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Auditorium construction rakes up a controversy

Edit The Hindu 25 Apr 2016
The auditorium being built on around one acre plot owned by Ahmed Koya Haji from Kappad has the Korappuzha river on one side ... Mr. Ullyeri said the plot had mangroves and paddy fields. A large number of mangroves were allegedly destroyed for the construction of the building in violation of the Kerala Conservation of Paddy Fields and Wetlands Act 2008 ... ....

[Huntington’s Disease News] Molecule Shows Potential to Protect Neurons in Early Huntington’s Disease Study (Sun Yat-Sen University)

Edit Public Technologies 25 Apr 2016
(Source. Sun Yat-Sen University). Last updated .2016-04-25. Source. huntingtonsdiseasenews.com/2016/04/22/xyloketal-derived-small-molecules-show-protective-effect-by-decreasing-mutant-huntingtin-protein-aggregates-in-caenorhabditis-elegans-model-of-huntingtons-disease// BY ALISA WOODS, PHD ... Xyloketal B is a molecule that naturally occurs in the mangrove fungus ... Distributed by Public, unedited and unaltered, on 25 April 2016 01.04.22 UTC....

Maharashtra government plans policy to regularize illegal structures in urban areas, awaits Bombay high court nod

Edit The Times of India 24 Apr 2016
MUMBAI. The state government has submitted a three-part policy to regularize illegal buildings and structures in urban areas to the Bombay high court. While the first part of the policy lists structures that will not be regularized, like those located on mangrove or forest land, part two explains the process and the third part elaborates on how to avoid such constructions ... However, the policy is silent on irregularities on revenue land....

Hema Malini got Rs 70 crore land for Rs 1.75 lakh, reveals RTI query

Edit Indian Express 24 Apr 2016
Bollywood actor and BJP lawmaker Hema Malini ... An RTI plea filed earlier by Galgali had revealed the actress was allotted the land at a rate of Rs 35 per square metre (costing Rs 70,000) ... Maharashtra govt won’t cancel land allotted to Hema Malini New law to replace 32-yr-old land allotment policy in Maharashtra Maharashtra scraps 32-yr-old land allotment policy Hema Malini served notice for destroying mangroves on allotted land....

Mushrooms, whales and hurricanes: how bio-inspiration boosts energy efficiency

Edit The Guardian 24 Apr 2016
As bio-inspired engineering comes into its own, we take a look at the innovative technologies using nature as a blueprint. Supported by. BT ... Their solutions copy a wide array of organisms, including an agricultural drainage system based on earthworms, an edible insect harvester based on a carnivorous plant and a desalinizing water still that imitates mangrove trees ... A tiny propeller makes miniature hurricanes ... Twitter ... Facebook. Twitter ... ....

Bentsifi’s Tattle : A guy about town

Edit Graphic 23 Apr 2016
Admirable cheers. She was done by the time I arrived and as I was walking in to sit down, the crowd was clapping for her amid admirable cheers ... Elida’s music is mellow ... Melodic singing ... The May Day weekend is fast approaching and by courtesy of The Mirror and other partners, the ‘See Ghana’ train is on the move, heading west to explore the mangroves and creeks of the Jomoro in the Nzema East and the Ahanta West districts of the country ... ....

‘Zombie’ seagrass signals trouble for US fishermen

Edit Taipei Times 23 Apr 2016
Decades ago, the sight of seagrass swaying beneath the waters off south Florida conjured romance for those who dangled their fishing lines in hopes of catching redfish, snook or mangrove snapper. However, now seagrass is dying at a rate unseen since the late 1980s in the Florida Bay, off the southern tip of Florida between the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico ... “This has historically been a wonderful spotted seatrout fishery....

Hello, tortoise

Edit Newsday 23 Apr 2016
(Credit. AP / The Jacksonville Daily News / John Althouse). Ashlin Phillips, Cassie Wadsworth and Sylina Wing, fifth-grade students at Queens Creek Elementary School, get some hands-on experience with a tortoise during an Earth Day celebration at Sturgeon City Park in Jacksonville, N.C ... (Credit ... (Credit ... ADVERTISEMENT ... People walk on the wood bridge to visit a mangrove center during Earth Day in Denpasar on Bali on Friday, April 22, 2016....

Mangrove wetlands: our green kidney (City University of Hong Kong)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
City University of Hong Kong) ​Mangroves are as important to the natural environment as kidneys are to humans, explained Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee, Chair Professor of Biology in the Department of Biology and Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong ... Mangroves, like kidneys, also retain nutrients that are vital for growth and sustainability ... 'Mangrove wetland should be protected....

Again, debris dumped along Patni Road

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
More debris is being dumped into mangroves across a two-kilometre green patch in Airoli, along Patni Road, connecting Thane ... The debris mafia seems to have targeted the creek bed down the edge of the road and footpath, dumping construction rubble and waste at the mangroves roots and destroying them....

The Top End's Top 10 (Oaks Hotels & Resorts Limited)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
(Source. Oaks Hotels & Resorts Limited). The Top End's Top 10. 22 Apr 2016. Adventure, wildlife and culture. ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... 4 ... For a seriously wild adventure, the Top End offers a variety of guided wildlife cruises that journey across the Adelaide River and Mary River wetlands, mangroves and billabongs, and gives viewers the chance to spot one of these ancient reptiles as they bask in the sun, swim and even jump out of the water to catch bait. 5 ... 6....

There’s more to Jacksonville area than its beautiful beaches

Edit Boston Herald 22 Apr 2016
But here’s the kick ... Because while visiting the region you can golf, kayak through thick mangroves and breathtaking natural features, hike through pristine national parks, enjoy art strolls, dine and shop to your heart’s content in amazing villages and neighborhoods and — get this — even meander through a Tiger habitat ... Warm enough, but not too hot ... There is 50 miles of land abutting the St ... Activities ... City fun ... ....

Asta Funding, Inc.'s Board of Directors Reaffirms Recommendation that Shareholders Reject Amended Unsolicited Tender Offer

Edit Stockhouse 21 Apr 2016
(NASDAQ.ASFI) (“Asta” or the “Company”) today announced that its Board of Directors, after careful consideration of the amendment to the unsolicited tender offer announced by MPF Investco 4, LLC’s, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of The Mangrove Partners Master Fund, Ltd. (“Mangrove”), ......
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