Hurricane Hazel Toronto

Hurricane Hazel struck the Toronto area on 15-16 October 1954, with devastating results. It was Canada's worst hurricane and Toronto's worst natural disaster. During the storm, winds reached 124 km/h and over 200 millimetres of rain fell in just 24 hours.

As always I encourage you to do additional research about this event to learn as much as possible.

Hurricane Hazel Images

Photo by Timothy Joseph Elzinga
Light pillars appear when either natural or artificial light bounces off ice crystals floating close to the ground. In this case, the air was so cold (-18°C) that ice crystals were forming in the air, reflecting North Bay's street and business lights in Ontario Canada.     CBC news article

Johnny Ray – The Little White Cloud That Cried  –  Lyrics

Neil Diamond – Hello Again  –  Lyrics

Brain Test

Take a close look at he image below and decide what you are looking at.

If you see the girl sitting and boy with his arms around her neck, then you are left brain.
Look again. For in reality it’s just the opposite.
Then make the right brain work and you will see that it’s the boy who is sitting and wearing a black polo. The girl has her arms around the neck of the boy and wearing blue jeans! Not convinced about this then who has hair on his arms and legs?

Pretty special, isn’t it!

We all have two cerebral hemispheres that constantly interact but each have specific functions.
The left hemisphere breaks down problems and analysis.
The right hemisphere is interested in everything and innovates.
The ideal is to foster communication between the two brains. But our education, or our temperament, we sometimes leads to favor one of these two areas.

This predominance determines different ways of thinking about life.

Perspective

Recently, there was a race between a Russian Car and an American Car.
They were the only cars in the race. The American car won by a huge margin.

The Russian newspaper, Pravda, reported it as follows:

“Recently, there was a car race in which both a Russian and American car were entered. While the Russian car came in second, the American car came in next to last.”

With a moment to think, one can very quickly rebrand almost everything to sound much better.
In many ways this reminds me of the Republican's rhetoric about the Trump accomplishments, similar to the way Conservatives in Canada report Liberal achievements. Of course this is only when on rare occasion they actually tell the truth and not their constant lies and misinformation.

Illusion or Reality?

If your eyes follow the movement of the rotating pink dot, you will only see one color, pink.

If you stare at the black "+" in the center, the moving dot turns to green.

Now, concentrate on the black + in the center of the picture. After a short period of time, all the pink dots will slowly disappear, and you will only see a green dot rotating if you're lucky!
It's amazing how our brain works.

There really is no green dot, and the pink ones really don't disappear.

Ames Room Illusion

Ames Room Illusion – Identical Image Sizes Appear Different Size From Viewer Perspective

Ames Room Explained

Illusion Works New World Encyclopedia Youtube Wikipedia

Complex illusion with multiple perspectives and explanations

Find the Panda

Find the nine people in the following image

If you Find 6, you have an ordinary power of observation.
Find 7, you have above average power of observation.
Find 8, you are very observant. Congratulate yourself.
Find 9, you are extremely observant, intuative and creative;
you can rival the observation powers of Sherlock Holmes

If you wish to see the answers Click on the image
(as a LAST resort)

Only those with an excellent mind can find ALL 15 Cats

Have Fun HUNTING for ALL the Cats!

Give It Your Best Shot!


If you give up you can see the solution As a LAST RESORT HERE

The Oldest and Largest Living Things

3200 year old Sequoia
See the man at the left and near the top of the tree
Click to see larger image

Sequoia National Park – Giant Redwoods and Giant Sequoias


Images of Giant Sequoia – Some of the largest living things in the world

Lumberjacks harvesting huge tree at turn of the 20^th century

Grains of Sand

A few Grains of Sand Under a Microscope

See More Images of Sand Under a Microscope

A Drop of Seawater

Magnified 25X

More images for a drop of seawater

Awesome Historic Photos

View Memorable Images from the Past

More Historic Images

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WeatherMap - Current weather across the nation (some of Canada)
Click anywhere on map displays local detailed weather etc.. information

History of the United States – SLOW loading please be patient

This brief presentation illustrates the growth of the United States
from the original thirteen states in 1789.

