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Skilled Healthcare Group Agrees to a Mutual Standstill in Humboldt County

July 16, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif., July 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. (NYSE: SKH) today reported that the Company has agreed to a stipulation with the other parties to the case entitled Vinnie Lavender, by and through her Conservator, Wanda Baker; Walter Simon; Jacquelyn Vilchinsky vs. Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc., et al. (and 22 individually-named California nursing facilities receiving administrative services from Skilled Healthcare, LLC). Pursuant to the stipulation, the parties have agreed to stay all proceedings in the litigation to pursue mediation. The stipulation is subject to approval by the Humboldt County Superior Court of California, and is scheduled to be submitted to the judge there on July 15, 2010.

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Among other things, from the date of the stipulation through August 9, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time, the plaintiffs in the litigation have agreed not to seek any relief to convert the previously announced jury verdict in the litigation to a judgment, nor to seek to attach, obtain an interest in or obtain control over the Company’s (or any other of the defendants’) property. During that same time period, the Company and other defendants have also agreed not to transfer or otherwise impair their assets outside of bankruptcy, other than in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, and not to file a voluntary petition for relief in any United States Bankruptcy Court.

About Skilled Healthcare Group

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. based in Foothill Ranch, California, is a holding company with subsidiary healthcare services companies, which in the aggregate had consolidated annual revenues of nearly $760 million and approximately 14,000 employees as of March 31, 2010. Skilled Healthcare Group and its wholly-owned companies, collectively referred to as the “Company”, operate long-term care facilities and provide a wide range of post-acute care services, with a strategic emphasis on sub-acute specialty health care. The Company operates long-term care facilities in California, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, including 78 skilled nursing facilities that offer sub-acute care and rehabilitative and specialty health skilled nursing care, and 22 assisted living facilities that provide room and board and social services. In addition, the Company provides physical, occupational and speech therapy in Company-operated facilities and unaffiliated facilities. Furthermore, the Company provides hospice and home health care in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Montana and New Mexico. References made in this release to “Skilled Healthcare”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. and each of its wholly-owned companies. More information about Skilled Healthcare is available at its Web site — www.skilledhealthcaregroup.com.

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Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc.

Dev Ghose or Shelly Hubbard

(949) 282-5800

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Assam’s Orang National Park to have anti-poaching camps

September 10, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Guwahati (Assam), Sep 9(ANI): The Assam Government on Wednesday said that it would set up five anti-poaching camps in the Orang National Park in order to prevent the poaching of the endangered one-horned rhinos.

The decision came in the wake of a stark increase in the number of poaching incidents that were reported from the park.

Earlier, Assam Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain had ordered a high-level probe. Several administrative officials, including Chief Conservator of Forest B S Bonal, had visited the park in order to prepare a report.

According to reports, along with the five anti-poaching camps, there will be two floating camps in the river. Meanwhile, twenty armed home guards and one assistant conservator of forest would be deployed to supervise the measures. (ANI)

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3,000 yr old butter discovered in Ireland

August 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Dublin, August 20 (ANI): Two workers have discovered an oak barrel, full of butter, estimated to be roughly 3,000 years old, in Gilltown bog, between Timahoe and Staplestown, in Ireland.

According to a report in Leinster Leader, the amazing discovery of the barrel, which is being described by archaeology experts in the National Museum as a “really fine example” was found by two Bord na Mona workers.

The pair, John Fitzharris and Martin Lane, were harrowing the bog one day in late May when they noticed a distinctive white streak in the peat.

“We got down to have a look. We knelt down and felt something hard and started to dig it out with out bare hands,” John explained. “We could smell it. And it was attracting crows,” he added.

What they found was an oak barrel, cut out of a trunk, full of butter.

It was largely intact, except for a gash towards the bottom of it caused by the harrow. It was head down, and had a lid; something that has excited the archaeologists.

The barrel is also split along the middle, which is common with utensils filled with butter found in the bogs.

