Pink Lake Hillier in Australia

Lake Hillier is a pink-colored lake on Middle Island, the largest of the islands and islets that make up the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia. From above the lake appears a solid bubble gum pink. It is such a significant distinguishing feature of the archipelago that air passengers often crane their necks to take a glimpse of it.

The lake is about 600 meters long, and is surrounded by a rim of sand and a dense woodland of paperbark and eucalyptus trees. A narrow strip of sand dunes covered by vegetation separates it to the north from the Southern Ocean.

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Unlike other pink lakes in the world like the one in Retba and the salt ponds at San Francisco Bay, the pink color of Lake Hillier has not been decisively proved, although it is speculated that the color could arise from a dye created by the organisms Dunaliella salina and Halobacteria. Another hypothesis is that the pink color is due to red halophilic bacteria in the salt crusts. That the color is not a trick of light can be proved by taking water from the lake in a container – the pink color can be found to be permanent.

One of the first evidence of Middle Island's pink lake dates back to the journals of Matthew Flinders, a British navigator and hydrographer in 1802. Flinders had climbed Middle Island's highest peak (now known as Flinders Peak) to survey the surrounding waters when he came across this remarkable pink lake. Except for a few years when salt extraction was being carried out here, the island and its pink lake has been almost untouched and has since then provide visitors with one of the most amazing view of the world's natural wonder.

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Sources:  [Wikipedia, A Guide to Asia, Amusing Planet]

The New AIDS - Silent Killer Bug That Can End The World

ALERT: Silent Killer Bug Now In U.S. – It’s Being Called ‘The New AIDS’.

 This deadly bug creeps in the night and bites you on your face while you’re fast asleep, and you never know what happened until you become dangerously ill from the disease it spreads. This disease is being dubbed the “New AIDS of the Americas”  by researchers because it’s initial symptoms are hard to detect. Many call it the “kissing bug” due to its exclusive attack place being on one’s face. Doctors are calling it a silent killer – and are not completely prepared for it’s arrival.

The reduviid bug has recently made its way north onto US soil. Endemic to Latin America, it has already affected 17 residents in Houston, Texas, the Washington Post reported. The tiny insect feeds on human blood much like a mosquito, but it is specific to biting the victim’s face. Reduviid bugs carry a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi, which causes Chagas disease in its human hosts.

At the onset of the disease, the infected will experience fever, fatigue, body aches, rash, diarrhea and vomiting, according to the CDC. Its initial acute stage turns into a prolonged asymptomatic state for some bitten by the bug, at which time a few parasites are found in the blood. However, the disease can cause heart failure and intestinal complications over time.

“People don’t normally feel sick, so they don’t seek medical care, but it ultimately ends up causing heart disease in about 30% of those who are infected,” Nolan Garcia, an epidemiologist at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston whose research focused on Chagas disease in the US said. “We think of Chagas disease as a silent killer,” Garcia added.

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) released a report last week outlining the ramification of this bug infestation and claimed US healthcare workers lack awareness which prevents successful diagnosis and treatment of this disease. The report noted that the dearth of federally licensed drugs to combat the disease also limit patients access to treatment.

According to the CDC, Chagas disease is like the sister disease to Ebola, but much more stealthy.

      

source [Daily Buzz Live]

Pampanga Mayor faces graft for selling Pigs for P1700/each

Mayor of San Fernando, Pampanga ready to face graft charges filed by PDEA. It demanded that her decision was correct to sell the  pigs for P1700/each because there is no funding for the municipalities take care of them (pigs)

The PDEA has filed a graft criticism on the office of the Ombudsman towards two Pampanga mayors for the sale of 4,038 hogs confiscated from an alleged shabu laboratory in September.
Named respondents within the PDEA’s 10-page complaint were Magalang Mayor Maria Lourdes Lacson and Bacolor Mayor Jose Maria Hizon, son of outstanding businesswoman Lolita Hizon of the famous Pampanga’s high-quality processed meats.

6 Photographic Evidence Of Time Travel

The topic of time travel has always been fascinating to humans. It’s probably due to the fact that we are just as fixated on the events of the past as we are of the future. Just imagine travelling to the past, reliving good memories and maybe changing some mistakes, wouldn’t that be rad?

Although scientists, experts and time travel enthusiasts have explored time travel possibilities, there is still no clear way we can actually do it. However, everyday we see new possible evidence of time travel in the past, continuing to taunt us.