The Secrets For Taking Awesome Photos – Yours FREE! Valuable 21 day course

Mojave Resort Golf Club – Golfer's testimonials

Live Eagles Nests

Unfortunately they have added commercials with each site, including the Humming Bird nest. I guess they have to pay for providing the live feed for our enjoyment. Some of the current crop are full grown and ready to fledge their nest. An awesome experience annually to watch the rebirth from egg laying to the excitement of fledging. I guess we have to wait another year to witness this miracle. Enjoy the images that are still being captured before the cameras are turned off for another year.

It appears that we have 3 Eaglets again in 2018 (Decorah Iowa).

April 9th 2018 the Eagles & Eaglets woke up to a snow-coverd nest,
with more snow and a brisk breeze on the 19th at feeding time.

  Live Nesting Eagles - Nesting between March and June. - Eastern Time Zone

  Live Nesting Eagles – American Eagle Foundation - Live Cams

Watering hole in Africa – Frequented by elephants and other wildlife.
Botswana Chobe National Park
Camp Kuzuma, Zimbabwe.

Elephants in Hotel Lobby – Wild herd walks through hotel lobby.

How Do Hummingbirds Know when to Migrate?



Hummingbirds Facts – Amazing Video

Bird images – All kinds of birds identified by name

Click for Larger Image

A reflection of modern times

Issue of the Tissue

Over 60% erning $50,000 or more hang their tissue OVER; while 73% of people erning under $20,000 hang their tissue UNDER. Interesting but useless statistic. Studies indicate that hanging the tissue over actually uses less tissue. Draw your own conclusions about why the difference in tissue hanging habits.

There are those who cohabit with cats and find it neccesary to hang their tissue UNDER to keep the cat from having a field day, rolling the tissue all over the home. There is always a different perspective if you take the time to research the subject.

Find the #1 Song on the Day You Were Born – You Might be surprised

Pets

Pets are joy in most families but they are responsible for many personal injuries. Annually, approximately 87,000 people are injured in pet-related falls (US statistics).

Pets as a Risk Factor for Fall Related Injuries

Senior Wisdom

One day we all realise just how true this statement really is.

This is Truly Profound!

A wise man to his son:

“My boy! When you accumulate the understanding to know why

pizza is made round, to be put in a square box and is eaten in

triangles, then my son, you will be able to understand women.”

Mom reassures Kitten with bad dream

The Great Pretender

  World News - Read Newspapers from around the world

The Wonders of Science

One of the wonderful things about science is that we’re always discovering new things that not only expand our knowledge, but also change things we’d taken as a given for many years. Science, like evolution, never stops to grow human knowledge about our world.

Origins of Life

A Forgotten Scientist May Have Cracked Life’s Origins on Earth
50 Years Ago, But the World Ignored His Discovery

A Theory Decades Ahead of Its Time In 1971, Tibor Gánti, a Hungarian scientist working under Soviet rule, proposed a bold answer to one of biology’s biggest questions: what is the simplest form life could take? His concept, known as the chemoton, published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, suggested that life must comprise three interdependent components: a self-sustaining metabolism, a system for storing heritable information (such as genes), and a boundary separating it from the environment.

For Gánti, these weren’t optional traits—they were essential. “Without all three,” he wrote, “you have chemistry, not biology.” His work, however, remained mostly inaccessible. His key book Az Élet Princípiuma (The Principles of Life) was only published in Hungarian and wasn’t translated until decades later.

Today, with scientists exploring protocells, minimal genomes, and the origins of lifebeyond Earth, his once-overlooked model is attracting serious attention.

Fresh Lab Evidence Revives an Old Idea In recent years, however, laboratory evidence has increasingly aligned with Gánti’s vision. In 2023, a research team led by Sara Szymkuć at the Polish Academy of Sciences published a study showing that just six simple chemicals, including water and methane, can yield over 30,000 biologically relevant compounds, including precursors to RNA and proteins. This suggests the origin of life may not have required improbable molecular coincidences.

