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On the occasion of World Photography Day, we can not deny that the iPhone is the most popular camera in the world ... What are some of your favourite places to shoot around the world and why? ... What are some of your favourite places to shoot around the world and why? ... She currently works as a freelance photographer and travel blogger in Taiwan, specializing in photos of animals, street cats and scenery around the world. ....

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Meet the black soldier fly: The new weapon in the war against food waste

The National 18 Aug 2018

plant fertiliser (produced by the larvae from the food waste) and animal feed (what the larvae become). The animal feed that the black soldier fly produces is rich in proteins, fats and chitin, the material that their shells are made from ... Also, it does not spread disease and it is a very widespread species, being found in most regions of the world ... One factor that could promote their use is the need for alternative animal feeds....

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Letters to the editor: 08-18-18

West Hawaii Today 18 Aug 2018

In his recent letter on the aquarium collection trade, Steve Kaiser included some false information that misrepresents the mission of the Humane Society of the United States – the nation’s largest animal protection organization, with thousands of members in Hawaii ... We are a mainstream animal protection organization, advocating for animals in our society and around the world....

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‘Not your traditional graduation picture’: This student’s graduation photos include 14-foot gator

Petoskey News-Review 18 Aug 2018

It’s Big Tex, an alligator who weighs 1,000 pounds and is currently the largest live-captured nuisance alligator in the world, according to Gator Country, an adventure park where the animal still lives ... “While the animal had not aggressively attacked anyone yet, it was considered a ......

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The upcoming Muslim 'Festival of Sacrifice' — what it is and what to say to ...

Petoskey News-Review 18 Aug 2018

On that day, animals are slaughtered, either by the pilgrims themselves or by agents acting for them, and the meat is distributed among poor people throughout the world. Prior to those animal ... Throughout the world, on the same day and in solidarity with the pilgrims in Arabia, devout Muslims sacrifice an animal and divide its meat into three parts....

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11 Movies That Aren't For Kids, But Sure Seem Like It

Gamespot 18 Aug 2018

Cool World (1992). In 1988, Disney mixed live action and animation for the detective story Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Four years later, Cool World came out, which attempted the same mixture of mediums ... Sure, its predecessor had an overly-sexualized character named Jessica Rabbit, but a big part of Cool World's story revolved around the plotpoint of a live action character having sex with a cartoon character....

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After 38 years, PF&BC’s John Arway will soon be ‘Gone Fishin’

Gettysburg Times 18 Aug 2018

2 ... John will be missed ... Harassment reached the point that the animal charged him ... When did we get to the point that we think all the world is a zoo? That animals exist purely for our entertainment and aren’t capable of going wild in the real world?. The next time some dude instigates harassment of a wild animal and the critter picks its own teeth with him, society will wail and call for the tailed-assailant to be hunted and put down ... .......

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Memorial grows outside Watts’ family home

Fox31 Denver 18 Aug 2018

The memorial outside the Watts’ family home in Frederick continues to grow in size. On Friday, more people continued to drop off candles, stuffed animals and other mementos. “You and the girls will be missed so much,” one sign read. “This world will be missing all of your smiles, laughs and love. You have changed so many lives. We love you so much” ... “God’s love will help comfort you all,” another person wrote ... ....

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Title I schools encouraged to apply for Aquarium Scholars program

McDowell News 18 Aug 2018

RALEIGH- The application period is underway for teachers in North Carolina’s Title I schools to participate in the Aquarium Scholars program, an educational outreach opportunity that connects students with undersea worlds, amazing animals and ocean science ... 15, teachers can apply for mini-grants to fund programming such as in-classroom animal ......

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'I did a whole lot of crying': the spectacular fall and rise of Ronda Rousey

The Guardian 18 Aug 2018

“A lot of people doubt that anyone can master more than one thing,” Rousey said, “and it’s easy to get stuck in (the mindset of) ‘you’re already good at this thing, you’re good at what’s comfortable,’ and it’s hard to try and learn something new with the world watching, because the first time you master something you do it in private ... “I think of it as a very positive outlook on the world....

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‘Chicken is where it's at’: the unstoppable rise of KFC

The Guardian 18 Aug 2018

His face, with the distinctive goatee and browline glasses, is plastered across 22,000 KFC outlets around the world – including a branch called Sanders Cafe, a diner on Highway 25, just outside Corbin, Kentucky ... KFC was described by the author Jonathan Safran Foer in his book Eating Animals as “arguably the company that has increased the sum total of suffering in the world more than any other in history”....

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New England shrimp population still looks bad amid shutdown

The Salem News 18 Aug 2018

PORTLAND, Maine — A new analysis of New England's shrimp population doesn't bode well for the future of the long-shuttered fishery for the crustaceans ... Scientists have said the shrimp face a long-term threat from the warming of the Gulf of Maine, which is one of the fastest-warming bodies of water in the world. Warm water is inhospitable for the animal's recovery, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has said ... ....

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Islam’s Great Meat Feat

Slate 18 Aug 2018

In emulation of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice, financially secure Muslims around the world make a charitable donation on Eid al-Adha ... A financially able Muslim will typically give an entire animal (a sheep, goat, or cow) to the needy as her sacrifice, or udhiyya . With 1.8 billion Muslims around the world, that’s a stupendous amount of meat....

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