Now, the internet is teeming with alleged evidence for the existence of time travel – both in stories and photographs. We’re going to present you with 12 of these stories. You can make up your own mind about whether they are real occurrence of time travel!

Could it be possible?

Researchers from the University of Queensland in Australia simulated photons and moved them through time. These photons traveled through wormholes and had interactions with their older selves. This seems to be a new opportunity for a time travel theory that was once backed by Godel and Einstein.

So is it possible? In quantum mechanics, yes. For humans on the other hand, we still need some highly advanced technology. Whether we’ll see time travel in action or not, we just love these little mysteries and the idea of travelling through time. So let’s see some “photographic evidence”!

1. The Original Hipster

This hipster has been one of the most talked about instances of possible evidence of time travel. His get-up severely contrasts those of the people around him in the picture. The photo is dated circa 1940 at the reopening of South Fork Bridge in Canada. This is the first picture that intrigued me and pushed me to find more evidence and write this post.

The hipster appears to sport sunglasses, a modern-looking stamped (or silk-screened) t-shirt, a sweater and a camera. The image is said to be authentic and not in any way digitally altered.

Other aspects pointed out by time travel enthusiast include:

His modern haircut

His height; he stands taller than other people in the picture (reflects the height of people today as compared to the past)

Could this evidence be real? We don’t know, but it’s good to tickle our imagination from time to time.

2. Ancient Watch

This little watch was discovered in an ancient tomb believed to be 400 years old and undisturbed in China. The watch was found in the soil surrounding the tomb with the hands stopped at 10:06. This watched is believed to be not more than 100 years old. This started the time travel news and speculation. How can this watch that is just a hundred years old max be embedded in the soil surrounding an undisturbed tomb dating back to the Ming Dynasty?

The mystery lives on.

3. Vampire or Time Traveler?

This alleged time traveler showed everybody several photographs from different years including a current photo of himself. This man also claims he is a vampire and has puzzled many with his allegations. While these photos might look to be owned by the same man pictured, isn’t it possible that he just collected random photos that look just like him and passed it off as evidence of his time travel escapade? Real or hoax? Who knows, maybe these pictures are of his ancestors!

3. Vampire or Time Traveler?

This Greek artwork shows a woman who looks to be checking a laptop. Let us know in the comments what you think this might be portraying. Perhaps a mirror?

5. Another Greek Artwork

Another Greek artwork here shows a man that looks to be using a stylus and a gadget. Whatever that is, it certainly looks like a laptop. He seemed so entertained, maybe he’s checking himself being featured on XenLife!

6. Another Phone!

This woman is seen clutching a phone close to her ears and holding it close to her chest. She certainly stands out in the crowd and is believed to be a time traveler. It isn’t just the idea of the phone in her hand that makes her a famous suspected time traveler, rather, her actions mirror the modern body language of phone trotting individuals we usually meet in the streets today. Should we be convinced?

source [By Roelen Fernendez, Xen Life]

5 Ways To Tell If You Got Friend Zoned

Lately, you might have noticed something different about him that makes you feel like you are going to be stuck in the friend zone forever. If you feel this way, you are probably right because you may be getting friendzoned by him and don't even know it yet. Here are some ways to tell.

Is the guy you like friendzoning you? 

5 ways to tell if you got friend zoned 

You and him are not dating—yet—in your mind you feel that maybe with a little more time, you can finally go on your first date. Don't take this personally, but you may be in the friend zone and just don't realize it.

Here are the some friend zone signs to keep in mind when trying to get a guy to like you. If none of these signs sounds like him, there is a chance that he likes you more than a friend. On the other hand, if any of the following sound familiar, you may want to start working on getting out of the friends zone, or at least figure out how to just be friends with a guy you like.

He keeps forgetting to get your number

Ever since you met him, you've been asking the question, why doesn't he try to get my number?

It may look like he's just forgets to ask for your number, just in case he has to call, but it is highly likely that he is trying to send you to the friend zone.

When in doubt, pull it out

At this point when you are doubting whether or not he likes you based on fact that he's not trying to get you number, what you can do to check if you are really getting friend zoned is pull out your cell phone or have someone call you when he is around. It may seem like you are throwing yourself at him, but you are not. All you are trying to do is see if he is friendzoning you

He makes it hard for you to initiate physical contact

What's a girl got to do to get a hug around here?

That may be the thought going through you head, when asking yourself, why is it so hard to initiate physical contact?