At the same time, synthetic biologists such as Jack Szostak at Harvard Medical School and Taro Toyota at the University of Tokyo have built protocells—simple membrane-bound structures capable of growth and division. These structures mimic features of living cells without relying on DNA, echoing the chemoton’s principles.

Life, Defined for Earth—And Elsewhere Back in 1994, a committee at NASA proposed a now-famous working definition of life: “a self-sustaining chemical system capable of Darwinian evolution.” But Gánti’s chemoton offers a more structured, testable framework. By combining metabolism, information storage, and compartmentalisation, it describes life as a functioning whole—not just a molecule that can copy itself.

That’s exactly the kind of model needed for astrobiology, where researchers are hunting for life that may never have used DNA or RNA. On icy moons like Europa or Enceladus, or in the atmosphere of Venus, the chemoton’s flexible definition of life could help detect organisms fundamentally different from those on Earth.

Full Article – IF Still available.

New human-like species discovered in South Africa

Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South Africa.
The discovery of 15 partial skeletons is the largest single discovery of its type in Africa. The researchers claim that the discovery will change ideas about our human ancestors.
Homo Naledi, a new species of the genus Homo from the Dinaledi Chamber, South Africa. The studies which have been published in the journal Elife also indicate that these individuals were capable of ritual behaviour.

Homo Naledi
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Modern humans, or Homo sapiens, are now the only living species in their genus. But as recently as 100,000 years ago, there were several other species that belonged to the genus Homo. Together with modern humans, these extinct human species, our immediate ancestors and their close relatives, are collectively referred to as ‘hominins’. See more details here.
You are encouraged to do further research on Homo Naledi to discover the latest developments.

A chronology of human evolution

As we know it today

Ardipithecus ramidus (4.4 million years ago) : Fossils were discovered in Ethiopia in the 1990s. Pelvis shows adaptations to both tree climbing and upright walking.

Australopithecus afarensis (3.9 - 2.9 million years ago) : The famous "Lucy" skeleton belongs to this species of human relative. So far, fossils of this species have only been found in East Africa. Several traits in the skeleton suggest afarensis walked upright, but they may have spent some time in the trees.

Homo habilis (2.8 - 1.5 million years ago) : This human relative had a slightly larger braincase and smaller teeth than the australopithecines or older species, but retains many more primitive features such as long arms.

Homo naledi (Of unknown age, but researchers say it could be as old as three million years) : The new discovery has small, modern-looking teeth, human-like feet but more primitive fingers and a small braincase.

Homo erectus (1.9 million years - unknown) : Homo erectus had a modern body plan that was almost indistinguishable from ours. But it had a smaller brain than a modern person's combined with a more primitive face.

Homo neanderthalensis (200,000 years - 40,000 years) : The Neanderthals were a side-group to modern humans, inhabiting western Eurasia before our species left Africa. They were shorter and more muscular than modern people but had slightly larger brains.

Homo sapiens (200,000 years - present) : Modern humans evolved in Africa from a predecessor species known as Homo heidelbergensis. A small group of Homo sapiens left Africa 60,000 years ago and settled the rest of the world, replacing the other human species they encountered (with a small amount of interbreeding).

Until this new find Lucy was considered the oldest known humanoid at 3.2 million years. Researchers first came across Little Foot's remains in 1994 and is considered to date back 3.67 million years, making it the oldest known humanoid.

Ancient Discoveries

Göbekli Tepe

Göbekli Tepe – Shedding NEW light on human civilization

Petra - The City in the Desert

The Ancient Jordanian City of Petra – The history of a lost city

Water Bears

The other extreme of life on our planet. As close as you can get to living forever.

NOT pretty but extremely resilient.

The tardigrade, seen here in this rendered illustration, is likely to be the last complex living thing left on Earth.

Water Bears – Microscopic 'Water Bears' likely to survive another billion years!

Also see Tardigrade – Tardigrades form the phylum Tardigrada, part of the superphylum Ecdysozoa. It is an ancient group, with fossils dating from 530 million years ago, in the Cambrian period. About 1,150 species of tardigrades have been described. Tardigrades can be found throughout the world, from the Himalayas (above 6,000 m (20,000 ft)), to the deep sea (below 4,000 m (13,000 ft)) and from the polar regions to the equator.