A conservator at the National Museum, Carol Smith, told the Leinster Leader that the butter expands over time, causing the split.

The barrel is about three feet long and almost a foot wide, and weighs almost 35 kgs.

The butter has changed to white and is now adipocere, which is essentially animal fat, the same sort of substance that is found on well-preserved bodies of people or animals found in the bog.

The two men put the barrel in the cab of their tractor and brought it back to their base.

“We put it in a black plastic bag,” Fitzharris explained.

“It’s rare to find a barrel as intact as that, especially with the lid intact, and attached. It’s a really fine example,” said Padraig Clancy, one of the keepers of the National Museum of Ireland.

He estimates that the barrel is approximately 3,000 years old, from the Iron Age.

At the moment, it is being dried out by staff at the Conservation Department. Once dry, it will be soaked in a wax-like solution that preserves it.

It is thought that the butter was put in the bog for practical reasons, rather than ritual.

According to Clancy, such a large amount of butter would have probably been the harvest of a community rather than an individual farmer. (ANI)

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Baby hyena turns cynosure of all eyes at Bhopal zoo

July 12, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Bhopal, July 12 (ANI): Officials at the Van Vihar National Park, the zoological gardens in Bhopal are a delighted lot since a little hyena cub has been brought here from the jungles.

The little female cub has become a cynosure of all eyes here.

Forest rangers overseeing the jungles in Satna region, about 377 kilometres from Bhopal, found this abandoned young hyena, although the hyenas are known to be very possessive, caring and social.

Soon the Conservator of Forests at Satna rushed the orphaned hyena to the Van Vihar National Park.

Prior to arrival of this young hyena, the park had just one old hyena and now the authorities are delighted on the inclusion of this cub amongst other animals in the park.

“We had just one hyena in our national park (zoo), which is very old. Now this baby hyena has come from Satna forest. We are more than willing to accept this hyena in our park. We are taking care of its food and rearing it. We want this baby to grow up into healthy adult hyena so that it can stay in the park for longer period,” said S. S. Rajput, Director of the Van Vihar National Park in Bhopal.

Veterinarians at the zoo have assessed the hyena cub to be around three months old. The park officials have christened it as “Lusi”.

Presently, the cub is on a diet of minced fish and milk, being fed through a feeding bottle.

A hallmark of Van Vihar National Park at Bhopal is that all the animals are kept in almost their natural habitat. Most of the animals here are either orphaned ones, usually traced in the state’s forests or brought from other zoological gardens under exchange programme.

There are different types of hyenas such as brown hyena, striped hyena, spotted hyena or the laughing hyena.

Hyenas are regarded as nature’s major scavengers. They also feed on small animals, insects and even fruits. Of course there are instances of hyenas collectively targeting a game larger in size such as deer and calves of wild buffaloes, if found alone.

A pack of hyenas is usually nomadic, moving from one water hole to another but never straying more than 6 miles (10 km) from one. By Ram Chand Sahu (ANI)

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Britney’s dad will continue as her legal guardian

July 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Jul 3 (ANI): ‘Toxic’ hitmaker Britney Spears will still have her father Jamie Spears act as her legal guardian until at least 2010.

Jamie, who has been the conservator of the singer’s estate since her 2008 meltdown, has obtained a 1.5 million dollar bond to continue acting as her guardian, reports Contactmusic.

He filed a legal document on June 28 certifying that he had handed the cash over to the court so that he could remain Britney’s legal guardian until at least the end of this year.

According to RadarOnline, the 1.5 million dollar bond, reportedly made up of Jamie’s own money, has been put in place in a bid to prevent the singer’s assets being pillaged.

It is unclear why the bond was filed so long after the court-ordered conservatorship was introduced last year. (ANI)

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Aurangabad farmers fear deers

May 20, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Aurangabad, May 20 (ANI): Farmers in Aurangabad region of Maharashtra have sought compensation from the State Government as thousands of deer have damaged their crops after sneaking from nearby forest areas.

