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Mahone Bay(Mecklenburgh) from Crandalls Pt. Western Shore

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old bike, Martins River Bridge, Nova Scotia

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old bike, Martin's River

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Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

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Norwood Lodge, New Ross

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same in bw

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hot, hazy Nova Scotia hayfields today.

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Late afternoon hayfield today near Cornwall, Nova Scotia.

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Mahone Bay

The Churches of the Town of Mahone Bay

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The Churches of the Town of Mahone Bay ,Nova Scotia

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Martins River Nova Scotia

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Western Shore Cannons

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Western Shore, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia

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Western Shore, Mahone (Mecklenburgh) Bay, Nova Scotia

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Har har har ! Western Shore

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Oak Island Resort and Spa from Crandall's Point

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Mahone Bay from Crandall's Pt, Western Shore

Oak Island Cause Way

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Oak Island Cause Way

Yes miracles still happen

Wednesday, June 22, 2005				The Halifax Herald Limited
Lions save kidnapped girl 12-year-old Ethiopian abducted to be forced into marriage By Anthony Mitchell / The Associated Press ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into a marriage, chasing off her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked her down in a remote corner of Ethiopia. The men had held the girl for seven days, repeatedly beating her, before the lions scared them off. The big cats guarded her for half a day before her family and police found her, Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo said Tuesday by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, some 560 kilometres west of the country's capital, Addis Ababa. "They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest," Wondimu said. Stuart Williams, a wildlife expert with the rural development ministry, said the young girl likely was saved because she was crying from the trauma of her attack. "A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could explain why (the lions) didn't eat her. Otherwise they probably would have." News of the June 9 rescue was slow to filter out from Kefa Zone in southwestern Ethiopia. "If the lions had not come to her rescue then it could have been much worse," Wondimu said. "Often these young girls are raped and severely beaten to force them to accept the marriage." The girl, the youngest of four siblings, was "shocked and terrified" and had to be treated for injuries from the beatings, the police sergeant said. He said police had caught four suspects but were still looking for three others. In Ethiopia, kidnapping has long been part of the marriage custom, a tradition of sorrow and violence whose origins are murky. The United Nations estimates that more than 70 per cent of marriages in Ethiopia are by abduction, practised in rural areas where the majority of the country's 71 million people live. Ethiopia's lions, famous for their large black manes, are the country's national symbol, and adorn statues and the country's currency. Former emperor Haile Selassie kept a pride of lions in the royal palace in Addis Ababa. Despite their integral place in Ethiopian culture, their numbers have been falling, experts say, as farmers encroach on bush land. Hunters also kill the animals for their skins - which can fetch $1,000 US- despite a recent crackdown against illegal animal trading across the country. Williams said that at most, only 1,000 Ethiopian lions remain in the wild. Back Copyright © 2005 The Halifax Herald Limited

Alexander Keith

There's that symbol again

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There's that symbol again

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Unknown Symbolism

Freemasons of Hants County

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Centre Burlington Cemetery, Kempt Shore, Hants Co

Freemasons of Hants County

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Loyal Hill Cemetery, Kempt Shore, Hants Co

Freemasons of Hants County

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Kempt Shore United Church Cemetery (formerly Presb.)

Blomidon from High Head, Kempt Shore, Hants Co NS

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Blomidon from High Head, Kempt Shore, Hants Co NS

Acadians of the Avon Valley and greater Hants Co

Acadian Booklet

Acadians of the Avon Valley and greater Hants Co

Brief

Dispersion of Pre-expulsion Acadian Families in Hants Co. NS

Orthodox Church shouldn't be afraid of the Vatican

Kiev patriarch says Orthodox Church shouldn't be afraid of the Vatican

By Mara Bellaby / The Associated Press

KIEV, Ukraine - One of Ukraine's top religious leaders said this week the Orthodox Church should not fear the Vatican and there are no obstacles to greater co-operation between the two Christian churches.

Patriarch Filaret, who heads the Ukrainian Orthodox Church's Kiev patriarchate, said in an interview with The Associated Press that the churches have much in common and should co-operate in emphasizing the importance of the family and moral values.

"Today the task and mission of Christian churches - Orthodox, Catholic, Protestant - is to support moral values and support spirituality and morality in European civilization," Filaret said.

Pope Benedict has already declared a "fundamental commitment" to heal the divide between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Unifying the two churches is "desirable but today it is not realistic," Filaret said, but he said greater co-operation is possible.

The Ukrainian church split into three parts after this former Soviet republic gained independence, in part due to the refusal of the Russian Orthodox church to cede control over this mainly Orthodox nation of 48 million.

The Kiev patriarchate, which claims independence from Moscow and boasts more than 2,700 congregations throughout Ukraine, warmly welcomed a visit by Benedict's predecessor John Paul in 2001.