Dinosaur Discovery

The Wheels of Life, Truths and Wisdom





Clever perspectives on life.
Click on the image to see full size Printable image.

How to Enjoy Life!!! ~ YOUR LIFE!

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The Amazing Human Body – Fifty amazing facts about your body.

Occasionally I wonder if others think of the long dead bees

that worked tirelessly to produce the honey we are enjoying today?

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First Graders's Understanding of Proverbs

A 1st grade school teacher had twenty-six students in her class.
She presented each child in her classroom the 1st half of a well-known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder of the proverb. It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders.

Their insight may surprise you.
While reading, keep in mind that these are first-graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is a classic!

Item	Given Text	Student Reply
1	Don't change horses	until they stop running.
2	Strike while the	bug is close.
3	It's always darkest before	Daylight Saving Time.
4	Never underestimate the power of	termites.
5	You can lead a horse to water but	how?
6	Don't bite the hand that	looks dirty.
7	No news is	impossible.
8	A miss is as good as a	Mr.
9.	You can't teach an old dog new	math.
10	If you lie down with dogs, you'll	stink in the morning.
11	Love all, trust	me.
12	The pen is mightier than the	pigs.
13	An idle mind is	the best way to relax.
14	Where there's smoke there's	pollution.
15	Happy the bride who	gets all the presents.
16	A penny saved is	not much.
17	Two's company, three's	the Musketeers.
18	Don't put off till tomorrow what	you put on to go to bed.
19	Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and	you have to blow your nose.
20	There are none so blind as	Stevie Wonder.
21	Children should be seen and not	spanked or grounded.
22	If at first you don't succeed	get new batteries.
23	You get out of something only what you	see in the picture on the box.
24	When the blind lead the blind	get out of the way.
25	A bird in the hand	is going to poop on you.
	The Winner is	Priceless
26	Better late than	pregnant.

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The 50 States and Capitals

US State	State Capital	US State	State Capital
Alabama          AL	Montgomery	Montana         MT	Helena
Alaska           AK	Juneau	Nebraska         NE	Lincoln
Arizona           AZ	Phoenix	Nevada          NV	Carson City
Arkansas         AR	Little Rock	New Hampshire   NH	Concord
California         CA	Sacramento	New Jersey       NJ	Trenton
Colorado         CO	Denver	New Mexico      NM	Santa Fe
Connecticut       CT	Hartford	New York         NY	Albany
Delaware         DE	Dover	North Carolina    NC	Raleigh
Florida            FL	Tallahassee	North Dakota     ND	Bismarck
Georgia          GA	Atlanta	Ohio             OH	Columbus
Hawaii            HI	Honolulu	Oklahoma        OK	Oklahoma City
Idaho             ID	Boise	Oregon           OR	Salem
Illinois             IL	Springfield	Pennsylvania      PA	Harrisburg
Indiana            IN	Indianapolis	Rhode Island      RI	Providence
Iowa              IA	Des Moines	South Carolina    SC	Columbia
Kansas           KS	Topeka	South Dakota     SD	Pierre
Kentucky         KY	Frankfort	Tennessee        TN	Nashville
Louisiana         LA	Baton Rouge	Texas             TX	Austin
Maine            ME	Augusta	Utah              UT	Salt Lake City
Maryland         MD	Annapolis	Vermont          VT	Montpelier
Massachusetts   MA	Boston	Virginia           VI	Richmond
Michigan         MI	Lansing	Washington      WA	Olympia
Minnesota        MN	St. Paul	West Virginia     WV	Charleston
Mississippi       MS	Jackson	Wisconsin        WI	Madison
Missouri         MO	Jefferson City	Wyoming        WY	Cheyenne

 

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Length of the Great Lakes' Shoreline

