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Everyday more wounded Syrian rebels are brought in to Turkey and treated in border hospitals run by Syrian doctors and volunteers. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin reports.
ANTAKYA, Turkey – It's mid-afternoon, and in the basement of a non-descript residential building in a small town on the Turkish side of the border with Syria, volunteers are busy packing parcels of medicines and first-aid backpacks. The shipments today – as they have been every day – are destined for field hospitals on the battlefields inside Syria.
In this small makeshift warehouse, dimly lit air-conditioned rooms keep medicines cool. IV drips, resuscitator kits, bandages, gauzes, suture kits, pain medications and sterile operating kits are stacked on shelves from floor to ceiling. Every bag is stuffed. Not an inch is spared.
Workers here know every item taken inside Syria can save a life, or at least, help ease the pain of someone suffering.
The warehouse in Turkey is just one point in a vast global network aimed at helping the people of Syria caught in the crossfires of the ongoing conflict there. It is made up of doctors and nurses from America, working for an organization registered in France, buying medicine in Turkey, with funds from Arab countries and elsewhere in the world.
On the ground, the network is run by doctors, nurses and activists who help acquire the medicines locally and ferry them across the rugged border to the Syrian frontlines where people need them the most. Wealthy individuals, families and communities from around the region and the world have combined forces to help pay for the supplies.
While politicians and diplomats wrestle, argue, fight and disagree about what to do to end the violence in Syria, this is what ordinary men and women from around the world are doing to try and save lives.
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People and members of the Free Syrian Army carry an injured woman on a stretcher at an unofficial border crossing with Turkey in the northern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday.
Taking a toll on Turkey
If the frontlines of the war are deep in Syrian soil, the rear lines extend deep into neighboring Turkey.
For a country that has in recent times enjoyed an economic boom, coupled with new diplomatic clout in the region, Syria's conflict is taking a toll on Turkey and some of Syria's problems are spilling over into border towns and cities here.
Makeshift care centers dot the Turkish-Syrian border. In town after town, private houses or in some case whole buildings are being converted to patient centers where the wounded and injured from Syria are brought for care, help and sometimes shelter.
The Turkish government says they have taken in over 46,000 Syrian refugees since the start of the conflict. Many of them are housed in refugee camps along the border.
But many of the wounded and injured are brought to Turkish hospitals where they are treated and discharged. Once discharged, few have the proper resources to secure shelters or even the proper post-operative care. As a result, many are in desperate need of follow-up care.
Care houses run by Syrian doctors have sprung up to take in patients in desperate need of help. Many were amputees who lost limbs in battle, or were injured by the fighting – only to lose their limbs while being transported. They say their limbs could have been saved had proper medical care been readily available inside Syria. Instead, due to the long journey from Syrian cities – even though they are just dozens of miles across the Turkish border – many began to suffer infections that were incurable once they arrived on Turkish soil.
Over time, the houses have quickly filled up and the centers have become increasingly vital in providing critical care for some of the patients. Today, along this one stretch of the Turkey-Syria border, there are about half a dozen care centers housing between a dozen to 100 patients in each one, volunteer doctors say.
The average cost to run one of these centers is approximately $60,000 per month. Doctors are renting private residences in some cases and equipping them with basic supplies and equipment. They are not meant to operate as hospitals, but they are clearly serving life-saving functions at times.
'They need everything'
Many of those at the center we visited refused to give their names or even agree to be filmed for our video story. Patients regularly complained that although the care centers were providing important medical assistance, they were too ill-equipped, under-funded and poorly staffed to care for a steady stream of patients.
One patient from Aleppo with severe shrapnel wounds to his leg, agreed to speak with us but refused to give his name. He complained the facility was inadequately staffed.
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After months of protests and violent crackdowns, a look back at the violence that has overtaken the country.
"The Syrian National Council and the opposition groups are collecting millions of dollars from around the world for the revolution and they are just taking the money. Come look at the people here and see how we are being treated and you will see there is no money coming here," he said.
Volunteers vehemently deny such charges. Instead, they say all of their funds are from private donations from individuals.