The deer have destroyed the cotton and orange crops but also the grass surrounding the agricultural lands which the farmers use for their livestock.

“The deer are destroying our crops. They eat up all the grass. They also destroying the cotton and the orange crop. We, the farmers are facing a lot of problem since the past three to four years. The officials of the forest department come and after a lot of surveying register the losses. After all this they give a meagre compensation amount of rupees 50 to rupees 100,” said Anna Shinde, a farmer.

Consequently, the farmers sat on a protest recently demanding compensation from the Forest Department for the losses incurred by them.

Officials of the Forest Department claimed that they have distributed almost 10 million to the farmers whereas each farmer gets a meagre sum of rupees 50 to 100 which they contend is peanuts when compared to the losses incurred by them.

Meanwhile, the Central Government has approved a project for the translocation of the deer.

However, the provisional project is only for a 100 out of the thousands of deer which are destroying the crops.

“There are two programmes for relief. First is compensation. We have given compensation to the farmers amounting to more than 10 million. Secondly, the long term program is to translocate the deer’s. They can be translocated to Karanja Sohal sanctuary. We recently got approval from the Central Government for this program,” said B.S. Hooda, Conservator of Forests, Aurangabad.

The farmers have been facing this problem for the past half a decade.

The farmers believe that the Forest Department needs to take more concrete steps before more and more crops fall prey to the herds of deer.

As per prevailing law, killing of deer for the venison meat is a penal offence in India. By Abdul Hadi (ANI)

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A wild leopard rescued from a village well in Gujarat

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Moticher (Surat), Apr 29 (ANI): After a well-planned operation, officials of the forest department rescued a wild leopard on prowl from an open well at Moticher village in Surat district of Gujarat in the wee hours of Wednesday.

It is believed that the spotted feline beauty had strayed into the village in search of water and accidentally fell into the well.

While falling into the well, the leopard had hit a pipe of a motor pump.

No sooner than the residents of Moticher villages learnt about this mishap, they informed the forest officials who rushed to the spot to rescue the animal.

Since a crowd of onlookers had gathered at the spot, the forest rangers waited till midnight to start the rescue operation that was planned meticulously.

“We opted midnight time for rescue operations when people are asleep hence there is no disturbance. We tied a rope to a cot, after that we lowered a ladder into the well, through which the leopard came out slowly and ran towards the fields,” said D S Chaudhary, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Surat Range, Gujarat.

So as to save the leopard from drowning, the officials had lowered a wooden cot into the well on which the wild cat managed to perch.

As a precaution, the forest rangers had also loaded their service revolvers lest the rescue leopard attack them in panic.

Fortunately, after a ladder was lowered into the well and placed near the cot, the leopard managed to come out and ran towards the fields. (ANI)

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Britney’s ex manager ordered to stay away from her for 3 years

May 2, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, April 29 (ANI): A Los Angeles Superior Court judge has issued a three-year restraining order against Britney Spears’ former manager Sam Lutfi.

Attorneys for Britney’s father and conservator, Jamie, had been seeking a long-standing restraining order against Lutfi, the singer’s ex manager and close confidant during her personal meltdown.

And now, Judge Aviva Bobb has ordered Lutfi to keep at least 100 yards of distance from the singer, her two sons and her family members’ homes.

He further must not hassle the pop princess and her kids, or try to contact them through phone, mail and email.

The orders also forbid him from “acting on Ms. Spears’s behalf or purporting to act on her behalf.”

Lutfi’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said he would contest the judgement.

“We absolutely will appeal this ruling. Never before in history has a restraining order been issued against someone who answered another person’s cries for help,” People magazine quoted him as saying. (ANI)

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Evidence of Chinese presence in Cuba dates back to 1862

April 26, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Apr 26 (ANI): Chinese ideograms found in the Cuban city of Cienfuegos have been discovered to date back about 20 years earlier than the existing earliest evidence of Chinese presence in the country, it has been reported.

The ideograms, which have been dated to 1862, were found during the reconstruction of the Cathedral in the city said experts from the Office of Conservator from Cienfuegos, 256 km east of Havana, reports China Daily.