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Length of the Great Lakes' Shoreline in Miles
	MI	MN	WI	IL	IN	OH	PA	NY	U.S.A.	Canada	Total
Lake Huron	934								934	2,416	3,350
Lake Ontario								331	331	395	726
Lake Michigan	1,058		495	63	45				1,661		1,661
Lake Erie	54					312	51	77	494	366	860
Lake Superior	917	189	325						1,431	1,549	2,980
Totals	2,963	189	820	63	45	312	51	408	4,851	4,726	9,577

 

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MI = Michigan   MN = Minnesota   WI = Wisconsin   IL = Illinois

  IN = Indiana   OH = Ohio   PA = Pennsylvania   NY = New York

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Length of the Great Lakes' Shoreline in Kilometres
	MI	MN	WI	IL	IN	OH	PA	NY	U.S.A.	Canada	Total
Lake Huron	1,503								1,503	3,888	5,391
Lake Ontario								532	532	635	1,168
Lake Michigan	1,702		797	101	72				2,673		2,673
Lake Erie	87					502	82	124	795	589	1,384
Lake Superior	1,476	304	523						2,303	2,993	4,976
Totals	4,768	304	1,320	101	72	502	82	657	7,807	7,606	15,413

 

The Great Lakes with US Canadian Borders

I recall that as a young boy I looked at the map and often wondered if I could or would ever get to see these beutiful lakes, or if I would ever see Nigara Falls. Perhaps it was something within that, that foreshadowed something from the future that is beyond explanation. I am grateful that my life unfolded as it has, allowing me to not only visit such magnificence but to spend most of my life living next to the dreams I dared not dream.

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States North of Canada's Southern Most Point

Alaska * Maine * New Hampshire * South Dakota * California Massachusetts New York
Utah Connecticut Michigan * North Dakota * Vermont * Idaho * Minnesota * Ohio
Washington * Illinois Montana * Oregon * Wisconsin * Indiana Nebraska Pennsylvania
Wyoming Iowa Nevada Rhode Island

 

There are 27 States that are at least partially north of Canada's southern most point. Thirteen of these states are entirely north of Canada's southern most point, identified by an *.

The southernmost point of land in Canada, located at 41°41'N, 82°41"W (41.685,-82.684), or about 41.7 degrees north latitude. It lies in Lake Erie, just south of Pelee Island, and is part of Point Pelee National Park. It forms part of the province of Ontario.

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Canadian Life Expectancy

Data Source

 

Canadian Life Expectancy at Birth and Age 65 By Sex, Province and Territory 2007/2009
	At Birth			Age 65
	Both	M	F	Both	M	F
Canada	81.1	78.8	83.3	20.2	18.5	21.6
Newfoundland and Labrador	78.9	76.5	81.2	18.2	16.6	19.7
Prince Edward Island	80.2	77.5	82.8	19.3	17.6	20.7
Nova Scotia	80.1	77.7	82.4	19.3	17.5	20.9
New Brunswick	80.2	77.5	82.8	19.5	17.7	21.1
Quebec	81.2	78.8	83.4	20.1	18.3	21.6
Ontario	81.5	79.2	83.6	20.3	18.7	21.7
Manitoba	79.5	77.0	81.9	19.6	17.7	21.2
Saskatchewan	79.6	77.0	82.1	19.7	17.9	21.3
Alberta	80.7	78.5	83.0	20.2	18.5	21.6
British Columbia	81.7	79.5	83.9	20.7	19.2	22.0
Territories(i)	75.1	72.5	78.2	16.9	15.6	18.4

(i) Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut. Source: Statistics Canada.

 

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Canadian Provinces and Territories by Population

