Sairam Bhatt, philanthropist who built 263 houses for the poor, dies – KERALA – GENERAL
KASARAGOD: Sairam Gopalakrishna Bhatt (84), philanthropist and social worker from Badiyadukka Kilingar, died here on Saturday. He died at his home in Nadumana in Kilingar yesterday afternoon due to age-related disabilities. He started his charity works by donating the money set aside to go to Kashi, to a person who had asked for help to …
Santa Maria teens invited to pop-up events at Edwards and Newlove community centers | Local News
The City of Santa Maria will host weekly pop-up activities during the month of February at the Newlove Community Building and Edwards Community Center for teens in grades 7-12. Pop Up at Newlove programming will take place from 2-4 p.m. on Thursdays, starting with a cornhole contest on February 3, a water bottle rocket experience …
Hartsfield YMCA will offer local members 24/7 access
The Hartsfield YMCA will begin offering 24/7 access to members in Jefferson City next month, a change that leaders say will increase flexibility for members to exercise on their own schedule. Any member of the Jefferson City Area YMCA can register for expanded access, which begins Feb. 1. Isaac Williams, membership director for the Jefferson …
Desert Center solar farm would devastate forests and Indigenous sites
For most people, the small town of Desert Center, located off the I-10 corridor in a remote stretch of the Chuckwalla Valley in Riverside County, is just a lifeless speck on the map, a place close to the southeastern limits of Joshua Tree National Park. . It’s the perfect location, some might think, for the …
The neighbors are screaming? It’s coyote mating season
coyotes like this to produce the North Country’s ‘timid wolves’ (Photos: US Government) January 21, 2022 — By SARAH BULLOCK Corland Standard The coyote breeding season continues through February, resulting in more activity among predators. But experts say the howls, which can scare people away, shy dogs are just looking for their mates. “It’s not …
faifa: Launch Crackdown on Smuggled Cigarettes: FAIFA Farmers’ Corps Appeals to Andhra Pradesh Government | Amaravati News
AMARAVATI: Expressing anguish over the sharp increase in the volume of smuggled cigarette sales in the state, the All India Federation of Farmers’ Associations (FAIFA) has called on the state government to launch a crackdown against sellers. FAIFA said the illegal sale of unlicensed cigarettes not only causes huge losses to the public treasury, but …
Event Center Gets Naming Sponsor
Network Waitaki puts its power behind Oamaru’s new indoor sports and events center project. The trust-owned powerline company has secured the naming rights to the facility, which will be known as the Network Waitaki Event Centre, by signing a 10-year, $2.5 million deal with the Waitaki Event Center Trust and the Waitaki District Council. Network …
Oakland Educators Association threatens strike if district fails to reach new COVID deal
OAKLAND — The president of the Oakland Unified School District teachers’ union has given the district 48 hours to reach agreement on an updated COVID safety plan for schools in the district, saying that without an agreement, the union will vote on the opportunity to strike. In an email to union members, Oakland Educators Association …
Thousands of pigs that drowned on a British Columbia farm pose no threat to the environment
Breadcrumb Links News Local News The pigs were among an estimated 600,000 animals that died on the Sumas grassland in late November Author of the article: Joe fries • Penticton Herald File photo: This November 16, 2021 aerial image of the city of Abbotsford shows flooding in the Sumas Prairie in Abbotsford. Photo by HANDOUT …
Animals infecting humans are scary. It’s worse when you infect them back.
And unlike a jail, a mink shed has no plumbing. “We focus a lot on respiratory transmission between people,” says zoonotic disease ecologist Jonathan Epstein, “but it’s important to remember that this is also a virus of the gastrointestinal tract and that ‘it is excreted in the stool’. As we flush our own infected droppings …