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Why did Ecuador's largest waterfall disappear? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

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Why did Ecuador's largest waterfall disappear? | MNN - Mother Nature Network Why did Ecuador's largest waterfall disappear? A highlight of the landscape in Ecuador's Cayambe Coca Park, the San Rafael waterfall is now little more than a trickle. MICHAEL D'ESTRIES   March 28, 2020, 9:01 a.m. Tweet 9 Save The San Rafael waterfall shown in 2012. But earlier this year, the waterfall had almost completely stopped flowing. (Photo:  Ministerio de Turismo Ecuador [CC BY-SA 2.0] /Flickr) Earlier this year, the 500-foot-tall San Rafael waterfall in the Ecuadorian Amazon seemed to vanish. The country's largest waterfall in both height and volume, its disappearance wasn't caused by a sudden drop in water levels, but instead because the Coca River decided to literally "drop." A few meters behind the waterfall, a gigantic hole opened up, changing the riverbed and diverting the river through a nearby arch that survived the ...
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IDEAS The President Is Trapped Trump is utterly unsuited to deal with this crisis, either intellectually or temperamentally. MARCH 25, 2020 Peter Wehner Contributing writer at  The Atlantic  and senior fellow at EPPC Enjoy unlimited access to The Atlantic for less than $1 per week. Sign in Subscribe Now BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP / GETTY F or his entire adult life,  and for his entire presidency, Donald Trump has created his own alternate reality, complete with his own alternate set of facts. He has shown himself to be erratic, impulsive, narcissistic, vindictive, cruel, mendacious, and devoid of empathy. None of that is new. But we’re now entering the most dangerous phase of the Trump presidency. The pain and hardship that the United States is only beginning to experience stem from a crisis that the president is utterly unsuited to deal with, either intellectually or temperamentally. When things were going relatively well, the nation could...

Pro Corporate GOP Judges Are Taking Over Courts & Government Tracking Ac...

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#rof   #trofire   #theringoffire Pro Corporate GOP Judges Are Taking Over Courts & Government Tracking Activists/Journalists Mar 31, 2020 The Ring of Fire Via America’s Lawyer: Mike Papantonio and Trial Magazine Executive Editor Farron Cousins discuss how President Trump is packing our courts with pro-corporate judges who are young enough to reshape the Judiciary for the next 40 years. Then, RT Correspondent Brigida Santos joins Mike Papantonio to talk about the newly leaked documents that reveal the U.S. government secretly tracking immigration journalists, activists and lawyers.

Cry of the Earth - Part 8 of 12 - Lakota Delegation

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Cry of the Earth - Part 8 of 12 - Lakota Delegation Jan 3, 2013 Crescentera - Cry of the Earth In the winter of 1993, spiritual leaders of 7 indigenous nations of North America came to the United Nations to deliver their traditional prophecies relating to the earth.  Algonquin - Mi-kmaq - Huichol - Maya - Lakota - Iroquois - Hopi They traveled from the four directions to bring their urgent messages to an audience of United Nations dignitaries and honored guests.  ----==== PART 8 ====---- LAKOTA DELEGATION Arvol Lookinghorse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred Pipe Joe Chasing Horse, Birgil Kills Straight, Ollie Napesni ----====    ====---- Program Moderator: Cindy Kenny-Gilday (Dene) Honorary Chair: Leia Boutros-Ghali The Cry of the Earth conference at the United Nations was presented by Crescentera. It was sponsored by the Mission of Mexico, the Mission of the United States and the United Nations Centre for Human...

Ohio AG seeks info on Portsmouth attorney amid reports of sex trafficking investigation

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Ohio AG seeks info on Portsmouth attorney amid reports of sex trafficking investigation CRIME Ohio AG seeks info on Portsmouth attorney amid reports of sex trafficking investigation Michael Mearan, Portsmouth attorney, gets in his SUV Wednesday, March 25, 2020. (Source: Liz Dufour/The Enquirer) By  Jennifer Edwards Baker   |   March 30, 2020 at 5:36 AM EDT - Updated March 30 at 7:41 AM SCIOTO COUNTY, Ohio (FOX19) - The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is turning to the public for help as it continues to investigate a Portsmouth attorney and former elected official. The AG’s Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is asking anyone “with information about suspicious activity involving Michael Mearan” to call 1-855-BCI-OHIO (855-224-6446) or  file a tip anonymously online Last week, BCI assisted local authorities conduct a search of Mearan’s office near the Scioto County Courthouse, according to a news release. It’s par...