The Russian Orthodox Church strongly objected to the papal visit, complaining in part that the presence of Eastern Rite Catholics in western Ukraine was an infringement on their traditional territory.

The Moscow patriarchate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church also opposed the visit.

Eastern Rite Catholics, or Greek Catholics, follow Orthodox rituals but pledge allegiance to the Pope, causing some Orthodox to accuse them of attracting believers who would otherwise be Orthodox.
c. Halifax-Herald

District Deputy Grand Masters

Clarke Lodge No. 61
Chester, Nova Scotia
Disp. Dec 1870; Warrant 1 Mar 1871

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Year	Name
1944 & 1945	R. C. Levy
1954	Dr. D. W. N. Zwicker
1962	Kirk S. Hennigar
1972	I. M. Mitchell
1981	David W. Hatt
1990	George R. Countway
1999	Robert E. Zwicker

Alexander Keith(photo possibly Notman Studios Halifax) http://www.virginlodge.org/alex.htm

Hon. Alexander Keith Ruler of the Craft in Nova Scotia ... 1839 - 1873

Alexander Keith was born to Donald Keith and Christina Brims on October 5, 1795, at Falkirk on the River Thurso, six miles from the town of Thurso in Caithnesshire, Scotland . The cradle in which he was rocked in his earliest days is still preserved in Keith's Hall, Halifax. His Father was a highly respected farmer and Chief of the Clan Keith. After receiving a liberal education he proceeded, in 1812 at the age of seventeen, to Sunderland, England, then the center of the brewing trade in Northern England, where he was placed under the instruction of his uncle to learn the brewing and malting business. At that time there were four large breweries and eight smaller ones in the town of Sunderland. He seems to have also had experience in both London and Edinburgh.

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Masons Point

Cornerstone of St Margaret's Lodge, Masons Point, St Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia

Signs Signs everywhere there's Signs......

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Templar symbolism on a 19th cent gravestone along the shores of Mahone Bay.
I noticed this stone whilst exploring a small graveyard at Bayswater yesterday.

ATO GAWNA

in a different life.
Handing out UNICEF School Supplies at Dekemare, Eritrea, May 2001

Bayswater

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Bayswater, South Shore, Nova Scotia

Acadian Artefacts Found

Monday, June 20, 2005

The Halifax Herald Limited

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http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/06/20/f178.raw.html

Final Farewell from the best friends Chris could have asked for

MCpl Rachelle Garcia, Cpl Calem MacLean, Cpl Marty Waters, and Cpl Alfie Nielsen.
Photo taken by OCDT Greg Cadell.
You guys are all so strong. Chris could not have asked for better friends.
I miss you guys! You are good friends and great soldiers.
I won't lose contact with you guys again.
Someone has to watch over y'all from the outside.
Call ol Sarge for anything at anytime.

Windsorian, Writer, Judge, Politician, Racist and Sexist.

Link of the day

Edward Cornwallis

http://www.mikecampbell.net/cornwallis.htm
Edward Cornwallis founded Halifax in 1749 and became commander of His Majesty's forces in Nova Scotia at the time. He arrived at Chebucto in the sloop of war Sphinx on June 21, 1749. His purpose was to establish at the great harbour of Chebucto a new British town and garrison which would counter the French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island. The new town was named for the title of the chief Lord of Trade and Plantations at the time. Cornwallis departed Halifax in 1752, three years after his arrival, in ill-health.
Cornwallis has become a controversial figure in Nova Scotia due to his harsh treatment of the Mi'kmaq.

Edward Cornwallis

Cornwallis, Edward (1713-1776), governor of Nova Scotia (1749-52), was born in London, England, on February 22, 1713, the son of Charles, fourth Baron Cornwallis, and Lady Charlotte Butler, daughter of the Earl of Arran. He and his twin brother, who became archbishop of Canterbury, were appointed royal pages, when they were twelve years old, and both of them were aided by the influence of the court all their lives. In 1731 he joined the army, and he served until 1748, when he retired with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. In May, 1749, he was appointed governor and captain-general of Nova Scotia, and was sent out to Nova Scotia with a company of 2,500 settlers. He remained governor of Nova Scotia for three years; and on his return to England in 1753, he left a flourishing little town, with three courts for the administration of the law, a body of militia, and several fortifications. His later military life was unfortunate, for he shared in the disgrace of Admiral John Byng at Minorca in 1756, and of General Sir John Mordaunt in Africa in 1760, and only the influence of his friends saved him from dismissal. In 1762, he was appointed governor of Gibraltar ; and he held this office until his death there on January 23, 1776. He married in 1753 Mary (d. 1775), daughter of Viscount Townshend, and he had no children. See J. Macdonald, The Hon. Edward Cornwallis (Nova Scotia Hist. soc. coll., vol. xii).
Source : W. Stewart WALLACE, ed., The Encyclopedia of Canada, Vol. II, Toronto, University Associates of Canada, 1948, 411p., p. 133.