The first recorded evidence of Chinese people in Cuba was of 1880, as per the documents of the Department of Historic and Applied Investigations to the Architecture.

According to the experts, those ideograms could be parts of a diary or poem, or security and protection wishes, and they will be preserved due to their historical value.

There are three major Chinese migration flows to Cuba in history, the first from 1847 to 1874, the second from around 1865 to 1885 and the third from 1919 to 1925. (ANI)

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Mysterious death of Peacocks reported from Madhya Pradesh

April 8, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Gwalior, Apr 8 (ANI): More than a dozen peacocks have died mysteriously in Guthina village of Madhya Pradesh.

The forest rangers went for inspection to the village and found 16 dead peacocks.

The carcasses were then brought to the forest office in Gwalior for post-mortem.

“We received information that 10-12 peacocks were dead. Following the reports, we went to the village and found 16 dead peacocks. Most of them were peahens. And then there were seven peacocks, which were sick. They were alive and alert but some problem with their feet. We brought them to the range office. And with the help of veterinary doctors they are being treated,” said Smita Rajesh Rajora, a forest conservator.

A team of veterinary officials visited the site and collected samples to ascertain the cause of death.

Veterinary doctors said that rising temperatures or pesticide-treated wheat could be the reason behind the deaths.

“At present both the seasons are there. Summers have just begun and there is shortage of water also in the village. And people are cleaning their storage houses and throwing out their old wheat. So we cannot rule out pesticide poisoning. So keeping both the reasons in mind, we are taking forward the investigation to find out the reason behind the deaths,” said A. S K Mittal, a veterinarian.

The blue peacock, scientifically known as Pavo Cristatus, is regarded as one of the most beautiful birds throughout the world and is provided with adequate safety in India, under the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.

Poaching of this swan-sized bird, with a long and slender neck, is a punishable offence.

Besides natural factors, destruction of habitats, poaching and contamination of food, are severely hampering the bird’s population. (ANI)

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Britney keen to extend tour to Australia

April 7, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Melbourne, Apr 7 (ANI): Pop star Brirtney Spears is reportedly keen to extend her world tour to Australia, in a bid to entertain her Australian fans.

Her attorney and her father Jamie Spears’, who is also her conservator, is said to have discussed the idea of expanding her current “Circus” tour to include dates in Australia and Europe at a hearing.

Currently, the ‘Hit Me Baby One More Time’ hitmaker has been touring in America and Canada, with a few dates in London in June, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Although Britney is keen to extend her tour, nothing has been decided as yet.

Her attorney and her father are due back in court on April 14. (ANI)

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Ancient embalming bed used to prepare deceased for mummification found in Egypt

April 5, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Cairo, April 4 (ANI): An embalming bed used by ancient Egyptians to prepare the deceased for mummification has been discovered by chance in Luxor, Egypt.

According to a report in Al-Ahram Weekly, a number of wooden plaques that were found inside a jar unearthed in tomb KV63 at the Valley of the Kings on Luxor’s west bank have proved to be the remains of a mummification bed, following weeks of restoration work.

The pieces have been identified as a plain, 170cm-long bed with a head rest and two carved heads of a lion and a lioness at the end.

It slopes downwards 5cm from head to toe in order to help drain bodies being prepared for mummification.

Bodies had their organs removed as soon as possible after death, including the brain, which was thrown away as it was thought to serve no purpose in the afterlife.

The heart was left in the body, with other organs cleaned, perfumed and preserved in jars to be buried with the mummy.

Afterwards, the corpse spent 40 days on the bed to drain the fluids, and another 15 days while it was bandaged.

“It is really a very important discovery, which confirms that KV63 is not a tomb for an individual, but a storehouse for materials and objects used in mummification,” SCA Secretary-General Zahi Hawass told Al-Ahram Weekly.

