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Boy Who Got Free Life-Changing Leg Surgery Returns to Same Hospital Ship a Decade on–Wanting to Be a Doctor

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Former orthopedics patient Romino, ten years after his surgery, revisits the Africa Mercy - SWNS
Former orthopedics patient Romino, nine years after his surgery, revisiting the Africa Mercy – SWNS

A boy who was given life-changing leg surgery as a toddler has returned to the same hospital ship a decade later, declaring he wants to become a doctor himself.

Romino developed bowed legs in early childhood which prevented him from walking properly. Doctors in his Madagascar hometown suggested leg massages to correct the issue, but nothing seemed to work.

Then, in 2015, his worried mother Claudia brought her three-year-old to a charity hospital ship called Africa Mercy, while it was docked nearby.

Doctors on board performed surgery on the little lad, so he could grow up running, walking, and playing football just like his friends.

This year, Africa Mercy returned to Madagascar—and Romino stepped aboard again, in an emotional return.

He told the staff that he wants to become a doctor himself, inspired by the Mercy Ships surgeons that saved his legs nine years ago.

“I remember when Mercy Ships taught me how to walk again and when they picked us up at our house,” said the 12-year-old. “Now I want to give people the same healing that I received.”

Claudia started to notice her son’s bowed legs developing when he was two-and-a-half years old—and it became more and more clear as he began to walk.

She couldn’t believe her luck when she learned Mercy Ships was coming to her country to provide free surgical care for children.

The Mercy Ships vessel in 1993 – SWNS

After the toddler’s surgery, he recovered well and grew up with healthy straight legs. In fact, Romino, who is nicknamed Tilos, says he wins most races he runs against his friends today.

“People are surprised when they see him, because no one believed that he would look like this,” said Claudia.

“However, he’s like this now, and they always ask ‘Is it you? Is this Tilos?’”

Romino had faint memories of the giant hospital ship, the Africa Mercy, and the people who helped him, but his experiences inspired him to want to help others.

But he never imagined he would step back aboard the vessel of compassion.

This marks Mercy Ships’ fourth field service in Madagascar, following previous visits in 1996, 2015 and 2016.

“I’m so happy,” said Romino. “I’m happy because I never thought I was coming back here to see the ship again.”

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Over the course of previous visits to the island nation of Madagascar, Mercy Ships collaborated with the government Ministry of Health to provide more than 6,425 life-changing surgical procedures and over 52,395 dental procedures, while also training local health care providers in new techniques.

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Africa Mercy – MercyShips.org

Don and Deyon Stephens founded the interdenominational Christian organization in Switzerland in 1978 with the purchase of their first ship. Since then, various Mercy Ships have visited more than 55 developing nations—and 18 developed nations around the world—with a focus on Africa. They currently operate a two-ship fleet consisting of the Global Mercy and the Africa Mercy.

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They describe their mission as “bringing hope and healing to the forgotten poor, following the 2,000-year-old model of Jesus”. So far, they’ve treated 2.87 million patients free of charge—including more than 117,000 surgeries and a half million dental procedures—without regard to religion, race, age, or gender.

And they inspire little boys to become doctors.

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Giant New Species of Dinosaur Named Loki-ceratops for Horns That Look Like the Norse God

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Reconstruction of Lokiceratops rangiformis dinosaur by Andrey Atuchin / MoE (right) Fabrizio Lavezzi © Evolutionsmuseet in Knuthenborg – SWNS
(Left) Reconstruction of Lokiceratops rangiformis dinosaur by Andrey Atuchin / Museum of Evolution, Denmark (right) Fabrizio Lavezzi © Evolutionsmuseet in Knuthenborg – SWNS

A remarkable new genus of giant horned dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah.

First discovered in the badlands of northern Montana in 2019, it’s among the largest and most ornate ever found, with two huge blade-like horns on the back of its frill—a distinctive horn pattern that inspired its name, Lokiceratops (‘Loki’s horned face’), to honor the blade-wielding Norse god Loki.

Estimated to be 22 feet long (6.7 meters) and weighing around five tons (11,000 lbs), the Lokiceratops rangiformis appeared at least 12 million years earlier than its famous cousin Triceratops, and was the largest horned dinosaur of its time.

“This new dinosaur pushes the envelope on bizarre ceratopsian headgear, sporting the largest frill horns ever seen in a ceratopsian,” said Joseph Sertich, a paleontologist with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and Colorado State University, who announced the new species this week in a published study.

“We started to realize that it was different than anything that anyone’s ever seen before,” said co-lead author Mark Loewen, a paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of Utah and geology professor at the University of Utah.

Lokiceratops rangiformis reconstruction by Ddinodan – CC BY 4.0

“These skull ornaments are one of the keys to unlocking horned dinosaur diversity and demonstrate that evolutionary selection for showy displays contributed to the dizzying richness of Cretaceous ecosystems,” added Sertich.

The second name, rangiformis, which means ‘looks like a caribou’, refers to the differing horn lengths on each side of the frill, similar to the asymmetric antlers of caribou and reindeer.

Like other ceratopsian (horned) dinosaurs, Lokiceratops had a mouth filled with more than 200 teeth honed into a shearing, cutting surface that could chop vegetation and small branches.

While ceratopsian ancestors were widespread across the northern hemisphere throughout the Cretaceous period, their isolation on Laramidia—the island continent that stood alone where Montana now sits, a few miles from Canada—led to the evolution of huge body sizes and distinctive patterns of horns above their eyes and noses, on their cheeks, and along the edges of their elongated head frills.

