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Muslims Raise $60K For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims Updated, 4:15 p.m. A crowdfunding campaign formed by two Muslim groups has raised more than $60,000 for the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting, which killed 11, the Independent reported. Muslim-American non-profits Celebrate Mercy and MPower Change were behind the campaign, “Muslims Unite For Pittsburgh Synagogue.” It is also in partnership with the Islamic Center of Pittsburgh. The campaign reached its initial goal of $25,000 goal in six hours. “We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us, and send a powerful message of compassion through action,” the campaign reads. Messages of solidarity were shared throughout the day Sunday.

John Oliver on Monty Python: 'inspirational idiots who changed comedy' | Television & radio Writing about the importance of Monty Python is basically pointless. Citing them as an influence is almost redundant. It’s assumed. In fact, from now on it’s probably more efficient to say that comedy writers should have to explicitly state that they don’t owe a significant debt to Monty Python. And if someone does that, they’ll be emphatically wrong. This strange group of wildly talented, appropriately disrespectful, hugely imaginative and massively inspirational idiots changed what comedy could be for their generation and for those that followed. I first discovered Monty Python when I was probably 10 years old, and back then it felt like something I shouldn’t be watching. I think what I’ve always loved about all of Monty Python’s work is that they’ve never been afraid to get into trouble, and Life of Brian is the perfect distillation of that. And while everything he said was titanic nonsense, it was that last part that drove me crazy. Monty Python Speaks!

Parrot saved todler's life with warning Willie, the Quaker parrot, alerted its owner, Megan Howard, when the todler she was babysitting last November in Denver, Colorado, began to choke on her breakfast. As 2-year-old Hannah bagan to turn blue, the bird began squawking and flapping its wings to attract the attention of its owner. "While I was in the bathroom, Willie (the parrot) started screaming like I'd never heard him scream before and he started flapping his wings," Miss Howard told CBS News. "Then he started saying 'Mama baby' over and over and over again until I came out and looked at Hannah and Hannah's face was turning blue because she was choking on her pop tart." The carer then rushed to Hannah and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre, saving her life. "If (Willie hadn't) warned me, I probably wouldn't have come out of the bathroom in time because she was already turning blue, her lips were blue and everything," she said. The parrot has been honoured by the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award.

Walmart cashier steps in when nail salon refuses wheelchair-bound woman BURTON (WJRT) (8/3/2018) - A simple act of kindness is making a big impact. When a Walmart cashier in Burton saw a customer get turned away from the store's nail salon, she took matters into her own hands "I was like making sandwiches and I was watching her like," Tasia Smith said of the scene Thursday that brought her to tears. She works at the Subway inside the Burton Walmart on Court Street. That's where she captured a photo, which has since gone viral, of Walmart cashier Ebony Harris skipping her break to paint customer Angela Peters' nails. "I just wanted to post it for awareness and appreciation, because people needed to know what was going on with the business and Ebony deserved all the appreciation she could get," Tasia said. Harris said she watched the nail salon, located just a few feet over, refuse to do Peters' nails because her hands shake quite a bit due to cerebral palsy. "I just wanted to make her day special. "We're not trying to bash the nail salon. "I'm like wow.

Five Ways to Flavor Butter – 12 Tomatoes Can we please stop everything for a minute and have a serious conversation about butter? You know, that creamy, amazing deliciousness that you can spread on just about everything under the sun? That’s the one. We love butter – but we also love sprucing it up sometimes…It’s a lot of fun when you start adding other tasty ingredients to make something new and exciting. It’s really easy to do, and with few fun tips and recipes like these, you can’t go wrong: This mixture of citrus, herbs, and spices goes great on chicken and vegetables! Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, room temperature3 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced1 clove garlic, minced1/2 lemon, zested and juiced1 pinch red pepper flakes Melt this yummy combination over your steamed or roasted vegetables with a little salt and pepper – it’s so good! These two ingredients are a match made in heaven. These south-of-the-border flavors really jazz up a meal. Recipe adapted from Juggling Act Mama

Meet the Rare Swimming Wolves That Eat Seafood They move like ghosts along the shorelines of Canada's Vancouver Island, so elusive that people rarely see them lurking in the mossy forests. British filmmaker Bertie Gregory was one of the lucky ones: He saw coastal wolves—also known as sea wolves—in 2011. "There is something about being in the presence of a coastal wolf—they just have this magic and aura around them," he says. That experience inspired him to return and document the animals for National Geographic’s first YouTube series, wild_life with bertie gregory, which launches August 3. “Coastal wolves are such a unique predator, and they are hunting in this absolutely epic landscape,” says Gregory. Chris Darimont, science director at the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, has studied the carnivores' unusual lifestyle for nearly two decades. There are two types of coastal wolves. There are two populations: mainland coastal wolves and coastal island wolves, the latter being the focus of Gregory’s quest. They’re excellent swimmers.