He explained that in 2005, when the American-Egyptian mission found the tomb, it was empty apart from 28 clay jars of different sizes, seven anthropoid coffins and some embalming materials such as resin, oils, herbs and linen wraps.

On opening one of the jars the mission found the wooden plaques and they did not know what they were, what their function might have been or why they were stored in a jar.

“But, with the help of Egyptian conservator Amani Nashed, the team was finally able to reassemble the pieces to form a bed of the type used in the ancient Egyptian mummification process,” Hawass said. (ANI)

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Family heirloom getting spoilt? Help is at hand

April 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Chandigarh, April 2 (IANS) Want to learn how to restore an old black and white photograph of your grandmother, your grandfather’s watch, antique furniture, a lucky cup or an old painting? Experts from the government museum here will show you how.

Last week, they were even coming home to do so, in an initiative of the Outreach Activity Centre of the Government Museum and Art Gallery. The centre’s week-long mobile conservation workshop ended Wednesday.

During the workshop, art restoration experts travelled to schools and colleges, prominent tourist destinations and residential neighbourhoods of this city to create awareness about the techniques of conservation and restoration.

‘This is the first time such a workshop is being conducted in northern India,’ Navjot Randhawa, director of the museum and art gallery, told IANS. ‘Our main aim behind this mobile workshop is to create awareness among masses about the heritage wealth that they have right in their own houses.

‘In India, we have a tendency to throw things out once they are outdated, but in western countries, this conservation process is quite common. People in those countries are ready to spend huge amounts to preserve their old accessories.’

Well-known conservator Namita Jaspal, who was coordinating the workshop, said: ‘Everything of the past has some special history related to it and it is the duty of the current generation to safeguard this, so that even the future generations can enjoy its beauty.’

Explaining the concept and scope of restoration, she said: ‘It is the process to preserve the ancient items for years to come. There is a wide scope in this area of study and many universities are also offering specialised courses in conservation.’

Jaspal said that the restoration process could be applied to sculptures, buildings, monuments, silver articles, antiques, wood and ancient artwork. It helped to preserve valuables and extend their life and beauty, she pointed out.

‘One can bring anything (to the museum) from his family heirloom, like pictures, albums, old inherited furniture, jewellery, coins, textiles, hand-written letters, documents. We have solutions for everything.’

Many residents and young artists took keen interest in the workshop.

‘The tips that they are giving to prolong the life span of our creations are really useful. Normally we use adhesives or tapes to preserve our work but here we came to know that they are the biggest adversaries of the art work,’ Sidhartha Chatterjee, a painter and a student of fine arts here, told IANS.

K.D. Sharma, a retired army official, said: ‘I invited the mobile van of conservators to my home as I have an assortment of over 100-year-old antique pieces rusting in my store room. It is really praiseworthy that they are providing these services free.’

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Lutfi’s sister says Britney wanted her brother’s help

April 3, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New York, Apr 3 (ANI): The sister of Britney Spears’ former manager Sam Lutfi has testified that the pop singer told her in recent months that she needed her brother’s help to hire her own attorney.

Attorneys for Britney’s father and conservator, Jamie Spears, have been seeking a long-standing restraining order against Sam, a manager and close confidant of the singer during her personal meltdown, that forbids him from contacting her.

Sam’s sister Christina Lutfi was called as a surprise witness at a Los Angeles court. She said that she teamed up with Britney to contact her brother in a spy novel-like plan.

Britney, whose phone access is strictly limited by her father, allegedly asked Sam to sneak a cell phone to her at a Beverly Hills hotel in mid- January, according to Christina.

“[Britney] told me she wanted to get a hold of Sam,” the New York Daily News quoted Christina, as telling People magazine.

“She wanted him to help her find a lawyer, and wanted someone to get a pre-paid cell phone to her. She was scared because her father was blackmailing her with visitation rights over her kids,” she added.

Christina said that she met with Britney in a hotel sauna where the singer was handed a phone.

“She asked me, ‘Will Sam be able to help me?’” Christina said.

Britney then hid the phone in a locker.