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Lokiceratops rangiformis skull fossil bones – Museum of Evolution in Denmark

More than 78 million years ago, Lokiceratops inhabited the swamps and floodplains along the eastern shore of Laramidia, the island that was created when a great seaway divided the continent around 100 million years ago. Mountain building and dramatic changes in climate and sea level have since altered the hothouse world of Laramidia where Lokiceratops thrived.

Fossils recovered from this region suggest horned dinosaurs were evolving in a small geographic area—found nowhere else—implying the dinosaur diversity here is underestimated.

“Previously, paleontologists thought a maximum of two species of horned dinosaurs could coexist at the same place and time,” said Professor Loewen. “Incredibly, we have identified five living together at the same time.”

The skull of Lokiceratops rangiformis is dramatically different from the other four animals it lived alongside.

It possesses several unique features, among them are the absence of a nose horn, huge, curving blade-like horns on the back of the frill—the largest ever found on a horned dinosaur—and a distinct, asymmetric spike in the middle of the frill.

Paleontologist Mark Loewen stands next to casts of the head and skull of Lokiceratops rangiformis – Photo by Mark Johnston / Natural History Museum of Utah

Overall, the horned ceratopsids evolved around 92 million years ago (during the Late Cretaceous), and diversified into a myriad of fantastically ornamented species that survived until the end of the time of dinosaurs.

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Scientists have argued about the patterns of evolution within the group of horned dinosaurs for years.

“Rapid evolution may have led to the 100- to 200-thousand-year turnover of individual species of these horned dinosaurs,” said Loewen.

This rapid evolution is most consistent with sexual selection acting upon these animals. “Sexual selection acting on the genes responsible for the horns of the frill would produce modifications to cis-regulatory elements that would express differences in the size and shape of individual frill horns producing the variations in patterns we see in these animals,” said coauthor Jingmai O’Connor of the Field Museum in Chicago.

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“A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasow

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Quote of the Day: “A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.” – Arnold H. Glasow

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Good News in History, June 23

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Banff National Park, one of Canada's true jewels - CC license.

137 years ago today, The Rocky Mountains Park Act passed Canadian parliament, establishing Banff National Park, the nation’s largest and most famous park. It was modeled on the law that created Yellowstone National Park south of the border just a few years before. Before, there had been a small preserve of 26 square miles that included hot springs. The park was expanded under the law to 674 km2 (260 sq mi) and named Rocky Mountains Park. READ more about its history… (1887)

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Over Half of Americans Say Their Parent is Their Best Friend

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Over half of Americans say their parent is their best friend, according to a new survey.

The poll of 2,000 Americans over the age of 40 revealed that 58% feel closer to their aging parents, now more than ever before.

Conducted by Talker Research on behalf of Comfort Keepers for the National Day of Joy on June 26, the survey asked respondents about experiences with parents ‘in their golden years’.

88% of respondents said engaging in shared activities with senior loved ones had an overwhelmingly positive impact on their parent-child relationship.

33% said they were going out shopping with mom or dad, 26% were trying new restaurants, and 16% are traveling to places they’ve never been before.

Half of those polled said such bonding moments made them more grateful for their time together, and 50% said it improved their loved one’s mood, as an added result.

Notably, 64% of respondents reported their parents were keeping a positive attitude about aging.

The activities they did together had the added benefit of inspiring some parents to stay more active (35%) and made them more open to trying new things (30%).

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“Sharing in activities with senior loved ones isn’t just about creating memories and moments of joy for older Americans, it’s about forging lasting connections that enrich the lives of both generations,” said Sherri Snelling, gerontologist, author and spokesperson for Comfort Keepers.

“These bonding experiences not only bring happiness but also contribute to a positive mindset towards aging, ultimately promoting longevity and well-being for all ages.”

Hanging out with your favorite silver senior also means learning more about them.

Four in 10 said they learned something about their parent’s youth that surprised them—including previous marriages, military service, or celebrity connections.

Twenty-five percent learned that they’re more similar to their parents than they thought previously—and over half (58%) said that discovering these things about their parents made them much more relatable.

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Closer parental bonds also allow for honesty around possible health issues. In that way, it’s more important than earlier in life for parental friendships to be nurtured, so communications lines stay open and free-flowing.

Scottish Brothers Prepare for Record-breaking Fastest Row Across the Pacific Ocean in Boat They Designed

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The Maclean brothers rowing practice for the Pacific Ocean voyage – The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row / SWNS
The Maclean brothers rowing practice for Pacific Ocean voyage, The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row – SWNS

A trio of brothers are on a quest to row across the Pacific Ocean in a custom made boat—completing a record-breaking voyage with the goal of raising tens of thousands for charity.

Ewan, Jamie, and Lachlan Maclean are planning to row 9,000 miles from Peru to Australia (14,400-km) in a boat they designed and built to go faster than any before.

The trio from Edinburgh broke records in January 2020, when they became the first three brothers to row across any ocean, and the youngest—and fastest—trio to row across the Atlantic Ocean in their 35 day trip. (That GNN story is here)

Today, the brothers range in age from 26-32 and on their upcoming trip they hope to become the quickest to cross the Pacific—within 120 days—shaving 42 days off the current record.

They “thoroughly enjoyed” their previous ocean-crossing experience, and came up with the idea of starting a charity foundation during the long hours rowing. After setting up the Maclean Foundation, once they returned home, the brothers quickly decided to complete an even longer row to raise money.

