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- 'Bird tests positive for West Nile (DurhamRegion.com)
DURHAM -- A dead crow picked up in Whitby is the latest bird to test positive for West Nile virus. According to the Region?s health department, the bird was picked up on Sept. 10 and tested
'Leo Bird Jr. wins $6,500 Milken grant, goal to teach lodge building to students (Glacier Reporter)
Browning High School teacher Leo Bird Jr. has been awarded a $6,500 community service grant from the Milken Festival for Youth program to be used to assist the high school students in learning the time-honored tradition of designing and constructing the Blackfeet Tribe's central dwelling unit, the lodge (or teepee) from the two remaining elders able to pass down the oral instructions.
'Thailand and Laos discuss bird flu (MCOT - TNA English News)
KHON KAEN, Sep 13 (TNA) ? Laotian officials said here on Thursday that the only laboratory for bird flu in the capital of Vientiane was insufficient to cope with the worsening situation and that more laboratories were needed.
'Frequent bird hits fuel huge losses for airline companies (Express India)
Bird hits continue to haunt airline operators in the country. Recently, when a Mumbai bound SpiceJet flight from New Delhi was hit by a bird, the airline had to dump fuel worth Rs 15 lakh, a process carried out in mid air where the fuel is left to evaporate.
'GLOBAL FATALITY RATE FROM BIRD FLU AT 61 PCT: WHO (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance)
Agribusiness Approximately six out of 10 people around the world who have contracted bird flu have died, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Wednesday, stressing the need for improved contingency systems.
'Music: Andrew Bird (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Thurs., Sept. 13... By James Kelly.The violin is considered one of the most difficult instruments in the world, but ANDREW BIRD makes it look easy. His style is unconventional, and his music is unique, mixing classical, Eastern European folk music and a little hillbilly blues to make something completely new. Aussie pop band Augie March opens the Thurs., SEPT. 13 show. $20. 8:30 p.m. Variety ...
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