Mark Cameron, a Canadian volunteer medical worker who was visiting one of the centers for the first time with the aim of returning to the West to solicit more funds, was shocked at what he saw.
"They need everything. The situation is desperate. I've been in some troubled spots all over the world, most recently, Cambodia, and as serious as it is there, this need here is immediate. It's today, it's this second," said Cameron. "They don't have antibiotics. They did some surgeries here yesterday that blew my mind without pain control because they just don't have it. It simply doesn't exist and the surgeries have to occur."
Cameron stressed that the doctors' mission is apolitical.
"This has nothing to do with religion, nothing to do with politics. This is a medical problem at the moment. We're medical professionals and were here to treat the medical problem."
The volunteer doctors are mostly Syrians who are either living abroad or who escaped the fighting in their country. They are not allowed to practice medicine in Turkey because the care centers fall outside of the official Turkish health care system. But the facilities can help patients with post-operative care or serve as nursing homes for those with no places to go.
Supplies sneak across the border
Back at the warehouse, the medical supplies have been loaded on to a van. The van makes its way to the border under the watchful eye of the Turkish military, which sees the drop off in plain sight.
The military has turned a blind eye to much of the smuggling of medicines taking place along its border. It's a sensitive issue for the Turkish government, which doesn't want the border area to become lawless but is increasingly becoming porous for supplies, fighters and even weapons.
In broad daylight, we accompanied the volunteers as they coordinated with their counterparts on the Syrian side of the meeting point. Along a stretch of the border that is marked by layers of barbed wire, a few cars have already pulled up. Our van approaches, and within minutes the bags and boxes are dropped off, pushed across an opening in the razor wire and loaded in the back of smaller beaten down cars heading to different cities across the battlefield.
The entire drop-off lasted less than 10 minutes. Then it was back to the warehouse for the volunteers in Turkey and off to the frontlines for the activists in Syria. Both sides are in a race against time and acutely aware that with each successful mission like this one, there is another chance to save a life in a conflict that has already taken so many.


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This former A list mostly movie actress is being cheated on again
. She put up with it in her marriage and did some herself, but her boyfriend has been sleeping with the nanny of her child for the past six months and the nanny is pregnant.
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Um a thurman. They just splitReplyCancel
Dammit sugarbread!!! Uma was my first guess tooReplyCancel
Sounds like UMA.ReplyCancel
So the nanny will be richReplyCancel
OMG. If I ever had to hire a nanny I would damn well make sure to get one that looked like Mrs. Doubtfire.ReplyCancel
Knocking up the nanny never ends well:(ReplyCancel
Was just looking at Uma's career. Pulp Fiction was 20 years ago; the last Kill Bill was 10 years ago. She hasn't been working all that much since. Wonder if it's by choice.
Although IMDB says she's going to star in a biopic of Anita Bryant, of all people. Wonder if it will be a thought-provoking portrait or just a lazy hatchet job.ReplyCancel
Grrrowl! Uma screw his " I need nurturing too" ass to the wall! Get the biggest shark in the divorce pond and leave his nasty jockey shorts hanging from a pole.
Then fire the Nanny. Let her sue him for the rest! ;(
If it's Uma, this will mark the second time her bf/hubs got the nanny pregnant.ReplyCancel
Poor Uma. I don't blame either party in her marriage breakdown to Ethan Hawke, they were both young and both cheating…but this man, she's been off and on with him for years. Stay off. Money isn't everything.ReplyCancel
No shit warecat, nannies are dangerous . foreign au pairs deadly. I wonder at people who invite a polar opposite into their home, its asking for trouble.ReplyCancel
that arki guy was elle macphersen's ex. just get a big settlement girl and get a new man.. you still hotReplyCancel
Uma always goes with notorious womanizers. Andre Balaz, etc.. its like she tries to fix them & she gets knocked up in the process- seems like her nannies are always the ones who get pay & benefitsReplyCancel
That would suck if it were Uma again. LOADS of nannies out there who seem to do very well for themselves. Marsha Williams anyone? I had some French friends who had a friend come to CA and nanny and oops..Looks like he left his wife for her. Poor little French girl who now lives in the big Palo Alto home of a Silicon Valley mover and shaker.