“Even before we’d set foot back on land, we’d decided that we’d like to go on to do another challenge – but we didn’t know what that would be,” said Jamie, 30.

“Pretty soon, we came back around to the idea of doing another row. We’ll be doing a full Pacific row from South America to Australia, approximately 9,000 miles, after we add-in wiggling around islands.”

The brothers made several trips to Amsterdam to help fellow ocean rower Mark Slatts build the boat—which they described as the “lightest and strongest ocean rowing boat ever made”.

The Maclean brothers in Campbeltown practicing for The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row – SWNS

At just 617 lbs., it’s only slightly heavier than the three brothers themselves (280 kg) and it is only a quarter of the weight of their last boat, thanks to the ultra-light carbon fibre technology most commonly seen in Formula One cars.

“It’s a true first of its kind”, said 32-year-old Ewan, who works as a design engineer for Dyson.

“Being involved in that process—from design through to construction, sanding and painting—was an incredible experience.

“So much can go wrong when you’re at sea, so it was important for us to understand every single inch of the boat. We already feel like we’re at one with the boat, and we’ll have plenty more time to get to know it.”

Jamie explained that they want to “keep the boat moving as fast as we possibly can” for the full crossing. They’re aiming for 120 days at sea, but it could be longer because it is so dependent on the weather.

They will have limited opportunities to sleep at night, but someone will need to be on the oars to keep the boat moving 24 hours a day.

The Maclean brothers in new boat for The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row -SWNS

“It takes its toll on you, physically and mentally, so we started training in earnest about a month ago.”

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To prepare for the journey, the brothers have been working with a coach who specializes in injury prevention, and spending 1-3 hours in the gym each day.

The trip is partly sponsored by their father, Charlie Maclean, one of the world’s leading whisky experts, and thus has been dubbed ‘The Rare Whisky 101 Pacific Row’.

Their previous ocean crossing raised money that was used to dig four clean water wells serving 800 people in rural Madagascar.

Youngest brother Lachlan, 26, said: “Clean water is the most basic human necessity on the planet, yet 10% of people worldwide don’t have access to it. We’re doing something to change that.

“The more we talked uninterrupted with the clarity of being on the ocean, the more we realized this is what we wanted to do.”

“It’s incredibly inspiring to go out and see how the money raised is converted into the provision of clean water to people that don’t have it,” added Jamie.

The Maclean brothers playing instruments while on a break from rowing in Campbeltown – SWNS

For entertainment on the boat, the three musicians will each bring an instrument along for the trip. Ewan plays the guitar, Jamie plays the bagpipes, and Lachlan plays the accordion.

“For the Atlantic (voyage), I took a set of bagpipes so that I could play them out in the ocean—but also so I could pipe us into the finish line in Antigua,” Jamie told SWNS news. “I’ll be doing the same for the Pacific, because it’s a longer crossing and there will be more time to pass.

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“During the day, there are a fair few hours that you’re not on the oars, but if you’re not eating or trying to rest, it’s nice to have something to distract you.”

Set to spend nearly 3,000 hours together at sea, the three believe the challenge will bring them closer together—something the Atlantic Ocean tested, for sure.

“That was our biggest strength for the Atlantic, the fact that we’re brothers,” Jamie said. “We get on incredibly well and always have.”

“It means that we trust each other and know each other’s thresholds and breaking points. We know when each other needs a helping hand.

“When you’re thousands of miles from shore and you’re sleep deprived, you’re essentially at your worst. You need to know you’re in it with people you trust.

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“We’re overcoming a physical and mental challenge together to raise money for a cause that we wholeheartedly believe in.”

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Man With Unyielding Depression Starts Picking Up Litter–And Helps Clear 13 Tons of Trash with Family and Strangers

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Mike Scotland with some of his group, Community Clean Up (via SWNS)
Mike Scotland with some of his group, Community Clean Up (via SWNS)

A 32-year-old began picking up litter to help his mental health and now his whole family spends quality time together on the clean-ups, while helping their community.

Mike Scotland began experiencing depression in his late 20s. After struggling for some time, he found himself by the bank of the River Don in his hometown of Aberdeen, Scotland, surrounded by litter and ready to take his own life.

Thankfully, his mind was changed—but whenever Mike would pass the river, a known local dumping ground, the rubbish would remind him of that dark day. So he decided to take matters into his own hands.

“I was in a really dark place,” Mike told SWNS news. “I was saved by a phone call that stopped me there and then—but after that, whenever I’d walk past that area, I felt like a dark shadow was haunting me.

“One day, I took three black bags and went down to the riverside and just started picking up litter.

“There was a person on a bike that stopped me and asked me what I was doing. I told him I was litter picking and he asked if I wanted a hand.

“He parked his bike, and me and this guy ended up spending the next couple of hours picking up litter together and having the most open and honest chats about anything and everything.

Before Mike headed home, he told the stranger that he was going to start a litter-picking group.

True to his word, the next day Mike started the group Community Clean Up, and over the next few months they gathered weekly to beautify the land around the river. To date, they’ve collected almost 30,000 pounds of litter (13,500kg), and pulled a whopping 5,500 pounds of metal (2,500kg) from the river bottom.

Nikki Scotland with their two youngest kids at a Community Clean-Up (via SWNS)

“There were about four to six people that showed up (for the first one), but we ended up cleaning up over 300kg (660 pounds) of litter over a couple of hours.

The following weekend, ten people showed up and they doubled their haul. Soon, they actually saw otters swim upstream for the first time in 40 years.