Rank	Name	Population,		Growth, 2011 2016	Land area (km2)	Population density (per km2)	House of Commons seats		2018 population (Q4 est.)
		Total	Proportion				Total	Proportion	Total	Proportion
1	Ontario	13,448,494	38.3%	4.6%	908,699.33	14.8	121	35.8%	14,411,424	38.7%
2	Quebec	8,164,361	23.2%	3.3%	1,356,625.27	6.0	78	23.1%	8,421,698	22.9%
3	British Columbia	4,648,055	13.2%	5.6%	922,503.01	5.0	42	12.4%	5,016,322	13.1%
4	Alberta	4,067,175	11.6%	11.6%	640,330.46	6.4	34	10.0%	4,330,206	11.7%
5	Manitoba	1,278,365	3.6%	5.8%	552,370.99	2.3	14	4.1%	1,356,836	3.6%
6	Saskatchewan	1,098,352	3.1%	6.3%	588,243.54	1.9	14	4.1%	1,165,903	3.2%
7	Nova Scotia	923,598	2.6%	0.2%	52,942.27	17.4	11	3.3%	964,693	2.6%
8	New Brunswick	747,101	2.1%	-0.5%	71,388.81	10.5	10	3.0%	772,238	2.1%
9	Newfoundland and Labrador	519,716	1.5%	1.0%	370,514.08	1.4	7	2.1%	525,073	1.4%
10	Prince Edward Island	142,907	0.41%	1.9%	5,686.03	25.1	4	1.2%	154,750	0.41%
11	Northwest Territories	41,786	0.12%	0.8%	1,143,793.86	0.04	1	0.3%	44,445	0.12%
12	Nunavut	35,944	0.10%	12.7%	1,877,778.53	0.02	1	0.3%	38,650	0.10%
13	Yukon	35,874	0.10%	5.8%	474,712.68	0.08	1	0.3%	40,333	0.10%
Total	Canada	35,151,728	100%	5.0%	8,965,588.85	3.9	338	100%	37,242,571	100%

Population Based on 2021 Census

Information Source

Click on any flag in above table for larger image

Click on Location Name for Details About That Location (opens in separate window)

 

Canada's Historical Population – Plus Population Projections to 2050

 

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Physical Size of Canadian Provinces and Territories

Canadian Provinces & Territories — Capitals

Province Territory	Population	Capital
British Columbia	4,648,055	Victoria
Alberta	4,067,175	Edmonton
Saskatchewan	1,098,352	Regina
Manitoba	1,278,365	Winnipeg
Ontario	13,448,494	Toronto
Quebec	8,164,361	Québec City
Newfoundland and Labrador	519,716	St. John's
New Brunswick	747,101	Fredericton
Prince Edward Island	142,907	Charlottetown
Nova Scotia	923,598	Halifax
Yukon	35,874	Whitehorse
Northwest Territories	41,786	Yellowknife
Nunavut	35,944	Iqaluit
Canada	35,151,728	Ottawa

Population Based on 2021 Census
Canada's population clock reached 40 million on June 16 2023

Canada conducts National Census every 5 years

Real Time Population Clock Canada Values are updated as you view the page

 

 

Canadian Provinces/Territories By Area
Rank	Province/Territory	Land Area (sq km)
1	Nunavut	1,936,113
2	Quebec	1,365,128
3	Northwest Territories	1,183,085
4	British Columbia	925,186
5	Ontario	917,741
6	Alberta	642,317
7	Saskatchewan	591,670
8	Manitoba	553,556
9	Yukon	474,391
10	Newfoundland and Labrador	373,872
11	New Brunswick	71,450
12	Nova Scotia	53,338
13	Prince Edward Island	5,660
Total	Canada	9,093,506.79 km2

Information Source Largest Countries in the World

 

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My Canada Lots of Canadian Facts

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The World's 10 Most Educated Countries

Every year, institutions in the United States dominate rankings of the best colleges in the world.

Of the top 10 best universities in the world, eight are located in the U.S. But despite having some of the best educational institutions on earth, the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ranks the U.S. sixth for adult education level.

The OECD defined a country's adult education level as the percentage of people between the ages of 25 and 64 who have completed some kind of tertiary education in the form of a two-year degree, four-year degree or vocational program. Updated Feb-09-2019

World Ranking	Nation	% With Higher Education
10	Luxembourg	42.86
9	Norway	43.02
8	Finland	43.60
7	Australia	43.74
6	United States	45.67
5	United Kingdom	45.96
4	Korea	46.86
3	Israel	49.90
2	Japan	50.50
1	Canada	56.27

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World Ranking

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Canadian Holidays

A Perpetual Table of Holidays Observed in Ontario

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Amazon Warehouse

 

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See if YOU qualify for release from the Alberta Mental Hospital?