Call it old fashion but if you are having trouble get a hug and even bump shoulders with him, it's not because he doesn't want to be touched. The more likely reason behind why it feels like he put invisible handcuffs on you is that he may be friend-zoning you.

He may be your crush, but that's pushing it.

What can you do?

Break the touch barrier

There are all kinds of ways for breaking the touch barrier with a guy and the one that almost never fails is by accident.

Accidentally drop something in front of him, preferably at a time when he is not looking. Then race to pick it up before he does. If you get lucky then maybe somehow you will break the touch barrier with him.

In the worst case, he will not notice and you will be the only one doing the picking.

Even if he notices that you dropped something may try to save you but in a manner that doesn't break the touch barrier.

You will pounce towards the opportunity to make contacts, but he will somehow find a way around you like a baseball player trying to steal home. Did you strike him out?

If you didn't, he is definitely friend zoning you.

He doesn't notice the little things about you

I had something done to my hair. It might not be much, but— do you think he will notice?

If he's never asked you if you did something to your hair or noticed that you got a pair of new shoes recently I regretfully inform you that you may be heading to the friend zone.

Okay, he hasn't asked you yet about the new handbag you just got despite the fact that it's so obvious that it might as well be stamped on your forehead.

Is this a sign that you should be worried about being friendzoned?

Yes it is.

What can you do now?

Make it captain obvious

Do something that will make him notice you.

Start big while working your way down to the little things until he starts to notice little subtleties in your wardrobe and the way you wear your hair.

Make it a spell, but don't be a witch about it. The time you have to pull it off is limited.

If he doesn't notice at all, you may have already been friend zoned.

He tries to give you dating advice

He thinks that the guy from last weekend's party and you would really hit it off.

When the guy you like is trying to set you up with other guys and giving you advice on dating, you may find yourself in one of those he is just not that into you situations or would he would rather just be friends. Nevertheless, he wants to put you in the friend zone.

So what if he want you to start seeing other guys. You two are not even dating.

What if you want to move clear away from the friend zone?

Ask him out

In my opinion, the only way you can move forward from here is to make a move. If he doesn't bite, he either has other priorities or just put you in the friend zone. If he does, don't take it personal. You never know when you will need a dating insider at your side.

He talks with other girls more than you

This is huge.

If a guy talks with other girls more than you, he has begun to create the distance between you and him required to put you in the friend zone.

What if you happen to like-like the guy?

Initiate conversation

Let me put it this way, if you are going anywhere but the friend zone, it only gets better the more you talk to the guy. If he likes you, he will return the favor, talk to you more.

In general, guys have trouble talking with girls. By initiating the conversation, you become one of the girls he is able to talk to.

Just keep in mind though that trying too hard will only get you put on the friend zone list.

Bottom line 
If your effort to hook up with some guy is turning out flat you are either in the friend zone or he may just not be looking. In most cases, if you think you are getting put in the friend-zoned, it's all in your head. After all, friend zoning is not something guys really do, right?

Maybe you know what it's like to be friendzoned by a guy. If you do, be sure to leave a comment about an episode in which you got put in the friend zone by a guy you like.

source [Slism]

Duterte's Tutuban-Malolos Railway Project to be constructed by Japan this year

The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will start the major railway project of President Rodrigo Duterte by the fourth quarter of 2017. 

The Tutuban-Malolos railway project is part of the P8-Trillion plan to modernize the country's infrastructure network that was denied by the previous administrations.

DOTr spokesperson Cherie Mercado said that JICA had completed the study of the project. The funds of the railway project will be funded through Official Development Assistance (ODA) by JICA.

November 2015, the administration of President Noynoy Aquino signed an agreement to provide the Philippines a loan up to 241.991 Billion yen for the North-South Commuter Railway Project (Malolos-Tutuban). The project was allegedly tainted by corruptions.

Meanwhile, President Duterte, in August 11, 2016 met with Japan Minister of Foreign Affairs Fumio Kishida at the Presidential Guesthouse in Panacan, Davao City and discussed the project.

Aside from the project Tutuban-Malolos, the Japanese government is also helping in the feasibility study of a 55-kilometer railway line from Malolos, Bulacan to Clark.

Japan also offered to build the first 100 kilometers of the 2,000 kilometers Mindanao Railway system.

According to DOTr and JICA, "Special Terms for Economic Partnership (STEP) will be used and applied to Tutuban-Malolos Railway project.