“We transformed that whole area as a community—we gave it life again.”

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Mike is now a father of three and says the whole family now picks up litter regularly, especially his five-year-old son, Lucio, who picked up his first piece of trash as a toddler.

“I remember taking my son to the park when he was 18 months old, and he spotted an empty bottle. Even then, he went and picked it up and put it in the bin.”

Mike Scotland and his litter-loathing son Lucio (via SWNS)

“One of the things we used to do as father and son was go out dressed as Batman and ‘fight the litter’. It’s a great way to get him outside and teach him about the environment.

Last year, in the aftermath of Storm Babet, Mike recalls the “horrible” amount of litter that washed up.

“I’d never seen anything like it. My son couldn’t understand why people were just walking past it, and he really wanted to help clean it up. He asked if I could find people to help us, so I went on Facebook and did a live video showing everyone the mess that was down there, and I asked for help.”

“Within about 45 minutes, there were 25 people who’d come down to help.

It was such a mess, that the dynamic duo spent the next couple of weeks setting up an event and speaking to the local media, until around 350 people showed up to finish the job—removing over 400 bags of storm debris.

“It was really uplifting to see that there’s a lot of people out there that want to do good.”

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Mike and his partner Nikki now have a database of over 100 litter-loathing locals, which they loan out to groups keen to do their own clean-ups.

Mike says he couldn’t be prouder of his children for the work they’ve done, and says they give him hope for the future.

“For me as a parent, it’s really uplifting to see them excited to make a difference. It’s second nature to them now.”

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“Their mindset is focused on doing a good thing for the right reasons. They’re not doing it for attention or praise, they’re doing it because it’s the right thing to do.

“Over time, it should hopefully reduce the amount of people littering in the first place.

“It’s a long goal. I don’t know if I’ll achieve it in my lifetime, but I’ll certainly try my best.”

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Perfectly Preserved 250-Year-Old Cherries Found in George Washington’s Cellar at Mount Vernon

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Glass bottles of cherries found in cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home – Credit: The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association
Glass bottles of cherries found in cellar of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home – Credit: The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

Archaeologists have unearthed an astounding 35 glass bottles from the 18th century in the cellar of George Washington’s home.

The five storage pits buried in the dirt under Mount Vernon included 29 intact bottles of perfectly preserved cherries, a fruit associated with America’s first president who was touted as telling the truth after he cut down a cherry tree.

Workers discovered the stash amidst an ongoing renovation of Washington’s manor to repair sections of the framing and masonry.

“Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine this spectacular archaeological discovery,” said Mount Vernon President & CEO Doug Bradburn. “We were ecstatic.”

“To our knowledge, this is an unprecedented find and nothing of this scale and significance has ever been excavated in North America.”

The contents of each bottle, some of which contained berries like currants, have been carefully extracted and refrigerated at Mount Vernon, and will undergo scientific analysis. The bottles are slowly drying in the Mount Vernon archaeology lab, so will be sent off-site for conservation. (WATCH the video below…)

17th c. bottle found in George Washington’s home filled with cherries – Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association

“These artifacts likely haven’t seen the light of day since before the American Revolution, perhaps forgotten when George Washington departed Mount Vernon to take command of the Continental Army.”

Mount Vernon Principal Archaeologist Jason Boroughs said the extraordinary discovery “continues to astonish us.”

“These perfectly preserved fruits picked and prepared more than 250 years ago are a testament to the knowledge and skill of the enslaved people who managed the food preparations from tree to table, including Doll, the cook brought to Mount Vernon by Martha Washington in 1759 and charged with oversight of the estate’s kitchen.”

“(They) provide an incredibly rare opportunity to contribute to our knowledge of the 18th-century environment, plantation food methods, and the origins of American cuisine.”

The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (MVLA)

Mount Vernon has partnered with the US Department of Agriculture’s Research Service to analyze the contents of these historic bottles.

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54 cherry pits and 23 stems, likely of a tart variety, have already been identified thus far, and microscopy suggests that the cherries, with their stems neatly cut, were likely harvested by snipping them from trees with shears. The cherries may be candidates for DNA extraction, which could be compared against a database of heirloom varieties to determine the precise species.

The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association (MVLA)

Everyone working at the 290-year-old historic monument, which is visited by thousands daily, is now crossing their fingers that some of the pits undergoing examination will be viable for growing future fruit trees—especially as the county is poised to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States in 2026.

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Bradburn says the building renovation project that uncovered the pre-Revolutionary War artifacts, is Mount Vernon’s $40 million birthday gift to America.

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Your Weekly Horoscope – ‘Free Will Astrology’ From Rob Brezsny

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Our partner Rob Brezsny, who has a new book out, Astrology Is Real: Revelations from My Life as an Oracle, provides his weekly wisdom to enlighten our thinking and motivate our mood. Rob’s Free Will Astrology, is a syndicated weekly column appearing in over a hundred publications. He is also the author of Pronoia Is the Antidote for Paranoia: How All of Creation Is Conspiring To Shower You with Blessings. (A free preview of the book is available here.)

