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Supporters of such campaigns say their benefits go beyond feeding the needy. In Georgia, which has one of the largest populations of deer in the southeast, hunters say their pastime doubles as an ecological good, by thinning out overcrowded forests. Victor DeVine, a hunter all his life, volunteered with Hunters for the Hungry last year at Georgia's Fort Yargo state park, where he says deer overpopulation had become unmanageable. "It was the first time the park was hunted in 50 years," he says. "It was even affecting other critters because the deer were taking too much food...
...humans to catch, experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among people, sparking a deadly flu pandemic. Microbiologist Hugh Pennington of the University of Aberdeen said the latest outbreak is part of a "steady creep westward" by the strain from its original hothouse of Southeast Asia...
...Wildfires The sheer arrogance of the article about California's fires was astounding. So we should not live in fire-prone areas? Perhaps people in New England shouldn't live in snow-prone areas, people in the Midwest shouldn't live in tornado-prone areas, and people in the Southeast shouldn't live in hurricane-prone areas. Storms in other parts of the U.S. cause far more deaths, injuries and economic losses each year than do the relatively infrequent major fires in California. Perhaps you can suggest a spot on the planet where we can all live free of risk...
...Sotheby's auction in April, a lavender-colored painting of a flying male nude fetched $48,000, or triple its estimated price. Part of the reason Zakii's paintings are soaring in worth is because of their relative scarcity, which ironically also accounts for his modest profile among Southeast Asian artists. Sotheby's and Christie's have sold around half a dozen Zakii works each over the past several years. It's a trickle compared to the flood of paintings by his peers - the Indonesians Yunizar, Nyoman Masriadi or Putu Sutawijaya, for instance, all of whom have received lots...
...sheer arrogance of the article�about California's fires was astounding. So we should not live in fire-prone areas? Perhaps people in New England shouldn't live in snow-prone areas, people in the Midwest shouldn't live in tornado-prone areas, and people in the Southeast shouldn't live in hurricane-prone areas. Storms in other parts of the U.S. cause far more deaths, injuries and economic losses every year than do the relatively infrequent major fires in California. Perhaps you can suggest a spot on the planet where we can all live free of risk...