More than 37,000 patient visits, 22,000 filings, and 21,000 sealants have reduced dental disease for young Miles of Smiles patients.The city of Holland recognized the Ottawa County Department of Public Health program at its Human Relations Commission 2022 Social Justice Awards this month.Miles of Smiles received the health services award. The Miles of Smiles mobile dental unit run by the Ottawa County Department of Public Health provides on-site preventive and restorative dental services for financially qualifying, uninsured, and Medicaid insured Ottawa County residents. Services are provided at schools, migrant camps, Head Start Centers, and Ottawa County Department of Public Health…
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Moina Spooner, assistant editor at The Conversation Africa, asked Neil D’Cruze and Angie Elwin to share their insights into the industry. What are your main concerns about South Africa’s captive predator industry? The recent tiger escape in Johannesburg demonstrates the safety risk that this industry poses to wildlife farm workers, visitors and the public. Attacks by big cats in South Africa have resulted in multiple life-changing human injuries and deaths in recent years. Although individual tigers can be tamed to varying degrees, this should not be confused with domestication. They are wild animals. They have biological and behavioural needs that…
Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a deserted island. The island is small. Arnold is not. Having washed up after a storm, Arnold is soon joined by other animals who cannot rescue him. Yet, together they create a community, figuring out what it means to make something new in a space that might not have anticipated the need for something new. By Belgium artist, illustrator, designer, and writer, Leo Timmers, Elephant Island, published by Gecko Press, is an enchanting and inspiring book with crisp, colorful, and animated illustrations that pop from the pages. “None of the animals can save the…
This picture shows a worker at an offshore natural gas platform, some 100 km west of Abidjan. This … [+] gas field called ‘Foxtrot’ developed in 1999 produces about 85 million produces cubic meters. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images After 2022-2023’s unusually warm winter, Europe may be winning its energy struggle with Russia, but a lasting solution for energy-hungry Europe has not arrived yet. While Europe’s ad-hoc responses to Russian embargos have succeeded in changing one of the cornerstones of its economy, they are neither systematic nor sustainable.…
For centuries, the channel of ocean running between Mozambique and Madagascar provided passage and port to ships during the height of the spice trade. The results were delicious, combining local seafood and coconut with rich spice blends for seafood curries.We borrow from that tradition — inspired by a recipe in “In Bibi’s Kitchen” by Hawa Hassan — for this simple one-skillet recipe from our book “Cook What You Have,” which draws on pantry staples to assemble easy, weeknight meals.Instead of mackerel, we use salmon fillets and pair them with a saucy mix of vegetables simmered in coconut milk. A small…
Yet another mass shooting, and another reprise of a tragically familiar refrain.After the massacre late Saturday night at Monterey Park’s Star Ballroom Dance Studio that left 10 dead and 10 others hospitalized, on Sunday one politician after another, including President Biden, expressed sorrow and offered condolences. A few quickly called for stricter gun laws — California has the strictest gun laws in the nation, but since 2020, federal rulings have begun to unravel some of them. Because this shooting happened on Lunar New Year’s Eve in a city, just outside Los Angeles, known as America’s “first suburban Chinatown,” some elected…
‘Pitch In for Kids’ set for MH basketball games on Friday | KTLO Rain: 7am to 7am: .03″ Month: 2.44″ Year: 2.44″ Recorded temps: High: 42 Low: 29 The Mountain Home High School boys’ basketball team will hold its annual benefit event for The Call of Baxter County on Sweetheart Royalty. The “Pitch In for Kids” is scheduled for Friday when the Bombers host Alma. Fans are invited to bring a new pair of kid’s pajamas or socks. At the first timeout, the clothes will be…
The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service will partner once again with Report for America to hire a reporter that will help boost our community coverage. The application deadline is Jan. 30. The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service is once again among the news organizations selected as a Report for America host newsroom partner. Ron Smith We will join an expanding network of some 220 newsrooms benefiting from the support of this nonprofit program. Through this partnership, we will expand our reporting on neighborhood and community groups by hiring a community engagement reporter who will collaborate with residents to identify their needs; create…
In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google-parent Alphabet announces 12,000 jobs have been cut; South Africa implements mandatory warnings on crypto ads; and the UK government awards the Digital Growth Grant to Barclays Eagle Labs.Fresh wave of job cuts at AlphabetGoogle-parent Alphabet has said it will cut 6% of staff. The move follows a wave of layoffs across the tech sector as companies contend with an economic downturn.Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai wrote to employees, “Over the past two years we’ve seen periods of dramatic growth. To match and fuel that growth, we hired for a different economic reality than the…
Rush Limbaugh before introducing Donald Trump, November 5, 2018. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) Radio’s Greatest of All Time is a new book credited to conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh, who began compiling it from transcripts of his program before his death from lung cancer in 2021. The final published version, which lists his widow, Kathryn, and his younger brother, David, as coauthors, serves as the definitive collectible tribute to the man described in the book’s publicity material as “a modern-day Founding Father—the George Washington of Radio.” BOOKS IN REVIEW Those kinds of superlatives appear throughout the book, a…