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Glacier National Park, which spans more than a million acres of pristine Montana wilderness, is home to a variety of predators, from cougars to wolves to grizzly bears. Most of the time they pose no danger to hikers, for whom the adage, “They’re more afraid of you than you are of them,” holds more or less true. For more than half a century after the park was founded — on this day, May 11, in 1910 — the park’s native grizzly bear population left its human visitors alone. [Read More]

Have you ever felt deeply disappointed that your partner failed to meet your Valentine’s Day expectations? If so, you’re not alone. Over the years, I’ve known many women, including me, who tried not to care about a “stupid Hallmark holiday” yet when push came to shove could not stop their feelings of disappointment. I’ve picked many a fight and stewed in “poor me” feelings because I felt unloved or unappreciated on Valentine’s Day. [Read More]

Kamala Khan wants nothing more than to go to Avenger Con. In the premiere episode of Ms. Marvel, which landed on Disney+ this week, the 16-year-old Captain Marvel fan wants to cosplay as her favorite avenger at the big conference. But her parents’ conditions are strict. After initially denying her permission to go, they warm up to the idea and even surprise her with a costume: a baggy green shalwar kameez (traditional Pakistani dress) with Hulk-inspired elements, including a protruding eight-pack. [Read More]

The beauty pageant industry isn’t what it used to be. Miss Universe, which has been around since 1952, has suffered a dramatic ratings decline in the last five years. In May, the reigning Miss USA and Miss Teen USA gave back their crowns, sparking fresh controversy in the community.  Yet, a new kind of beauty pageant has emerged. This pageant is similar in many ways to the traditional experience, except for one important detail: the women are not real. [Read More]

Lamine Yamal, a Spanish professional soccer player, is making headlines around the world for his spectacular performance as part of Spain’s EURO 2024 team. On Wednesday night, he scored a viral equalizer goal against France that allowed Spain to advance to the finals. At 16 years old, Yamal is the youngest person to ever score a goal in the UEFA European Football Championship. Yamal’s 17th birthday falls on Saturday, July 13—just one day before Spain is set to face England in the EURO 2024 final held in Germany. [Read More]

While the impact of these particular rejections remains known only known to the couples in questions, it won't be far fetched to presume that those relationships never remained the same after those incidences. Where next after a declined proposal? ADVERTISEMENT The question now is; what becomes of relationships after marriage is proposed and turned down? Do couples continue being in the relationship; the 'proposer' waiting for the next opening to attempt the proposal again? [Read More]

June 11 Calendar 1764 Christoph Stoltzenberg, composer, dies at 74 1775 Egidio Romoaldo Duni, Italian composer, dies at 67 1808 Giovanni Battista Cirri, Italian cellist and composer, dies at 83 1896 Friedrich Gottlieb Schwencke, German organist and composer, dies at 72 1900 Charles Swinnerton Heap, English composer, dies at 53 1924 Theodore Dubois, French composer, dies at 86 1955 Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, French organist and opera composer (Le Bon Roi Dagobert), dies at 72 1975 Floro Ugarte, Argentine composer (From My Land; Saika), and educator, dies at 90 1976 Folke Eriksberg [Eriksberger], Swedish jazz and session guitarist and composer, dies at 65 1981 Albert Markos, Romanian composer (Torso I), dies at 66 1990 Clyde McCoy, American jazz trumpeter (" [Read More]

The NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory held their annual pumpkin carving contest on Thursday and it turns out that carving pumpkins is rocket science. The contest, which is held at the California lab made famous in The Martian, showed what can happen when you combine science and engineering with pumpkins. There were a few fabulous, but fairly standard entries, like a PAC-MAN pumpkin, a Darth Vader Jack O’Lantern, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton pumpkins, and an impressive Stranger Things inspired entry, but no Neil deGrasse Tyson pumpkin. [Read More]

Shettima spoke at the launch of a book titled ‘Navigating the Politics of Universal Education Policies in Nigeria’ authored by Prof Modupe Adelabu, a retired professor of Educational Administration at the Department of Educational Management at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. The event took place in Abuja, the nation's capital on Thursday, August 15, 2024. ADVERTISEMENT “In President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, we have a leader that we can invest our trust in. [Read More]

Falae was abducted from his farm in Akure, Ondo State today, Monday, September 21, 2015, by a group of Fulani herdsmen, according to The Nation. “Baba Falae has been having a running battle with the herdsmen and this morning, we learnt that he visited the farm and he was allegedly attack by these herdsmen,”Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the state, Wole Ogodo said confirming the incident. “But we have sent 50 of our men to the farm to begin the search for him,” Ogodo added. [Read More]