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...effort is an ecological domino theory proposed in the 1950s by a scholar named Greta Hort: the Nile's many tributaries flood, infesting the great river with blood-red soil from the high plateaus and reddish micro-organisms usually confined to up-country lakes. These micro-organisms poison the fish, whose rotting bodies pollute the frogs' habitats, forcing them to hop onto dry land. Insects (gnats, flies) feeding on the dead fish proliferate and convey the anthrax that eventually infects livestock (pestilence) and humans (boils...
Following ACSR recommendations, the CCSR voted in favor of a proposal asking General Electric "to adopt a public education effort along the Hudson River Valley, the Housatonic River Valley and other regions where appropriate to warn local residents and visitors of the dangers of fish consumption [due to PCB contamination] and prepare a report to shareholders...
...says math can't solve real-world problems? Strolling through Annenberg for lunch on Nov. 20, I could not help noticing something puzzling about the Fish Filet On A Roll. No, it was not slithering off of the counter and attacking Dining Service personnel. Rather, the impudent filet challenged the oldest principles of mathematics by proclaiming that it obtained 102.1 percent of its calories from fat. In other words, there were more calories from fat than there were total calories in the food. Like some entertainment-industry "synergy" mergers, the part was greater than the sum of the wholes...
Eckert also said he had gotten the impression that certain scenes the visitors had witnessed had been staged. One slide in particular showed women standing by a deserted shoreline with a basket of fish that Eckert suspected had been planted there to indicate bounty...
...hunters I know are among the most ardent environmentalists, yet it sometimes feels jarring to watch them trying to instill a love of nature in their kids while also teaching them to shoot animals. My eight-year-old daughter is a fanatic nature lover who also likes to fish, and someday she may want to learn to hunt. Our Lance Morrow, who is as comfortable with nature as with ethical dilemmas, decided to take on the topic...