Jamie Spears, who has controlled his daughter’s personal and financial affairs since early last year, testified back in February that he eventually found and confiscated the phone.

However, Jamie’s lawyer Blair Berk has dismissed rumours that the singer wants to end her father’s legal control.

Britney “was in such fear [of Sam], she asked if I could get him arrested, to keep him away from her,” said Berk.

Meanwhile, Sam’s attorney, Bryan Freedman has denied his client has committed any wrongdoing.

“Sam’s only crime was trying to help out a friend. When someone asks for your help, that person is obviously not scared of you or in need of a restraining order.” Freedman said.

Freedman argued that Spears’ attorneys have not shown enough evidence of ‘substantial emotional distress’ as a result of communication with Sam.

Closing arguments in the case will be heard on April 21. (ANI)

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Britney’s father asks top fan site to close down or face legal action

March 30, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Popstar Britney Spears’ father, Jamie, has ordered a leading fansite, which has been supporting the pop icon for more than 5 years, to close down because he found some of its content to be offensive.

Jordan Miller, the owner of Britney’s most popular website ‘BreatheHeavy.com’, is disappointed that the pop icon has herself asked for his fansite to be closed down.

Though Miller insisted that the only purpose of the site was “to support the icon of our generation, Britney Spears, and to continuously stick by her through the good and bad,” Jamie has taken legal action over some of the content.

“I have been battling the conservatorship Britney is currently placed under for months now,” Us Weekly quoted Jamie as stating on his website.

“When I did not conform to the requests and demands Britney’s management and father, Jamie Spears, recently put upon BreatheHeavy to stay quiet, they in turn became angry and malicious, launching, what I feel is an unjust attack, against me and my website,” Miller added.

Miller has been given a notice pressuring him to dismantle the site by 3 p.m. or face an injunction, and claiming that legal action will be taken by Jamie, who is allowed to do so as her conservator.

Miller also revealed that Brad Rose, the lawyer representing Spears in this case, told him in a telephone conversation that “you are an uber fan who’s gone a little too far,” and claimed that his site was “replete with willful, unauthorized” use of copyrighted lyrics to songs as well as video and audio recordings and photos of Spears.

“This entire site thrives because of you, the fans, who support Britney by buying tickets to her show, merchandise and music. Sadly, your hard-earned money that goes to supporting your favorite celebrity, is now money being used to potentially sue me, a major fan and supporter of Britney Spears, and hide fans from knowing the truth,” Miller stated.

“This conservatorship Britney is placed under, which controls every aspect of her life, is now clenching the future of her biggest fansite,” Miller added.

Miller, whose site is a non-profitable endeavor, has even asked his viewers to donate funds until “the situation has been handled.”

On the other hand, if the site remains online, Spears’ legal team says they will pursue damages and “injunctive relief in connection with the blatant violation of her rights of publicity and privacy.” (ANI)

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Britney ‘ordered to read Bible for an hour a day’

March 17, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

New Delhi, Mar 17 (ANI): Singer Britney Spears has been ordered by her dad to read the Bible everyday, it has emerged.

Jamie Spears has full control of Britney’s affairs, as he’s the co-conservator of her estate.

Now, Jamie has issued the star with a string of rules to ensure she doesn’t go off the rails on her ‘The Circus Starring Britney Spears’ tour, reports The China Daily.

A source told Britain’s Daily Mirror newspaper: “Jamie is determined nothing can go wrong with Britney’s comeback. He’s making sure she reads the Bible for at least an hour during her quiet time before she goes on stage and has banned her from using the Internet.

“He is even monitoring what she eats by insisting on none of her beloved junk food on the rider.

“He’s stopping her from leaving her hotel unless accompanied by a security guard and even though she gets on much better with her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, she isn’t allowed to speak to him without Jamie or her manager there.” (ANI)

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Last respects paid to an elephant in Tamil Nadu

March 15, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mudumalai (Tamil Nadu), Mar 15 (ANI): The death of Subramani, a dedicated elephant that was the strength of the Forest Department in Mudumalai Range of Tamil Nadu, has not only shocked officials, but other elephants.