Time allowed for solution is 1 minute.



Click here to see the Solution

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Dementia Test

Dementia Test – Despite the claims, I have yet to meet anyone who failed this test.

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Do you see the Good and Evil?

	Law of the Garbage Truck	Sandpiper	Thoughts About Life By Ducky	Little Johnny	Tolerance	To a Keeper	Indisputable Mathematics

Well Worth Reading

Advice for the Golden Years Respect Two Glasses of Wine


The Clock of Life A Thousand Saturdays As I Get Older

There is Magic in the air

Click on the cards – Incredible card trick Times Square New York

Classic Antique Cars – Slow loading website large images

This is why men don't vacuum

What Colour is the Dress

The controversy world wide this week has been the colour of the above dress.

Take a good look at the dress and decide what colour you think the dress is, even though it may seem completely obvious to you. There are people out there who look at the dress and see a Gold and White dress, as do I. There are however those who see a Black and Blue dress.

Once you are sure you know the dress colour click to see the following image
These images are all same dress. I am not making this up. This image has gone viral around the world with different people seeing the different colours mentioned. Some audiences in the same location were actually split about 50 50 on the dress colours. Some even see all three dresses as Black and Blue with different lighting.

The human mind is a wonderful thing. We see things as they are but our mind does colour correction, because we know what white is supposed to look like, and even if the white has a pink or blue hue we see it as white. We have all seen old photos with red, blue or green hue, making skin tones look weird but we accept them as skin tones and whites as white etc.. This dress blows many away. Everyone is conviced that what they see is the right dress colours and those seeing Gold and White will not believe the dress is actually Black and Blue. Those seeing Black and Blue can't understand how anyone can see Gold and White.

Here is a printable image so you can try the experiment on your friends.

Controversy About the Word

Perhaps these examples are clear evidence that eyewitnesses are not the most credible. Listen to the next word and after you know what you heard; beware that close to half of the world hears one word while the other half of the world hears a completely different word. Each group is convinced that the other group is either lying about what they heard or that they are simply not hearing the correct word. There are rare individuals who hear one word at times and the other word at different times. Sometimes we have to question whether we can trust our senses.

YOU decide for yourself what it is that YOU hear.

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Titanic vs Allure of the Sea

Titanic in foreground Allure of the Sea in the background

The Allure of the Seas

is the largest passenger ship ever constructed and the statistics are simply mind-boggling:

* 1,187 feet (362 meters) long
* 225,282 GRT (gross register tonnage)
* 215 feet (66 meters) wide
* 213 feet (65 meters) high from the water line
* 30 feet (9.1 meters) draft
* 22 knots cruising speed
* 16 passenger decks, 24 passenger elevators
* 4 bow thrusters with 7,500 horse power each
* 5,400 guests (double occupancy), 6,318 guests total, * 2,384 crew (from appx. 80 countries)
* 2,706 staterooms

Virtually a small town afloat

Titanic

* Length: 882 feet, 8 inches (268 meters)
* Gross tonnage: 46,328 tons
* Net tonnage: 24,900 tons
* 92.5 feet wide (28 meters) * Total capacity: 3547 passengers and crew, fully loaded
* Decks: 9 in total (counting the orlop deck) the boat deck, A,B,C,D,E,F,G and below G boiler rooms.
* Beam: 92.5 feet (28 meters)
* Height: 60.5 feet waterline to Boat Deck, * 175 feet (53.3 meters)high keel to top of funnels. * Depth: 59.5 feet
* Draft: about 34 feet
* Engines 2 reciprocating 4 cylinder, triple expansion, direct - acting, inverted engines: 30,000hp 77 rpm.
* 1 low pressure Parsons turbine: 16,000hp 165rpm

Some More Perspective

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The Antonon AN-225

One day we were passing the Hamilton Airport and saw the Antonon on the tarmac. I took lots of pictures but they, along with many others, have gone missing. This huge bird was most impressive.

