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Picture of the day for April 18, 2018

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A Cirrus fibratus cloud front on evening sky as seen over Austnesfjorden from Sildpollneset in Austvågøya, Lofoten, Norway in April 2015..

Article of the day for April 17, 2018

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Article of the day is Murder of Yvonne Fletcher. Check it out: https://ift.tt/1oWeX6W

My Month As A Member of the ‘Wild Wild Country’ Sex Cult

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My Month As A Member of the ‘Wild Wild Country’ Sex Cult The reason I ended up on an ashram fours days after I arrived in Australia not knowing a soul was, of course, due to a boy.

Two Bear Cubs Trying To Stay On A Hammock Is The Cutest Thing You'll See Today

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Two Bear Cubs Trying To Stay On A Hammock Is The Cutest Thing You'll See Today Hammocks can be difficult enough for a human, so they're basically impossible for bear cubs. April 16, 2018 at 01:02PM

Two Bear Cubs Trying To Stay On A Hammock Is The Cutest Thing You'll See Today

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Two Bear Cubs Trying To Stay On A Hammock Is The Cutest Thing You'll See Today

kyriarchy: Word of the day for April 17, 2018

kyriarchy , n : A system of ruling and oppression in which many people may interact and act as oppressor or oppressed. Romanian-born German feminist Roman Catholic theologian Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza, who coined the word in a 1992 book, was born on this day 80 years ago in 1938.

Article of the day for April 17, 2018

The Article of the day for April 17, 2018 is Murder of Yvonne Fletcher . Yvonne Fletcher was fatally wounded on 17 April 1984 by a shot coming from the Libyan embassy on St James's Square in London. She had been deployed as a constable of the Metropolitan Police to monitor a demonstration against the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. During the protest, two unknown gunmen opened fire with Sterling submachine guns, killing Fletcher and wounding eleven Libyans. The inquest found that she was "killed by a bullet coming from one of two windows on the west side of the front on the first floor of the Libyan People's Bureau". After an eleven-day siege of the embassy, those inside were expelled from the United Kingdom, and diplomatic relations with Libya were severed. In 1999 a warming of diplomatic relations with Britain led to the payment of compensation and a statement from the Libyan government admitting culpability in Fletcher's shooting. British police continued their