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68-year-old Sheila Consaul bought Ohio’s abandoned Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse for $71,010 in 2011, then spent 15 years and over $300,000 restoring it as an off-grid home

Sheila Consaul transformed Ohio’s abandoned Fairport Harbor West Lighthouse into a unique off-grid summer home. At 68, Sheila Consaul owns one of America’s most unusual homes, a century-old lighthouse standing in Lake Erie. During a conversation with Tiny House Giant Journey, she opened up about how she went from building a career in Washington, DC,…

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In 1978, just 10 to 15 cane toads were moved to Ishigaki Island. Decades later, their population increased to 20,000 with surprising evolutionary change |

On Ishigaki Island, cane toads have been living in conditions quite different from those faced by the populations from which they came. The island is warm, wet and separated from mainland habitats, and the animals introduced there in the late 1970s have now had several decades to establish themselves. When scientists compared these Japanese toads…

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40 passengers from Dubai stranded as connecting SpiceJet flights cancelled | Mumbai News

The passengers said they received no prior information from the airline Mumbai: SpiceJet’s operational troubles spilt over into passenger chaos at Mumbai airport, with more than 40 passengers stranded overnight after connecting flights to Darbhanga and Gorakhpur were cancelled. The passengers, who had arrived from Dubai early Thursday, said they received no intimation and were…

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‘Anti-national decision’: Amit Shah slams Congress over Vande Mataram row | Chennai News

Called the move ‘anti-national’ Chennai: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched a direct attack on Congress, labelling its decision to restrict the singing of Vande Mataram to just two stanzas as “anti-national.”Responding to Congress Working Committee’s resolution on the national song, Shah accused the party of reviving its decades-old “politics of appeasement.” Shah…

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