Here is your weekly horoscope…

FREE WILL ASTROLOGY – Week of June 22, 2024
Copyright by Rob Brezsny, FreeWillAstrology.com

 

CANCER (June 21-July 22):
I suspect you may have metaphorical resemblances to a lightning rod in the coming weeks. Just in case I’m right, I urge you not to stroll across open fields during thunderstorms. On the other hand, I recommend that you be fully available to receive bolts of inspiration and insight. Put yourself in the presence of fascinating events, intriguing people, and stirring art. Make yourself ready and eager for the marvelous.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22):
“It’s hard to get lost if you don’t know where you’re going,” said experimental filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. He’s implying that there’s potential value in getting lost. Unexpected discoveries might arrive that contribute to the creative process. But that will only happen if you first have a clear vision of where you’re headed. Jarmusch’s movies benefit from this approach. They’re fun for me to watch because he knows exactly what he wants to create but is also willing to get lost and wander around in search of serendipitous inspirations. This is the approach I recommend for you in the coming weeks, dear Leo.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22):
Does any person or institution own a part of you? Has anyone stolen some of your power? Does anyone insist that only they can give you what you need? If there are people who fit those descriptions, Virgo, the coming weeks will be an excellent time to fix the problems. According to my understanding of life’s rhythms, you can summon the ingenuity and strength to reclaim what rightfully belongs to you. You can recover any sovereignty and authority you may have surrendered or lost.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22):
In ancient Greek myth, Sisyphus was a forlorn character punished by the gods. He was required to push a boulder from the bottom to the top of a hill. But each time he neared the peak, the big rock, which had been enchanted by the crabby god Zeus, slipped away and rolled back down the hill. The story says that Sisyphus had to do this for all eternity. If there have been even minor similarities between you and him, Libra, that will change in the coming months. I predict you will finally succeed—is this your fifth attempt?—in finishing a task or project that has, up until now, been frustrating.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21):
Is it possible to reap spiritual epiphanies while playing your favorite sport? Can intense physical pleasure be a meditation that provokes enlightened awareness? Can joy and bliss bring learning experiences as valuable as teachings that arise from suffering? Here are my answers to those three questions, Scorpio, especially for you during the next four weeks: yes, yes, and yes. My astrological ruminations tell me that you are primed to harvest divine favors as you quest for delight.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21):
Your animal magnetism and charisma could be wildly potent in the coming weeks. I’m worried that as a result, you may be susceptible to narcissistic feelings of entitlement. You will be extra attractive, maybe even irresistible! But now that you have received my little warning, I hope you will avoid that fate. Instead, you will harness your personal charm to spread blessings everywhere you go. You will activate a generosity of spirit in yourself that awakens and inspires others. Do not underestimate the electrifying energy pouring out of you, Sagittarius. Vow to make it a healing medicine and not a chaotic disruptor.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19):
I’ve had thousands of crucial teachers. There would be no such thing as me without their life-changing influences. Among that vast array have been 28 teachers whose wisdom has been especially riveting. I feel gratitude for them every day. And among those 28 have been five geniuses who taught me so much so fast in a short period of time that I am still integrating their lessons. One of those is Capricorn storyteller and mythologist Michael Meade. I offer you these thoughts because I suspect you are close to getting a major download from a guide who can be for you what Meade has been for me. At the very least, you will engage with an educational source akin to my top 28.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18):
In one of my previous lifetimes, I was a bricoleur—a collector and seller of junk who re-used the castaway stuff in new ways. That’s one reason why, during my current destiny, I am a passionate advocate for recycling, renewal, and redemption—both in the literal and metaphorical senses. I am tuned in to splendor that might be hidden within decay, treasures that are embedded in trash, and bliss that can be retrieved from pain. So I’m excited about your prospects in the coming weeks, Aquarius. If you so desire, you can specialize in my specialties.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20):
Some people imagine that being creative means having nonstop spontaneous fun. They think it’s primarily exuberant, adventurous, and liberating. As a person who prizes imaginative artistry, I can testify that this description is accurate some of the time. But more often, the creative process involves meticulous organization and discipline, periods of trial-and-error experimentation, and plenty of doubt and uncertainty. It’s hard work that requires persistence and faith. Having said that, Pisces, I am happy to say you are now in a phase when the freewheeling aspects of creativity will be extra available. You’re more likely than usual to enjoy spontaneous fun while dreaming up novel ideas and fresh approaches. Channel this energy into an art form or simply into the way you live your life.

ARIES (March 21-April 19):
I love being logical and reasonable! The scientific method is one of my favorite ways to understand how the world works. I am a big fan of trying to ascertain the objective facts about any situation I am in. However, I also love being intuitive and open to mystical perceptions. I don’t trust every one of my feelings as an infallible source of truth, but I rely on them a lot to guide my decisions. And I also believe that it’s sometimes impossible to figure out the objective facts. In the coming weeks, Aries, I suggest you give more weight than usual to the second set of perspectives I described. Don’t be crazily illogical, but proceed as if logic alone won’t provide the insights you need most.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20):
In their book Your Symphony of Selves, Jordan Gruber and James Fadiman propose a refreshing theory about human nature. They say that each of us is a community of multiple selves. It’s perfectly natural and healthy for us to be an amalgam of various voices, each with distinctive needs and forms of expression. We should celebrate our multifaceted identity and honor the richness it affords us. According to my analysis of astrological omens, the coming weeks will be an excellent time for you to exult in your own symphony of selves and make it a central feature of your self-understanding.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20):
In the second half of 2012 and the first half of 2013, you launched a journey that will finally culminate soon. What a long, strange, and interesting trip it has been! The innovations you activated during that time have mostly ripened, though not entirely. The hopes that arose in you have brought mixed results, but the predominant themes have been *entertaining lessons* and *soulful success*. I hope you will give yourself a congratulatory gift, dear Gemini. I hope you will luxuriate in a ritual celebration to commemorate your epic journey. The process hasn’t been perfect, but even the imperfections have been magical additions to your life story.

