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History of Christmas In ancient pagan times, the last day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere was celebrated as the night that the Great Mother Goddess gives birth to the baby Sun God. It is also called Yule, the day a huge log is added to a bonfire, around which everyone would dance and sing to awaken the sun from its long winter sleep. In Roman times, it became the celebrations honoring Saturnus (the harvest god) and Mithras (the ancient god of light), a form of sun worship that had come to Rome from Syria a century before with the cult of Sol Invictus. It announced that winter is not forever, that life continues, and an invitation to stay in good spirit. The first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere occurs between the 20th and 22nd of December. The Roman celebrated Saturnalia between 17 and 24 December. The early Christians To avoid persecution during the Roman pagan festival, early Christians decked their homes with Saturnalia holly. As Christian numbers increased and t

Post: 24 December 15:22

Stolen elk antlers and skull returned to owner Taylor Gyllenberg got an early Christmas present when the elk antlers and skull from her trophy bull were returned to her by the Baker City Police Department last week. The elk, which Gyllenberg killed on Oct. 27 in the Sumpter Unit in Oregon, was supposed to become a European mountl, according to the Baker City Herald. However, the memento from her first bull elk never made it to her wall. Instead, after Gyllenberg and her boyfriend prepped the skull and antlers over several hours, she discovered that someone stole the trophy right from the yard of her boyfriend’s home in Baker City on Nov. 18. “I don’t see how someone could take something that they didn’t work on themselves,” said Gyllenberg. “I just think it’s sickening to know that someone could ever take something they didn’t even work to get.” Gyllenberg’s friends gathered together to offer a $750 reward for return of the skull and antlers; however, Gyllenberg didn’t hold out much

Post: 3 January 12:39

Can you believe Christmas is just a week away? We all get stuck in a rut sometimes. Last night listening to our insanely talented friend Traci Sepkovic/@tlsepkovic, a guest on the @wildlifeconversationspodcast, she talked about just that. Sometimes we feel unlimited creativity and other times we just hit a wall and no matter how bad we want to be out with camera sometimes it's good just to set it down for a while, recenter and get back at it. Todays frames are some that lend to being way more creative than just always using the "good light". Yes we all love a perfectly subject from the the front or coming at us straight into the lens but the older I get and the more I shoot I would rather shoot into the light looking for the truly special moments. My wife and I love anytime we get with wildlife, even without camera in the harsh light parts of the day just being out together is what it's all about, but when the light hits just right it is truly incredible what this planet can create. W

Post: 26 December 09:25

В 2021 году 10 катаклизмов нанесли ущерб в размере 170 млрд долларов. Ущерб от 10 крупных мировых катастроф оказался на 20 млрд выше, чем годом ранее. По данным благотворительной организации Christian Aid, наибольший ущерб был зафиксирован от урагана «Ида». Он обрушился на юго-восток США в августе — погибли 96 человек, ущерб был оценен в 65 млрд долларов. Наводнения в Европе в июле — на второй позиции. Они начались в результате ливней, погибли 240 человек, ущерб — 43 млрд долларов. Затем следует снежный шторм в Техасе в феврале (210 погибших, 23 млрд долларов ущерба). Специалисты также отметили наводнение в провинции Хэнань в Китае, заморозки во Франции в апреле, наводнение в Канаде в ноябре, циклон «Яас» в Индии и Бангладеш и другие. Были и катаклизмы: сильнейшая за 100 лет засуха в Аргентине, наводнение в Южном Судане, обмеление озера Чад, аномальная жара на западе Канады и на Тихоокеанском побережье США. Ученые считают, что необходимо сокращать выбросы парниковых газов, чтобы

Post: 18 January 13:19

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