Costly bid to save condors faces big price tag
The California condor survival effort costs about 18.5 million over 13 years with uncertain results. Agencies and zoos have spent millions on habitat, research, and captive breeding, while plans to expand sanctuaries and release condors back to the wild mature over the 1990s.
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Los Padres National Forest
Earl Clayton
Suffolk County enacts first workplace computer screen law
Suffolk County overrides veto to limit VDT use in workplaces with more than 20 terminals. Employers face 15 minute breaks every three hours, 80 percent of eye exams and glasses costs, and equipment requirements such as non glare screens and adjustable desks. Fostered by worker concerns, critics warn of job losses.
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N.Y
Suffolk County
John Foley
California
Patrick Halpin
Suffolk
Long Island
Bird costs at a glance
Agencies and groups funded the California condor recovery program. U S Fish and Wildlife Service 11 million since 1980, U S Forest Service 570000 since 1980, BLM 500000 since 1979, California State Fish and Game Department 3 million since 1979, National Audubon Society 1 million since 1975, Los Angeles Zoo 1 million, San Diego Zoo Safari Park 1.4 million since the mid 1970s.
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Bill Toone
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Linda Blum
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Diane Hoebler
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Deaths Spotlight Japanese School Corporal Punishment
Five students have died from teacher punishments over three years, prompting scrutiny of Japan's postwar return to strict classroom discipline. Cases include a 16 year old killed in 1985, two teachers given three year prison terms, with three longer trials ongoing and widespread abuse reports.
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Tokyo
Morikatsu Imahashi
Ibaraki University
Imahashi
Toshinao Takahashi
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