Girl being welcomed back by her friends after returning to school with a prosthetic leg. How Animals Behave When We Aren’t Looking By Artist Julien Tabet Julien Tabet is a 21-year-old French artist who creates incredible photo manipulations of animals. He started creating his clever edits a little over a year ago and in this short time gathered a whopping 95k followers on Instagram. Although the artist does all of his work in Photoshop, he doesn’t believe software can be a passion. But he says imagining the improbable fascinates him: “I love to surprise people. Julien chose animals for his manipulations because he believes they are much more humble and innocent when compared to humans. Check out his amazing animal photo manipulations in the gallery below! More info: Instagram | h/t Read more #1 Stormy Image source: Julien Tabet #2 Liberty #3 Monarchy #4 Temporary Beauty #5 Hidden #6 Symphony #7 Responsability #8 Reborn Cheetah #9 Sport Coaches #10 Escape This World #11 Summer Is Coming #12 Peaceful #13 Secret Garden #14 Dexterity #15 Predatory #16 Eternity #17 Diversity #18 Cadency #19 Happy Halloween #20 Calvary More info: Instagram | h/t Read more #1 Stormy

Different Types of Hummingbirds - Hummingbirds Plus Different Species of Hummingbirds – An informational resource for learning about the different breeds of hummingbirds. Hummingbirds are among the smallest types of birds and can only be found naturally in the Americas. Hummingbirds are so small that its smallest species weighs less than a penny. Here are the different species of Hummingbirds and their characteristics: Table of Contents: Allen’s | Anna’s | Berylline | Black Chinned | Blue Throated | Broad Billed | Broad Tailed | Buff Bellied | Calliope | Costa’s | Lucifer | Magnificent | Ruby Throated | Rufous | Violet Crowned | White Eared | Xantus Allen’s Hummingbird The Allen’s Hummingbird has an average weight of 3.13 g for male and 3.24 g for female. The head and back of an adult male Allen’s hummingbird is usually covered with metallic bronze-green feathers. Anna’s Hummingbird Considered as the most common hummingbird in southern California, Anna’s hummingbird is one of only three species that lives permanently in the US or Canada.

The Man Who Documented Native American Cultures Edward Sheriff Curtis The Man Who Documented Native American Cultures by Chris Nelson Born on a Wisconsin farm in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis became fascinated with photography early on, building his own camera at the age 10. As a teenager his family relocated to Seattle, where he photographed Princess Angeline (aka Kickisomlo), the daughter of the Duwamish chief Seattle, after whom the city is named. Curtis recognized his life's calling as a documentarian of Native American cultures and quickly joined expeditions to Montana and Alaska to do just that. In 1906, Curtis was approached by the financier J.P. Though Curtis often romanticized his subjects, at times photographing them in ceremonial attire not regularly worn and wigs to conceal contemporary hair styles, he was an outspoken opponent of the devastating use of relocation and reservations. Apsaroke, 1908 Sioux, 1907 Apache, 1910 Tewa, 1906 Cheyenne, circa 1900 Siksika, circa 1910 Arikara, 1907 Wishham, 1911 Jicarilla, 1904 Hopi, circa 1900

Monty Python's Eric Idle Looks Back On The 'Bright Side' Of A Life In Comedy Monty Python co-founder Eric Idle's memoir "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life: A Sortabiography" comes out Tuesday. Here & Now's Robin Young talks with Idle (@EricIdle) about the book. Scroll down to read an excerpt from "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" Interview Highlights On the impact the early 1960s British stage comedy "Beyond the Fringe" had on him "They were the first people really I ever saw who actually attacked the prime minister or the cabinet or the queen and the royal family, the Army, the Navy, religion — and they just demolished everything. On how growing up after World War II shaped Monty Python members "We we all born in the war, and then we grew up in the '50s, which was a time in England where there was rationing of everything: butter, cheese, sugar, beef. On people still using phrases from famous Python sketches "It's kind of humbling, especially when you realize that next year is the 50th year since we started doing this stuff in 1969. Story continues below

In one year, this woman has picked up 2 tonnes of plastic ocean trash Karen Jenner scans a rocky Nova Scotia beach, looking for dots of colour amidst the rocks and seaweed — signs of plastic garbage deposited by the Bay of Fundy's massive tides. "Today you could be here for a long time, because there's a lot of trash on the beach." Two to three times a week, Jenner hits the beaches on the Bay of Fundy to pick up trash, filling five-gallon buckets with everything from fishing garbage, such as rope and lobster bands, to household items, including bottle caps, plastic cutlery and plastic bottles. In a year of collecting, she's taken home more than 2,200 kilograms worth of trash. "It's a drip in the bucket," she said. 'I decided I'm going to collect as much as I can' But Jenner says she wasn't always so motivated to collect trash. Though she grew up going to the beach, garbage on the shore never captured her attention. "I didn't even really see it I guess, like a lot of people wouldn't." "I don't know how it happened or why," she said.

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