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SoCal Is An ‘Epicenter’ Of The Illegal Wildlife Trade. A New Network Has Launched To Rehouse These Animals
Keep up with LAist. If you’re enjoying this article, you’ll love our daily morning newsletter, How To LA. Every weekday, you’ll get fresh, community-driven stories that catch you up with our independent local news. Reggie the alligator is one of over 1,000 animals housed by the LA Zoo. His journey to 133-acre site on Zoo…
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AROUND THE LAKES: Canandaigua school district’s school-based food pantry opens
CANANDAIGUA — In partnership with Foodlink and Canandaigua Churches in Action, The Spot has opened a school-based pantry for CCSD families facing food insecurity. The pantry is in the Canandaigua Primary Elementary School and operates with funding from CCIA, Foodlink, Canandaigua Wegmans and community donations. SpotMart replaces Foodlink’s “Backpack Program,” which provided kid-friendly take-home food…
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The traditional British foods health experts want to cancel – and how to make them healthier
With the evenings drawing in, it’s comfort food season once again, when we seek solace in heartier, stodgier foods. Who doesn’t want a plate of steaming cottage pie on a chilly autumn evening, or a bowlful of comforting crumble and custard? But our traditional British favourites often get a bad rap for being unhealthy –…
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Drawn to life: see cartoons and excerpts from Joe Ollmann’s graphic novels in ‘From the Archives’
“I have pencils and pens everywhere on my person,” Joe Ollmann tells me. One of Ollmann’s cartoons features a guy with a pencil behind one ear. So there is a link of sorts between real life and cartoon life. But the line between the two is a wonderfully complex one. × Already a Subscriber? Sign…
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‘Pathless Land’ set to find way to Signal Arts Centre
Pathless Land: A multidimensional collaborative installation by Eleanor Dawson, Ashleigh Downey, Justyna Kosmulska and Sylvia Hill is an ongoing collaboration, first initiated by an ArtNet dlr Metamorphosis project, in Dun Laoghaire, in 2020-2021. The artists then worked together during what they described as the two first, intense years of the Covid-19 pandemic. “Our work represents…
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The 25 Best Holiday Books for a Festive Read
Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A Christmas Carol (Penguin Christmas Classics) A Christmas Carol (Penguin Christmas Classics) Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in December 1843, and it was an instant classic. It tells…
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Ministers plough £2bn into making quantum technology ‘Britain’s ChatGPT’
Britain is investing £2.5 billion in quantum technologies in the hope it can provide a ChatGPT-style boost to the economy and protect against spies, the Science Minister has said. The chatbot – designed by OpenAI – catapulted artificial intelligence apps from a niche topic into the mainstream almost overnight. Following the launch of the technology,…
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What’s next for the Grand Forks’ planned Altru Sports Complex?
GRAND FORKS – Now that Grand Forks residents have allowed the amendment of the home-rule charter to allow an extension and modification of the city’s 0.75% sales tax, the processes of amending codes and planning of the Altru Sports Complex can begin. On Tuesday, Nov. 14, voters approved extending the tax to allow the city…
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Mental Health Needs And Retaining Government Emails, This West Virginia Week – West Virginia Public Broadcasting
On this West Virginia Week, we have a short show in light of the Thanksgiving holiday. This week, we learned about mental health needs in southern West Virginia, and we heard about efforts to keep state agency emails as lawsuit evidence. We also have reports on the Hope Scholarship, renewable energy, conservation and a planned…
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Marc-Andre ter Stegen offers fitness update after missing Barcelona’s clash with Rayo
Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen has sent out a positive message after missing the team’s clash with Rayo Vallecano in La Liga on Saturday. The Germany international was replaced in the starting XI by Inaki Pena and there are fears Ter Stegen may not make the midweek Champions League clash against Porto either. However, the…