It is expected that high technology from Japan such as construction techniques for elevated railways, efficient signal systems and rolling stock will be utilized.

source [Abs-Cbn / JICA / DOTr]

A Ritual Where Their Deads are Raised From Their Graves- Indonesia

Most of us,when our love ones die, they are laid to rest forever.But in Indonesia the dead gets many chances to see their families again

Ma'nene-its a ritual where the corpses get cleaned-families raises their dead relatives from their graves,dress them in new clothes,fix their hair and repair their coffins. They they walk the dead around the province so they can observe the living.Reports say that the Ma'nene ritual is more important than marriage and birth in Toraja culture.

Deceased loved ones are walked in straight lines around the region.

Maybe for us we find this practice so disrespectful and even unsanitary. But there’s something solemnly beautiful about families that continue to care for those they love even after their deaths.

A man brushes the hair of a dead relative, perhaps his mother or grandmother.

What you guys can say something about this?

source [Ryot]

Leaked Samsung Galaxy S8

Samsung may just have leaked the Samsung Galaxy S8, so the latest leak comes in all of a video and this video is from the Korean Youtube channel SAMSUNG DISPLAY showing off the latest display technologies of Samsung and we did see a mysterious device which has a super large display with minimal bezels.

source:CNET

Now base on this leak looks like we will be getting a very large display, larger and no longer gonna have a physical home button, this could mean that the fingerprint sensor is embedded within the display which is absolutely great other leaks do suggest that the device might have a 4K Display so this would be super high resolution.

We still may see a standard flat display as well as curved display like we've seen in previous years, we may also lose the headphone jack but not yet confirmed release date is rumored to be around April 18 this year

What do you think of these leaks?

What it Feels Like to Have a Granny Girlfriend???

Forget Harold and Maude. How about Kyle and Marjorie?

Kyle Jones from Pittsburgh is a 31-year-old man with an nontraditional romantic leaning towards older women -- much older women.

In 2009, Jones met 91-year-old Marjorie McCool at the book store where she worked. The two have engaged in a romantic, physical relationship ever since, and are happily dating as each brings something unique to the relationship.

At three times Jones' age, McCool is already a great grandmother, but Jones finds her lines, wrinkles, platinum hair and natural hanging neck skin attractive. Jones says he offers older women a different kind of experience than they're used to with adventure and fun things to do.

Likewise, McCool says dating somebody younger makes her feel alive again. "The physical side of the relationship is wonderful. I amaze myself and he amazes me, and I like it," says McCool in the video above.

Jones first noticed his attraction towards older women at a young age and though it took his mother, Ceceila Jones, some getting used to, she ultimately accepts her son's lifestyle. McCool is also a mother and says she sometimes feels like Jones is just another one of her children.

"I sometimes feel like he's another son, until we hop in bed. Then I feel different."

The two lovebirds are not monogamous, and Jones is also engaged in a relationship with 68-year-old Anna Ronald, who he met on a dating site.

They like to smooch, loudly.

Jones has encountered criticism, but defends his choices. "The most common [criticism] is that I'm a vulture," says Jones. "You're after money, you're after inheritance. I hear that all the time, but it's not true at all. I do this because I like it and they like it too."

To each his own.

source [The Huffington Post]

Man Killed His Wife in Front Of 7 Children in Fight Over Video Game

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A woman in Arizona, was viciously injured to death by her husband infront of their kids. 

37-year-old John Leo Davis Jr. injured his better half a minimum of thirteen times, infront of their seven kids. 

John Leo Davis referred to as police and cried as he told dispatchers concerning the bloody incident that occurred within the house he shared along with his better half, Michele Davis, and their eight kids.

John Leo Davis of discoverer, UN agency was inactive on charges of first-degree murder, had a history of force. 

According to the couple’s kids, the fight between them began once John Leo Davis hit one in all his sons within the face for enjoying games. 

His 35-year-old better half confronted him shortly at 6:00 p.m. John Leo Davis became angry at his partner. He grabbed a knife, began chasing her round the room and injured her.

7 of the couple’s eight kids were home and witnessed the stabbing. Michele Davis ran to the outside door in a shot to induce far from her husband. However, she folded and died. 

John Leo Davis Jr. was inactive and is being command within the Maricopa County Jail on $2 million bail. 

The couple's 14-year-old girl additionally referred to as police, expression that she witnessed the stabbing and watched her father clean the knife within the room.

According to court records, Davis has been inactive four times on suspicion of force against a former significant other and his currently deceased wife

source [Worldwide Weird News]