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Mary Lou (Kourajian) Werner died at the age of 94

An unique international venture has recently culminated in the rescue of the temples of Abu Simbel from the rising waters of the Nile, behind the new Aswan High Dam. Rameses II built Abu Simbel 3,000 years ago.

Description Surface or "strip mining" is modern technology at its peak of development. The hills of East Kentucky, rich in deposits of coal, have in a few brief years been laid bare in the race to secure the minerals to provide energy, power and wealth. This process has left behind poverty and degradation and a seemingly total disregard for the worth of the land itself. The industries which have perfected these methods of extraction have paid little attention to restoration. Bu...

Description The discovery of vast shoals of fish in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Peru has led to the development of a large industry which processes fish meal for use as cattlefeed and fertilizer. However, the vigorous exploitation of this resource has done its damage; a whole species of fish, the anchoveta, is in danger of extinction because of overfishing. Further, little of the protein being won from the sea is being used to improve the diet of people in South America,...

Here’s what else happened in coronavirus-related news. News 8:55 p.m. 77K kids — 37% of eligible students — plan to return for in-person learning, CPS says A reminder to wear a mask is posted on one of the doors at Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior Academy of Social Justice in Englewood on the first day back to school Tuesday morning, Sept. 8, 2020. Pat Nabong/Sun-Times About 77,000 Chicago Public Schools students plan to return to classrooms once schools reopen in the new year, accounting ...

Look closely, through the face shield, over the mask. You’ll see it. “Walk around the hospital, you can see the fatigue in people’s eyes,” said Dr. Roy Werner, director of the emergency department at Roseland Community Hospital on the Far South Side. “We have an entire staff of physicians, nurses, tech staff, housekeepers, working harder than they have ever had to work.” Eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, with a vaccine tantalizingly near but still not in hand, the relentlessn...