Subramani was a Kumki (a tame and trained elephant) and aged around 57 years at the time of its death. Its last rites were performed on Saturday.

When it was alive, it had participated in many operations such as driving out wild elephants from nearby human habitations.

Subramani was injured during one such operation and attacked by a stampeding herd.

Although it was treated by veterinarians of the Forest Department, kidney failure caused its death.

“Subramani was the employee of the Forest Department and his retirement was yet to come. Another one year was there for his service. We are all shocked,” said Sanjay Srivatsava, Conservator of Forests, Mudumalai Tiger Reserve Range, Nilgiris.

Subramani was buried with due respect by staff members of the Forest Department and villagers.

Among the participants were other elephants of the Forest Department in the Mudumalai Range.

Subramani was born in the year 1960. It was brought to Mudumalai at the age of six, and since then, had been the most active elephant of the forest department. (ANI)

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Forest officials relocate tigress in Madhya Pradesh

March 11, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), Mar.11 (ANI): Forest officials have airlifted a tigress from the Kanha National Park to the Panna Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh in a bid to revive the tiger population in that region.

Officials often airlift tigresses from national parks with enough tiger population to those parks where the number has come down drastically.

Recently the authorities relocated tigresses from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and Kanha National Park to Panna Tiger Reserve to check the fall in numbers.

“There was scarcity of tigresses in Panna Tiger Reserve. In order to revive the tiger population in the reserve forest officials and government had planned transferring tigers from other reserves. Earlier on March 3, we have shifted one tigress from Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and now we are taking another tigress from Kanha National Park,” said H.S. Pabla, principal chief conservator of forests in Madhya Pradesh.

Kanha has nearly 75-100 tigers in the reserve while Panna, which covers an area of 3500 square kilometres has just two tigers.

Experts say India’s dwindling tiger population will never recover and it will take a miracle to save those left from habitat destruction and poaching.

Failure by authorities to understand the needs of tigers and provide protection has led to numbers falling to 1,300 now from around 3,700 in 2001/02.

India has half the world’s surviving tigers, but their populations have suffered, driven by a demand for tiger skins and bones in China for traditional medicines. (ANI)

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World Bank team visits Jim Corbett Park

March 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Nainital, Mar 2 (ANI): A World Bank team visited Jim Corbett Park to explore way to conserve the fast depleting population of tigers.

The four-member team visited the park under the Global Tiger Initiative Programme.

“Tigers over most of the range are at a dipping point. They are in crisis. If we don’t do something drastic in the next few years, we will lose all tigers. I came to Corbett to explore the possibilities to conserve the tigers. Corbett is known for its success stories. There are many lessons to be learnt from Corbett that we can apply to other areas of the Tigers range,” said John Sadstriker, a Tiger specialist attached with the World Bank team.

The World Bank praised the park authorities for taking initiatives to stop the extinction of tigers.

“The World Bank people have come to explore possibilities as to how tigers can be saved. The World Bank Chairman has expressed a desire to save the tigers of the world. That is why they have come here,” said Digvijay Singh, Chief Forest Conservator, Uttarakhand.

The Jim Corbett Park is home to tigers, leopards, jungle cat, fishing cat, Himalayan Palm civet, tuskers, crocodiles, gharials and Asian elephants. (ANI)

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World Bank team visits Jim Corbett Park

March 4, 2009 By admin Leave a Comment

Nainital, Mar 2 (ANI): A World Bank team visited Jim Corbett Park to explore way to conserve the fast depleting population of tigers.

The four-member team visited the park under the Global Tiger Initiative Programme.

The World Bank praised the park authorities for taking initiatives to stop the extinction of tigers.

The Jim Corbett Park is home to tigers, leopards, jungle cat, fishing cat, Himalayan Palm civet, tuskers, crocodiles, gharials and Asian elephants. (ANI)

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