He looks odd, smells bad, but this turkey vulture rules the roost in Dow
David Blanchette, Journal-Courier
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Isaac Newton, a turkey vulture elected Critter of the Year at TreeHouse Wildlife Center, surveys his domain. Along with an unusual look, the bird has a unique odor.David Blanchette | Journal-CourierShow MoreShow Less
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TreeHouse Wildlife Center in rural Dow displays some of the cards sent with Critter of the Year votes for its turkey vulture, Isaac Newton.David Blanchette | Journal-CourierShow MoreShow Less
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DOW Voting for the 2020 Critter of the Year brought a surprise winner from a field of much more popular, more photogenic and less-stinky candidates.
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(Reuters) - Oil producer Apache Corp APA.N and its joint venture partner Total SA TOTF.PA said on Thursday that they made their second significant oil discovery of the year in a closely watched area off the coast of South America s Suriname.
FILE PHOTO: The logo of French oil and gas company Total is seen in a petrol station in Paris, France February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Shares of Apache were trading more than 12% higher after surging nearly 21% at market open, on a day when oil stocks were generally stronger due to a recovery in global crude prices.
Oil producer Apache Corp and its joint venture partner Total SA said on Thursday that they made their second significant oil discovery of the year in a closely watched area off the coast of South America's Suriname.
Suriname Could Be Latest Big Oil Find as Industry Cuts Costs
The small South American country has become a hot prospect for oil companies looking to produce fossil fuels while spending less.
The docks of an abandoned mine in Moengotapoe, Suriname. The nation’s emergence as a potential oil-producing star could help a new government trying to remake the country.Credit.Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times
The Atlantic waters off Guyana have become one of the world’s hottest oil-drilling zones. Now, international oil executives are looking at neighboring Suriname.
Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, Total, Apache and several other companies are gearing up operations off Suriname’s coast. They hope that the South American country, which recently emerged from decades of authoritarian and corrupt governments, will be the next great oil source.
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The Tsonka Ne Nde tribe (or, familiarly, Chiricahuas) held sway over the southern Arizona and western New Mexico territories for decades. Their history is heavily accented by conflict with numerous other peoples and, finally, with the U.S. Army.
No bigger obstacle to Manifest Destiny was more evident than the Apaches, and the great chief Cochise was the best example of their resistance to the advancement of the âwhite eyes.â
First, let s clear up a historical error. His hard-to-pronounce (translating from Apache to English) name sounded like Cachise. During the founding of Cochise County, which was originally a hunk of Pima County, an official misspelled his name; hence Cachise became Cochise. I do not think he cared a whit.