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Miller Middle School In Durango Warns Parents Of Mountain Lion

... Students who walk to school should be on the lookout and follow certain practices if they encounter a mountain lion. Courtesy of Robin Wiles/file. Miller Middle School is warning parents of a mountain lion that has killed deer at the school. Students who walk to school should be on the lookout and follow certain practices if they encounter a mountain lion. Courtesy of Robin Wiles/file. Miller Middle School is warning parents of an active mountain lion near the school and surrounding neighborhood in Durango. The mountain lion has killed deer on the school’s campus at 2608 Junction Creek Road, Principal Robert Nuhn wrote Thursday in a letter to parents. “We had confirmation from the (Colorado) Division of Wildlife that is in fact the case,” he said. Wildlife officials removed a deer caucus from the school grounds Thursday, said Joe Lewandowski, spokesman for the agency. It has received reports of other deer kills recently near the school, he said, and CDW is monitoring the area. “Lions do their hunting at night,” Lewandowski said. “They’re fairly solitary; they really avoid noisy areas like school grounds.”. Parents were advised to tell their children ...

Ireland's Lion In Waiting Set To Take The Six Nations By Storm

... to head 100 miles south of Dublin to the village of Campile in the county of Wexford. There you will find the Furlong farm, a modest holding of around 60 acres and 50 cows. Furlong grew up playing Gaelic football in the summer and rugby in the winter. Watch | Six Nations 2017: Ireland's record in the tournament. Mostly, though, he spent his time mucking out on the farm. “I loved it,” he says. “Even now you won’t be long home and father will have a shovel in your hand.”. His father, James, was also a prop for New Ross, their local club. From the time that Furlong was six, he came down to training where James coached an under-12 team trying to tackle the older children. “Those are great memories,” Furlong said. “You are representing the town, but there’s a huge social element to it too. My father is still there with his same group of friends in the clubhouse after games, working their elbows.”. James is a traditional sort, ...

Nittany Lion Gameday #24

... It was founded in memory of Brandon Ream, a former Penn State punter and avid PSU basketball supporter who passed away in November 2013 at the age of 29 after a two-year battle with cancer. For more information, visit __link__. The Nittany Lions earned four Big Ten wins in the month of January for the first time since 2008-09. SCOUTING RUTGERS. The Scarlet Knights have gone 1-8 since facing the Nittany Lions on New Years Day in Piscataway and sit at 12-11 on the season, 1-9  in the Big Ten. The lone league win to date came against Nebraska, 65-64, on Jan. 21. Rutgers is fourth nationally in rebounds per game (42.3), 15 th in blocks (5.6), 18 th in rebound margin (+7.2) and 22 nd in field goal percentage defense (39.6). Three players are averaging in double figures for Rutgers, led by Corey Sanders' 12.4 points per game on the season ...

Lion Actress Priyanka Bose To Make Oscar Debut

... on February 26 along with the film’s cast and crew. When asked about it, Priyanka downplayed it, saying, “There are plans about it. Let’s see. It is a big honour and Lion is a special film. I hope to be there.”. Later, __link__, got it confirmed that the actor will be present at the ceremony. Australian filmmaker Garth Davis-directed film also features Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and child actor Sunny Pawar, who has been getting a lot of praise for his debut performance. Also read :  Lion celeb movie review: Dev Patel-starrer garners praise at Indian premiere. The movie is an adaptation of Saroo Brierley’s autobiography, A Long Way Home. Sunny Pawar and Dev Patel play the child and adult version of Saroo respectively. Priyanka plays Saroo’s mother, Kamala. Lion tells the story of a young Indian boy who gets separated from his brother and mother and ends up 1,000 miles away from his home and is eventually adopted by an Australian couple. The film had its Indian premiere here last night. More from the world of Entertainment. Talking about the film, the actress said, “It’s a story ...

Lion Roars With Emotion

... inspirational. Garth Davis’ film captures the story well, especially in the first half. “Lion” is the kind of film that roars with emotion, even if it isn’t always hitting the mark. Based on the non-fiction book “A Long Way Home,”  Saroo Brierley’s story of how he found his family more than 20 years after he was lost, this is an incredible story that is both uplifting and inspirational. Garth Davis’ film captures the story well, especially in the first half. That first half begins with Saroo (played by Sunny Pawar), a 5-year-old Indian boy who while out with his older brother one night falls asleep on a train and wakes up 1,500 miles from home in Calcutta. Unable to communicate, he takes to the streets to survive before being put in an orphanage. There he is adopted by an Australian couple named Joe and Sue Brierley (David Wenham and Nicole Kidman). Saroo (played as an adult by Dev Patel) grows up with the Brierleys, but remains determined to find his real family – stopping at nothing to find his way back home. The ...

Rescue Group Takes Food, Water To Lion, Bear In Mosul's Abandoned Zoo

... abandoned the animals, neighbors told VOA. (Credit: Kurdistan Organization of Animal Rights Protection). See comments. An animal rescue organization rushed to help save two remaining animals in the Mosul zoo after several dozen of them died of starvation and war amid intense fighting between Iraqi forces and Islamic State militants in recent weeks. Officials from the Kurdistan Organization of Animal Rights Protection passed through at least five security checkpoints with needed food and water Thursday, escorted by Iraqi forces. They arrived to find a weak lion and a lethargic brown bear in cages at the Murur Park Zoo in eastern Mosul. "We have provided 300 kilograms of meat for the lion and 100 kilograms of fruits and vegetables for the bear," Sulaiman Saeed, the president of the Kurdish group, told VOA. "The food will last them for two weeks and we will return again the next time with more food.". ...

Lion’ Lives Up To Its Oscar Nominations

... take a nap on a seemingly out-of-service train. He wakes to find that the train is moving and won’t stop until it has carried Saroo 1600 km away from home. Saroo finds himself stranded in a different country where he doesn’t speak the language, can’t remember the name of his village in India and is surrounded by adults ready to exploit and abuse him. If you have even the slightest maternal instinct, these scenes will tear you up inside. The second half of the movie speeds forward 25 years. Saroo (now played by Dev Patel) has been adopted by an Australian couple. He has a caring girlfriend (Rooney Mara) and parents who adore him (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham), but he can’t stop thinking about how his disappearance must have affected his biological mother and brother back in India. The rest of the ...

Lion Cagers To Face Newcomer Western New Mexico Today

... the Texas A&M University-Commerce Field House today. The 4-15 Mustang women will take on 16-6 A&M-Commerce in the first game of the basketball doubleheader at 5:30 p.m. followed by the men’s game between the 2-17 Mustangs and 15-5 Lions. The event is called a “Blue Out” and Lion fans are encouraged to wear blue for the first of a five-game homestand. Western New Mexico is still looking for its first conference victories in basketball. The Mustang women are 0-12 in the LSC, including a 61-47 loss to the Lions on Dec. 10 in Silver City. The Mustang men are 0-11, with a 91-63 loss to the Lions on Dec. 10. Men’s coach Sam Walker is not taking the Mustangs lightly in the rematch. “You never get the same result the second time, no matter who you play,” he said. “Whether it is the first place team or the last placed team, or someone in the middle. I hope we have the kind of mind set that it doesn’t really matter who we play, we are going to protect our home court. We’ve got a long-term mission than just a game Thursday night. It’s not just tonight. That long-term mission is to beat the next team on the schedule. It just happens to be Western New ...