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“Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” – Juvenal 

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Quote of the Day: “Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.” – Juvenal 

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Good News in History, June 22

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86 years ago today, Joe Louis knocked out Max Schmeling in a re-match of perhaps the most famous fight series in history. It completely transcended the sport, as taking place in the months leading up to the Second World War, the fight between a black man born in Alabama versus a white German became a test on the highest stage for Hitler’s vision of Aryan supremacy. READ all about it… (1938)

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Woman Raises $233,000 to Give 90-year-old Veteran Still Working in the Heat the Option to Retire

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A former news reporter recently organized a fundraiser so that a 90-year-old Air Force veteran, who had to work to pay his bills, could retire.

Coming upon him pushing carts in the parking lot of a Louisiana grocery store in humid 90°F weather, the reporter shot a video that inspired over $200,000 in donations.

Karen Swensen was a New Orleans news anchor, and would have no doubt presented some amazing stories in her career, but was nevertheless stunned when she saw 90-year-old Dillon McCormick pushing carts in the Metairie store parking lot.

A former Air Force member who served in Colorado and Greenland, McCormick told Swensen that he needed about $2,500 to make ends meet, but got only half of that from his Social Security checks, which is why he took the job.

Interviewing other shoppers in the parking lot, they told Swensen that he had been working there a long time and is always rounding up shopping carts. Two men said they sometimes stopped to help him, leaving Swensen moved and motivated to do something.

“He is a veteran of the United States Military. It’s Memorial Day. It’s hot. Mr. McCormick was born in 1933, making him a part of the Silent Generation. Please, America, let us be his voice. We can do this,” she wrote in the introduction of a GoFundMe with a target of $35,000.

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In just 24 hours, two hundred grand rolled in through private donations—she eventually had to cut the donation button off after it passed $233,000.

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“No longer will the 90-year-old veteran have to push shopping carts in triple-digit heat to put food on his table,” Swensen wrote in an update posted to the GoFundMe page. “Should he choose to remain working, it will be just that—his choice.”

“Tomorrow we will begin the process of transferring the funds. What a delightful day awaits for him!”

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Millions Who Suffer Back Pain Can Ease Symptoms Simply by Walking More–For ‘Huge Benefits’

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Back Pain-CC Esther Max

Millions of people who suffer back pain can ease their symptoms simply by walking more, claims new research.

Adults with a history of lower backache went nearly twice as long without a recurrence if they walked regularly, according to the findings of the first-ever study of its kind.

Around 800 million people worldwide suffer low back pain which in 7 out of 10 people tends to be recurring, and therefore a leading cause of disability and reduced quality of life.

A clinical trial recently conducted by Macquarie University’s Spinal Pain Research Group in Sydney, looked at whether walking could be an effective, cost-efficient, and accessible intervention.

The Australian researchers followed 701 adults who had recently recovered from an episode of low back pain, allocating them to either an individualized walking program and six physiotherapist-guided education sessions over six months, or to a control group.

The participants were followed for between one and three years, depending on when they joined.

Senior author Mark Hancock, Macquarie University Professor of Physiotherapy, says the findings, published in The Lancet, could have a “profound” impact on how back pain is managed globally.

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“The intervention group had fewer occurrences of activity limiting pain compared to the control group, and a longer average period before they had a recurrence, with a median of 208 days compared to 112 days,” said Hancock. “Walking is a low-cost, widely accessible and simple exercise that almost anyone can engage in, regardless of geographic location, age or socio-economic status.”

“We don’t know exactly why walking is so good for preventing back pain, but it is likely to include the combination of the gentle oscillatory movements, loading and strengthening the spinal structures and muscles, relaxation and stress relief, and release of ‘feel-good’ endorphins,” he added.

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“And of course, we also know that walking comes with many other health benefits, including cardiovascular health, bone density, healthy weight, and improved mental health.”

Study lead author Dr. Natasha Pocovi says that as well as providing participants with longer pain-free periods, the program was also very cost-effective.

“It not only improved people’s quality of life, but it reduced their need both to seek healthcare support and the amount of time taken off work by approximately half.”

The research team now plans to explore how they can integrate the preventive approach into the routine care of patients who suffer recurrent back problems.

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Iberian Lynx Slinks Back From Brink of Extinction Within Just Two Decades of Conservation

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credit – LIFE project NAT E 008609, Lynx pardinus, European Environment Agency

The greatest feline conservation success story isn’t the doubling of the world tiger population, nor the rescues of the Amur tiger and Northern lion from falling into the abyss of biological history—it’s the comeback of a lynx species on the Iberian Peninsula.

This scrawny, mottled cat with characteristic pointed ears and tufts of fur all over its face and feet has grown from 62 individuals counted in a 2002 survey to around 2,000 in the latest estimates.

For a beast that ranges across the rarely wild countries of Spain and Portugal, it’s a remarkable achievement that has come from the work of many individuals.

“The greatest recovery of a cat species ever achieved through conservation (…) is the result of committed collaboration between public bodies, scientific institutions, NGOs, private companies, and community members including local landowners, farmers, gamekeepers, and hunters,” Francisco Javier Salcedo Ortiz, who coordinates the EU-funded LIFE Lynx-Connect project, said in a statement.

The collapse in the Iberian lynx population coincided with a fall in the population of the European rabbit, their main food source, as the latter was persecuted for the damage it caused to agriculture.