The World's Largest Airplane 2019

The Boing 747

The Boing 747 made its maiden flight in 1969. The 747 was the first huge commercial airliner. The first version of the 747, the 747-100, was originally distinguished by an upper deck passenger lounge with just three windows. The first 747 passenger flight was Jan. 22, 1970, on Pan Am's New York to London route.

Over the years Boing delivered several version, starting with 747-100 seating capacity of up to 452, eventually the 747-400 had a capacity of up to 524 passengers. Thse birds were a huge increase in size, capacity, safety and range. We were fortunate enough to fly on the 747 on more than one occasion, Wardair and British Airways.

Finally after 51 years of history making service, some airlines including British Airways, are retiring their fleet of 747 Jumbo Jets. New aircraft, such as the Airbus 380, are more fuel efficient and are being used to replace the aging 747s. The 747 was first, with its unique design and its many industry setting features, and will forever remain a sentimental favourite in my heart.

Space Shuttle Piggybacked on 747

What a way to kick off the Paris Air Show! It was 1983, and NASA's space shuttle program was just getting off the ground.

A modified NASA Boeing 747 gave the prototype shuttle 'Enterprise' a piggyback ride across Western Europe, making a stop in Paris and thrilling the crowd with a demonstration flight on opening day.

Space Shuttle Enterprise was in Toronto Ontario, in June 1983 on it's return flight from the Paris Airshow. It had also appeared at Fairford and Stanstead in the UK. Enterprise was not a true space vehicle, it lacked the heat shield and had in fact been built without engines. It was primarily for use in the Approach and Landing Test Program.(ALT Program). Launched from this B.747, it became a rather heavy, fast glider.

The piggibacked shuttle came in for a landing at Pearson International Airport on a June afternoon, after circling Toronto for a publicity run. The event was well publicised and the flight passed by the IBM office where I worked, which was on the glide path for landing at Toronto's Airport. The working shuttles were transported in the same manner from each landing site to the next launch site as well as refurbishing and inspection locations.

The Space Shuttle was the US workhorse responsible for building the ISS. Not only were huge sections of the ISS carried into space for final assembly but also ferried astronauts to and from Earth to the ISS.

Space Shuttel Discovery Final Liftoff, Last Shuttle flight 4:54 P.M. 2011. With that the US Shuttle program came to an end, to bereplaced by Russian's transporting astronuats to and from the ISS. Currently SpaceX is used to resupply the ISS.

Space Exploration Technologies Corp., doing business as SpaceX, is a private American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California.

SpaceX Cargo Capsule Arrives at International Space Station
with Tons of Supplies Snagged by the Canadarm2 Robotic Arm.

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Charities in Canada

Interesting figures about how charities use their funds. The statistics reflect Admistrative costs as well as costs associated with Fund Raising. Some charities use virtually all their funds for programs annually, while many have reserves (listed as Surplus) for unforeseen emergencies. Canadian Charity Intelligence allows you to search for charities you wish to have information about. Perhaps knowing how your donations help the causes you support, you may be influenced by the way the various charities utilize the funds raised.

The mission of Ci is:

To help donors make informed and intelligent giving decisions
that can have the greatest impact for Canada.

From time to time e-mails circulate about how charities rate by various criterion. Some publish the salaries of CEOs for charities but these figures are often slanted. A charity that raises 1 million and the CEO earns no salary but they spend 700,000 on fundraising may not be as efficient as the charity that raises 800 million and the CEO is paid a million in salary, but distribute 90% of everything raised to the cause they are set up to support. Some important consideration doners would find interesting, before donating can be found at the website for the top 100 charities.

You may be surprised by how much of your donation never makes it to helping the cause you wish to support. All charities are a business with overhead, ranging from rent to administrative costs, salaries and fund raising expenses. Doing your research may help you to choose your charities wisely.

Charity Intelligence Canada

Long Live Friendship!!!!!!

I don't know......some say life is too short,
others say it is too long,
but I know that nothing that we do makes sense
if we don't touch the hearts of others!
May you always have love to share,
health to spare, and friends who care.

Pomp and Circumstance - Graduation March  –  We are the Wonderboys - Kilcoo

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