She has everything now. Wait, you know what she doesn't have? A fucking nanny that's for sure!ReplyCancel
@skippy Hahaha!! Gotta love spellcheck. I only get vicious with injustice, skippy.ReplyCancel
I seriously don't understand why anyone would hire a good looking nanny. I had a girlfriend who was a nanny and she is a gorgeous blonde – she said the mom was was always really short with her and the dad super nice. I was like, DUH.ReplyCancel
She doesn't even have to be good looking with some of these horn dogs just young never hire anyone attractive or under 35 just to be safe or enlist trusted family members.ReplyCancel
Or make sure the house is rigged with secret nanny cams.ReplyCancel
Who's going to take care of the new baby? Will the nanny have to give up her career?ReplyCancel
That nanny Maria and Arnold wasn't anything to look at. If you have to worry about your husband with the help you have a bigger problem. He was only looking for a maid in the first place. One of those frequency of contact relationships. Quantity instead of quality. Who cares about a guy that shallow anyways! And who would marry that?!?!?!ReplyCancel
It says "child", all mentioned above have more than one.
That said, I don't have a guess.ReplyCancel
Leekalicious said "OMG. If I ever had to hire a nanny I would damn well make sure to get one that looked like Mrs. Doubtfire."
Even that is no guarantee. Have you seen the Schwarzenegger/Shriver housekeeper who had Ahnold's baby?ReplyCancel


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Alone on Valentine's Day? Why not spend it with Kate Mara? For all the lonely binge watchers out there, Netflix has given the gift of season 2 of the critically acclaimed political drama "House of Cards." Kate Mara, the lovely star of the show, sat down with GQ for the March issue for this photo shoot along with a quick interview. In addition to "House of Cards," Mara also talks football in the interview. She's true NFL royalty, with her mom's family running the Steelers and her dad's family owning the Giants. Who could be better date on Valentine's Day than a hot chick who gets great free seats to football games?
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Home List of Titles Creep behavior of PLA-based biodegradable plastic exposed to a hydrocarbon liquid
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- Creep behavior of PLA-based biodegradable plastic exposed to a hydrocarbon liquid
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- Widiastuti, Indah; Sbarski, Igor; Masood, S. H.
- Abstract
- This study explores the effect of hydrocarbon liquid on creep behavior of polylactic acid (PLA)-based plastic. Evolution of the mechanical properties of the material was investigated experimentally by measurement of creep under tensile load. Tensile creep behavior was studied with a constant load over a temperature range from 30 to 50°C using specimens containing different levels of liquid. It was shown that the hydrocarbon liquid diffusion obeys the Fickian law of diffusion. The viscoelastic properties vary with temperature and these properties dramatically decrease above the glass transition temperature (Tg). Significant decreases in modulus and in the peak of tan δ were observed with an increase in liquid concentration at low temperatures. In contrast, at high temperatures, drier material recorded lower storage modulus. However, only small changes of Tg were recorded. Dependence of compliance on temperature was observed in the creep test at all levels of liquid content. With respect to drier samples, it was noted that the high liquid content material had a lower rate of increasing creep strain with temperature. Therefore, at elevated temperatures, higher creep strain of dry specimens was observed compared to those with a higher liquid content. The improvement of creep resistance and stiffening of material at high temperatures can be attributed to the significant increase of crystallinity fraction induced by liquid absorption. Understanding the effect of liquid diffusion in conjunction with temperature provides useful information for assessment of the potential use of this biodegradable plastic in load-bearing applications exposed to an organic liquid.
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- Swinburne University of Technology. Faculty of Engineering and Industrial Sciences. Industrial Research Institute Swinburne
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- Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Vol. 127, no. 4 (Feb 2013), pp. 2654-2660
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- 2013
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- 03 Chemical Sciences; 09 Engineering
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- Biodegradable; Creep; Crystallization; Diffusion; Viscosity and viscoelasticity
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Scott Johnson, standing in gray sweatshirt, an evangelical Christian from Seymour, Tenn., hosts Israelis at his home.
