Gaza cafe owner offers fish pedicures to improve business

When Mahmoud Othman tried to figure a way to save his cafe business in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, he was amazed by online videos of tourists in Turkey getting fish pedicures. That got him thinking and a unique idea was born. After getting Israeli approval, he recently imported hundreds of Garra rufa fish, a species… Read More: Gaza cafe owner offers fish pedicures to improve business »

A step-by-step guide on how to choose, make, and keep New Year’s resolutions

As the holiday music fades and the time to pay the resolutions piper comes due, let Harvard experts make the transition a little easier. Don’t know where to start? You can try the 1 percent performance improvement method. Stressed at the prospect of a lifestyle change? Practice mindfulness and find out how meditation can lead to… Read More: A step-by-step guide on how to choose, make, and keep… »

Montana inadvertently builds public latrine on private land

BILLINGS, Mont. – The Montana parks department says it inadvertently built a public latrine on private land, and it might be cheaper to buy the land than to move the facility. The Billings Gazette reported Tuesday that Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks built the $ 15,000 latrine for a public fishing access site on the Madison River… Read More: Montana inadvertently builds public latrine on private land »

CAFO California — One of the Most Polluted Places on Earth

California’s San Joaquin Valley is an agricultural powerhouse in the U.S., producing more than $ 17 billion a year in crops on some 7 million acres of fields.1 The region is also home to CAFO (concentrated animal feeding operation) animals, including cattle. At the valley’s largest feedlot, Harris Ranch, 100,000 cattle are packed in over… Read More: CAFO California — One of the Most Polluted Places on… »