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May you all have a great New Year.

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The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo.
Together with the slightly smaller Sumatran orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.

The largest living arboreal animals, they have longer arms than the other, more terrestrial, great apes.

They are among the most intelligent primates and use a variety of sophisticated tools, also making sleeping nests each night from branches and foliage. Their hair is typically reddish-brown, instead of the brown or black hair typical of other great apes.

Native to Indonesia and Malaysia, orangutans are currently found only in rainforests on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra, though fossils have been found in Java, the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Vietnam and Mainland China.

There are only two surviving species, both of which are endangered: the Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) and the critically endangered Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo abelii).

The subfamily Ponginae also includes the extinct genera Gigantopithecus and Sivapithecus. The word "orangutan" comes from the Malay words "orang" (man) and "(h)utan" (forest); hence, "man of the forest".

Semengoh Forest Reserve, Sarawak's oldest forest reserve (constituted in 1920), has been changed in April 2000 to that of Semenggoh Nature Reserve.

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May you and yours have a wonderful Christmas Holidays and a great New Year.

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Kota Kinabalu is the capital of Sabah state in East Malaysia. It is a growing resort destination due to its proximity to tropical islands, lush rain forest and Mount Kinabalu.

The city is located on the northwest coast of Borneo facing the South China Sea.

Kota Kinabalu is often known as K.K. within Malaysia and internationally. It is a major tourist destination and a popular gateway for travellers visiting Sabah and Borneo.

Kota Kinabalu features a tropical rainforest climate, under the Koppen climate classification. However, the city has noticeably wetter and drier seasons. Two prevailing monsoons characterize the climate of this part of Sabah, the Northeast Monsoon and the Southwest Monsoon.

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“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... We must do that which we think we cannot.” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

The Cathedral of the Transfiguration is a Slovak Byzantine Rite Roman Catholic cathedral located in Markham, Ontario, Canada.

The first North American house of worship ever consecrated by a Pope when John Paul II blessed the altar, cornerstone and bronze plaques during his visit to Toronto in September 1984.

Unfortunately, the Cathedral's now vacant.

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A new day, a new week.

Happy Monday.

“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” ~ Lao Tzu