Jungle Home

Posted by Val Fox on April 22, 2013 at 4:45 PM

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While slurping fresh rainwater with his long, narrow tongue, South America's Kinkajou appears a curious species remarkable in its climbing and balance, its digging and screeching. Here is a photo of this gymnast of the jungle.

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A Question of Joy

Posted by Val Fox on April 22, 2013 at 3:15 PM

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I did a little research recently on the topic of joy, asking what is joy and what does it look like. Is it an experience or a feeling..permanent or fleeting. There are many articles, books and bloggers asking the same questions. Here is some of what I learned.

Google lists the following words as synonyms for the word, Joy: del...

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Conquering Indecision

Posted by Val Fox on April 16, 2013 at 3:05 PM

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The January 10, 2012 issue of Forbes Magazine contained an article by contributing writer Steven Berglas where he examined Seven Ways to Conquer Indecision. Berglas, who spent 25 years on the faculty of Harvard Medical School's Department of Psychiatry explained that indecision is about avoiding choices, usually between two negative alternatives (catch 22) or between two similar choices.

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Horned Hercules Hunts

Posted by Val Fox on April 16, 2013 at 2:05 PM

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Here's another titanic of the insect world, suitably called the Hercules Beetle, the largest of the rhinoceros beetles native to Central and South American rainforests (Dynastes Hercules.)

This member of the Scarab Beetle family is considered the strongest earth creature for its size, with an ability to lift 800 times it's own body weight. When it hunts you can see it sometimes carrying large, rotting wood chunks that comprise much of it's die...

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Giant Weta Threatened

Posted by Val Fox on April 16, 2013 at 12:40 PM

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Hi everyone! Today's blog features the letter G and here is what I found for you - the largest insect in the world - The Giant Weta.

This large, nocturnal insect is one of about 100 weta species found in New Zealand. The Wetapunga (Moari name) of Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf is the largest of five main groups of wetas - the giant, tree, cave, tusked and ground-dwelling.

The green-leaf-and-shrub-eati...

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Val studied Journalism and Public Relations at Lethbridge College. After working as a reporter/editor for a community newspaper she pursued a career working with Children and families in crisis. Aspiring author, amateur photographer, ghost writer and animal lover.