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You pushed me from my land to take my home, you took my children, you put me on a section of land where you can control me, you took in excess what nature provided to fund your health care and education for your children and for your disjointed lifestyle - and yet you say - can't you see what the Israelis are doing to the Palestinians?
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Courtesy of 'The Far Side'
The revenge of the whales continues;
A sailing yacht sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday after an unknown number of orcas slammed into the vessel with two people on board and caused a water leak, officials said. Both crew members were rescued by a passing oil tanker, said Spain's maritime rescue service, marking the latest killer whale attack on a boat in what has become a pattern in recent years.
The incident happened at around 9 a.m. local time in the narrow strait between Spain and Morocco that has become a notorious site of human interactions with pods of killer whales that, for reasons still not fully understood, ram into boats and at times even sink them. In this case, crew members on board the SV Alboran Cognac yacht put out an emergency call for an evacuation after they encountered orcas roughly 14 miles off the coast of Cape Spartel.
The crew members reported feeling blows to the hull of the vessel and rudder, which was damaged by the whales, the rescue service said. The agency's coordination center in Tarifa, on the Spanish side of the Strait of Gibraltar, helped arrange for their evacuation via the tanker MT Lascaux. The tanker was able to collect the crew members from the sinking yacht within the hour, and they disembarked in Gibraltar before 10:30 a.m. They abandoned the SV Alboran Cognac {grin}, which proceeded to completely disappear into the ocean.
Anyone sailing through waters from the Gulf of Cádiz in southern Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar, either in a larger motorized vessel or a personal sailing boat, is advised to avoid certain areas that the maritime rescue service marks as potentially dangerous spots for orca interactions. The greatest threats exist between May and August, when officials say that pods of killer whales are most commonly seen in those parts of the Atlantic.
A sailing yacht sunk in the Strait of Gibraltar on Sunday after an unknown number of orcas slammed into the vessel with two people on board and caused a water leak, officials said. Both crew members were rescued by a passing oil tanker, said Spain's maritime rescue service, marking the latest killer whale attack on a boat in what has become a pattern in recent years.
The incident happened at around 9 a.m. local time in the narrow strait between Spain and Morocco that has become a notorious site of human interactions with pods of killer whales that, for reasons still not fully understood, ram into boats and at times even sink them. In this case, crew members on board the SV Alboran Cognac yacht put out an emergency call for an evacuation after they encountered orcas roughly 14 miles off the coast of Cape Spartel.
The crew members reported feeling blows to the hull of the vessel and rudder, which was damaged by the whales, the rescue service said. The agency's coordination center in Tarifa, on the Spanish side of the Strait of Gibraltar, helped arrange for their evacuation via the tanker MT Lascaux. The tanker was able to collect the crew members from the sinking yacht within the hour, and they disembarked in Gibraltar before 10:30 a.m. They abandoned the SV Alboran Cognac {grin}, which proceeded to completely disappear into the ocean.
Anyone sailing through waters from the Gulf of Cádiz in southern Spain and the Strait of Gibraltar, either in a larger motorized vessel or a personal sailing boat, is advised to avoid certain areas that the maritime rescue service marks as potentially dangerous spots for orca interactions. The greatest threats exist between May and August, when officials say that pods of killer whales are most commonly seen in those parts of the Atlantic.
DNA data from horses currently caretaken and historically protected by the Oglala Lakota were included in this study. All protocols for the transmission of sacred and traditional knowledge were followed, as outlined by our Lakota Elder Knowledge Keeper Internal Review Board. They provide further context of the findings, which clarifies the Lakota culture and their relationship with the horse. Chief Joe American Horse states: “Horses have been part of us since long before other cultures came to our lands, and we are a part of them. The Horse Nation is our relative. We always protect our relatives and the next seven generations. We stand with the horse and we will always do so however it has evolved through its journey. That is what being Lakota is” (original quote, in Lakota, provided in materials and methods section 7). This study established that Indigenous peoples were living and interacting with the horse before the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 CE, which was the earliest date accepted by Western science. However, current genetic evidence shows that the horses caretaken by Indigenous peoples from as early as the first half of the 17th century CE do not share an excess of genetic ancestry with Late Pleistocene North American horses. Given that the Horse Nation is foundational to Lakota lifeways (16), one possible implication of this finding is that relationships of the kind developed by Lakota peoples could have already been in place by the Late Pleistocene. Such life management practices may even have extended to other members of the horse family at that time. Testing these implications requires further paleontological, archaeological, genetic, and ethnographic research. Dr. Antonia Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook adds: “The Horse Nation always chose their own mates. Bringing in new blood is a replenishment and renewal process of life that we celebrate. It strengthens our wé (the life force from our blood). No matter how our horses may have transformed, or where they are around the world, we will always call to them. Together we are home” (original quote, in Lakota, provided in materials and methods section 7). This study demonstrates that colonization did not just drastically affect Indigenous peoples but also their horses, whose genetics captures an ancestry shift from Spanish to British bloodlines. Dr. Antonia Loretta Afraid of Bear-Cook thus reminds us that the current genetic makeup of the horse does not change the Lakota responsibility toward Šungwakaŋ. In fact, for the Lakota and other Indigenous peoples with deep ancestral relationships with the horse, their evolution was not to be feared or controlled, but rather something to be respected. Protecting horses now, regardless of their origins, is in fact protecting the Lakota and other Indigenous lifeways. A commitment to protecting these is a commitment to protect all life.
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- Nick Varrecchio
GOOGLE: No sir, it's Google Pizza.
CALLER: I must have dialed a wrong number, sorry.
GOOGLE: No sir, Google bought Pizza Hut last month.
CALLER: OK. I would like to order a pizza.
GOOGLE: Do you want your usual, sir?
CALLER: My usual? You know me?
GOOGLE: According to our caller ID data sheet, the last 12 times you called you ordered an extra-large pizza with three cheeses, sausage, pepperoni, mushrooms and meatballs on a thick crust.
CALLER: Super! That’s what I’ll have.
GOOGLE: May I suggest that this time you order a pizza with ricotta, arugula, sun-dried tomatoes and olives on a whole wheat gluten-free thin crust?
CALLER: What? I don’t want a vegetarian pizza!
GOOGLE: Your cholesterol is not good, sir.
CALLER: How the hell do you know that?
GOOGLE: Well, we cross-referenced your home phone number with your medical records. We have the result of your blood tests for the last 7 years.
CALLER: Okay, but I do not want your rotten vegetarian pizza! I already take medication for my cholesterol.
GOOGLE: Excuse me sir, but you have not taken your medication regularly. According to our database, you purchased only a box of 30 cholesterol tablets once at Lloyds Pharmacy, 4 months ago.
CALLER: I bought more from another Pharmacy.
GOOGLE: That doesn’t show on your credit card statement.
CALLER: I paid in cash.
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CALLER: I have other sources of cash.
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CALLER: WHAT THE HECK?
GOOGLE: I'm sorry sir, we use such information only with the sole intention of helping you.
CALLER: Enough already! I'm sick of Google, Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp and all the others. I'm going to an island without the internet, TV, where there is no phone service and no one to watch me or spy on me.
GOOGLE: I understand sir, but you need to renew your passport first. It expired 6 weeks ago.……
- Nick Varrecchio