Restoring the rabbit population was coupled with habitat restoration and breeding programs for the lynx.

Groups like the IUCN also worked closely with ranchers and landowners to help get them onside with the idea of recovering and protecting the lynx, further reducing their deaths from poaching, reprisal killings for taking livestock, and roadkill.

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Since 2010, AP reports that more than 400 Iberian lynx have been reintroduced to parts of Portugal and Spain, where over 600 adult lynx are now raising cubs and roaming across over 1,200 square miles.

As a result of all this coordinated work, a recent update to the IUCN Red List saw the animal lowered from ‘Endangered’ to ‘Vulnerable’—and only just vulnerable at that.

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The only thing keeping the world’s leading conservation organization from declaring the lynx a species of ‘Least Concern’ is the lynx’ vulnerability to sudden threats, including wildfires, a dramatic drop in the rabbit population which can happen through disease, or a sudden rollback in any of its existing protections.

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Videos of Fans Being Awesome Flood Social Media as High Stakes European Championship Matches Draw Crowds

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In the U.S. where soccer takes a backseat to other sports, most stories about football fans in Europe make it across the Atlantic because of their hooliganism.

What’s missed are the heartwarming, sometimes tear-jerking, scenes of European culture and neighborliness playing out during their international country-vs-country tournament, the European Championships.

With a week’s worth of matches already concluded, GNN has created a round-up of videos and stories of fans having fun, obeying the law, and being sweethearts—from Scotland down to Slovenia.

Hosted in Germany this year, the police have already made dozens of arrests for disorderly conduct—but they’ve often swirled at the center of a good-natured party. Check out this officer enjoying a spot of traditional dance with the Albanian fans.

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The police also have been the first ones to salute fans for creating “a special atmosphere” like in Munich, where nearly 200,000 of Scotland’s supporters descended on the city in advance of the tournament’s opening match—Germany vs Scotland.

A Scottish newspaper, The National, spoke with one German fan who said they tried to create “a very relaxed and happy atmosphere” in Munich. Another said the Scottish fans were “people of honor”.

More on Scotland later… Also from the British Isles, English fans decided to boogie with an old woman they met on the streets in advance of England’s first game against Slovakia. And, can she boogie!

England fans having a dance with a German lady this afternoon.
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Elderly folks would become a theme of fan interactions this year—like these Austrian fans who were conducted by a German senior from her balcony.

 

Austrians were captured on video straining national relations with the French, ahead of their opening game against France, taunting their opposition by snapping baguettes in front of them while jeering. And, quickly hugging afterward.

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Displaying their disrespect for Italian cooking with equal cheek, Albanians decided to taunt the Italian fans in a similar way—by demonstrating exactly how they cook spaghetti.

From funny to emotional, the Washington Post shared a video from a fan zone in Berlin that captured the beautiful sunset singing of Spanish, Croatian, and German fans standing shoulder to shoulder.

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Featured at the European Championships for the first time in the nation’s history, Georgia lost their opening match 3-1 against Turkey. But when the Georgians tied it up when down 1-0 in the first half, one journalist couldn’t hold back the tears.

Now, back to Scotland: The world’s oldest formalized international team arrived in stunning fashion, with visiting fans saying the Berlin Airport might as well have been Glasgow.

Whatever atmosphere they created ahead of their match against Germany, it paled in comparison to their Scottish invasion of Cologne where they took on the Swiss. They descended in a giant parade of the ‘Tartan Army’ led by dozens of bagpipes, walking shoulder to shoulder with the police towards the cathedral and stadium (where the nations played to a draw, 1-1).

 

The fun and the kindness have been ongoing—from one young local who decided to empty his fridge of beers and drop them to thirsty Scots from his balcony, to an old man with a walker kept dry when Scottish umbrellas came to the rescue.

Scotland fans sheltering this old man from the rain as he walks through the street.
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“Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall (Happy Solstice!)

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Quote of the Day: “Plans to protect air and water, wilderness and wildlife are in fact plans to protect man.” – Stewart Udall (Happy Solstice!)

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Good News in History, June 21

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Happy 80th Birthday to The Kinks co-founder and frontman Ray Davies. Regarded as one of the most influential British songwriters, Davies wrote the 1964 No.1 hit You Really Got Me, along with All Day and All of the Night, and Victoria. In the next two years, he wrote Set Me Free and Sunny Afternoon—and, later, Lola (“She walked like a woman and talked like a man”), Apeman, Celluloid Heroes, and Come Dancing. With four Gold Albums The Kinks catalogue has sold over 50 million records worldwide. READ more and watch an interview… (1944)

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Robot Mimics Human Sense of Touch to Better Sort Through Litter

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Tsinghua University in Beijing (via SWNS, cropped and rearranged)

A robotic sorting system that mimics the human sense of touch to sort through litter achieved a 98.85% accuracy rate in recognizing various domestic waste items.

The inventors believe this state-of-the-art automaton could eventually lead to better treatments for people with hand disabilities aside from better outcomes at recycling facilities.

Sorting robots are already present at over 40 of the United States’ 600 recycling centers. Many of these sorting systems are twice as fast, and even more accurate than humans.

Recently, a research team at Tsinghua University in Beijing explained that tactile sensing and logical reasoning can aid a robot’s ability to recognize and classify objects, even when equipped with sophisticated visual sensing.

They say today’s intelligent robots can accurately recognize many objects through vision and touch, but tactile information, obtained through sensors, along with machine learning algorithms, also enables them to identify objects previously handled.

But when presented with objects similar in size and shape, or objects unknown to the robot, the sensing is often confused.

The team at Tsinghua worked to break through the difficulties of robotic recognition of several common, yet complex, items through the endowment of “thermal feeling.”

“Humans possess many different types of touch sensing, one of which is thermal feeling,” said study author Professor Rong Zhu.

“This allows us to sense the wind blowing, perceive hot and cold, and discriminate between matter types, such as wood and metal, because of the different cooling sensations produced.”

Zhu and his team aimed to mimic that ability by designing a robotic tactile sensing method that incorporated thermal sensations for more robust and accurate object detection.

“We propose utilizing spatiotemporal tactile sensing during hand grasping to extend the robotic function and ability to simultaneously perceive multi-attributes of the grasped object, including thermal conductivity, thermal diffusivity, surface roughness, contact pressure, and temperature.”

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The team created a layered sensor with material detection at the surface and pressure sensitivity at the bottom, with a porous middle layer sensitive to thermal changes.

They paired the sensor with an efficient cascade classification algorithm that rules out object types in order from easy to hard, starting with simple categories—such as empty paper cartons—before moving on to orange peel or scraps of cloth.

When installed in an intelligent robot tactile system the arm picked up a range of common trash items, including empty cartons, scraps of bread, plastic bags, plastic bottles, sponges, napkins, orange peels, and out-of-date drugs.

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It sorted the litter into separate containers for recyclables, food scraps, hazardous waste, and other waste.

Their system achieved a classification accuracy of 98.85% in recognizing various waste items not encountered previously, according to the findings published in the journal Applied Physics Reviews.

“By combining this sensor with brain-computer interface technology, tactile information collected by the sensor could be converted into neural signals acceptable to the human brain, re-empowering tactile perception capabilities for people with hand disabilities,” Professor Zhu added, expounding on where he thought future research would go.

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Archaeologists Uncover 900 Ming Dynasty Artifacts From Shipwrecks in South China Sea

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credit – National Cultural Heritage Administration

More than 900 artifacts have been retrieved from two ancient shipwrecks discovered in the South China Sea, the National Cultural Heritage Administration of China (NCHA) said Thursday.

Consisting of piles and piles of porcelain, along with other pottery works, copper pieces, ebony lumber, and animal parts, the wrecks are a testament to the vast maritime trading network overseen by the Ming Dynasty.

The excavation, conducted from 2023 to 2024, was a joint effort by a pair of research institutes and a local museum on Hainan Island, and involved sending manned and unmanned submersibles down to collect the relics and document the wrecks.

The archaeologists believe that the shipwrecks both date to different periods of the Ming Dynasty, (1,368-1,644) either side of the year 1,500 CE.

In the long history of China, the most important dynasties were always interrupted by intervening periods of foreign conquest and strife. The Ming Dynasty was born out of fire and rebellion, and when it centralized control it took Chinese civilization to many of the heights it’s most known for.

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A new era of monumental architecture was rung in with Beijing’s Forbidden City, while the iconic, blue and white Ming Dynasty porcelain was coveted all over the world, as these shipwrecks bear witness.

Made by using particular forms of clay like kaolinite, alabaster, or feldspar, porcelain is painted with mineral pigments, glazed, and baked in kilns at over 2,000°F. It is one of three forms of pottery and is the most difficult and highly valued for its translucence, strength, and the skill level required to make it.

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10,000 items in total were documented, one-tenth of which were pulled to the surface. The excavators also scanned the wrecks with 3D laser scanners to allow for more study on land.

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The two ships lie 12 miles apart, around 90 miles off the coast of Hainan. The cargo was probably loaded in Jingdezhen and intended for export. By the 14th century, Jingdezhen had become the largest center of production of Chinese porcelain.

The NCHA said the excavation was a landmark effort by the nation’s maritime archaeology programs.

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Austrian Heiress Appoints Fifty Citizens to Give Away Her €25 Million Fortune

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Marlene Engelhorn – by Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0 license

Move over McKenzie Scott, there’s a new philanthropic heiress in town.

This is Marlene Engelhorn, a Millennial member of one of the richest families in Austria, and the proud owner of several receipts demonstrating how she gave away her inheritance.

The heiress, whose forebearers founded the BSAF pharmaceutical company, and who would come to acquire Boehringer Mannheim, allowed 50 members of the Austrian public to determine how her money would be divided and donated—to various charitable and non-profit organizations.

Her €25 million share of the family’s $4.2 billion fortune was portioned out to 77 such groups by 50 randomly chosen citizens of Salzburg, who formed a working group that met over the course of 6 weeks to make the determination.

Designated the Good Council for Redistribution, the members, selected at random from a pool of 10,000 people, were offered “a series of lectures including from philosophers and economics professors to inspire their choices,” Euro News reports.

Once the committee was formed, Englehorn withdrew entirely from the process.

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Among the recipients, the two largest were the Austrian Nature Conservation Association and Nuenerhaus, (a homeless assistance org) which were each awarded more than $1.5 million

Two political think tanks, the Momentum Institute and Attac Austria, were also awarded €1 million.

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€300,000 was donated to the Autonomous Austrian Women’s Shelters, and €100,400 went to the nature restoration charity the Común Foundation, for further examples.

Austria is one of the only countries in Europe that doesn’t have an inheritance tax law on the books, so Englehorn is a passionate advocate for the ultra-wealthy of the country to give away as much as they can.

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