Thousands of miles from their home in Seymour, Tenn., Scott and Theresa Johnson host Shabbat dinners in their Jerusalem apartment every Friday night for "lone soldiers" — as the young men and women who travel from foreign countries to serve in the Israeli army are known.
Typically, 20 or 30 of the soldiers join the Johnsons for a traditional meal and wine and to join in a rousing rendition of "Shalom Aleichem," an old Hebrew song sung to greet the Sabbath day of rest. Scott Johnson leads the song wearing a "kippah" — a traditional Jewish head cover — and standing beneath a painting of Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier held prisoner in Gaza for five years before being released in October.
The Johnsons, however, are not Jewish. They are evangelical Christians who live in Israel full-time, operating a U.S.-based 501 c(3) nonprofit, the Servants to Christ Corp.
Servants to Christ is one of scores of evangelical Christian organizations working in Israel on a variety of charitable missions. And its presence is just one example of the increasingly tight embrace of the Jewish state by both the leadership of American evangelical churches and organizations and their grass-roots supporters.
Pro-Israel rhetoric — fueled in part by increasing tensions in the Middle East over Iran's nuclear program and the threat it might pose to the Jewish state — is a staple of many U.S. evangelical leaders' speeches and sermons.
It has likewise become a popular refrain among GOP presidential candidates looking to shore up their support with the party's conservative religious wing.
Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich, for example, recently made comments calling the Palestinians an "invented people" and has said he would support Israel if it decided to attack Iran.
Israel asks US for arms that could aid Iran strike
Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, said such staunch support for Israel is fundamental to the evangelical movement.
"American evangelicals have it in their DNA: God blesses those who bless the Jews and curses whoever curses the Jews," he said. "We want God to bless America and if America doesn't support Israel we don't have his blessing. It doesn't mean Israel is always right, it doesn't mean we don't remonstrate Israel, but we are going to have their back."
War for American hearts and minds rages over Islam
That broad backing for Israel is in part grounded in a widely held evangelical belief that the existence of a Jewish state is a prerequisite for the second coming of Jesus.
Many evangelicals believe that when Jesus returns, it will be to Israel. The purpose of his Second Coming will be to destroy its enemies and return to heaven with his followers in what is variously called the Rapture or the End Times.
Under this interpretation of the Book of Revelation, the Rapture can't happen if there is no Jewish state in the Holy Land.
But critics — including some within the evangelical movement itself — say that such devout allegiance to Israel is also being driven by a more worldly concern: fear of Islam.
"We definitely believe they (U.S. evangelical leaders) are Islamaphobic and that is hindering them from having the right approach toward Islam," said Munther Isaac, an instructor at Bethlehem Bible College who describes himself on his blog as a Palestinian evangelical Christian.
Obama accuses GOP critics of 'beating the drums of war' in Mideast
Isaac is a co-organizer of a five-day conference that began Monday in Bethlehem titled "Christ at the Checkpoint." The goal of the event, which is expected to draw up to 600 people, is "to equip the global church to understand Scripture as it relates to the Palestinian context, and to discuss the theological importance of Peace and Justice in an evangelical context." Among the lectures on the agenda is one titled "Loving the Muslim."
Isaac, 32, said many evangelicals and politicians who court them often make no distinction between radical Islam and the religion's mainstream: "The more we demonize Islam in our talks, in our books, in our sermons, the more we polarize them … it's like feeding the enemy and empowering the more radical voice, and we shouldn't do that."
But Land, of the Southern Baptist Convention, criticized what he referred to as "replacement theologians" within the evangelical movement who do not see the creation of the state of Israel as an act of divine intervention.
"Unfortunately, many people in the replacement theology crowd seem to give moral equivalence to Israel and her enemies and we do not see moral equivalence," Land said.
He also rejected the notion that "Islamaphobia" plays any role in evangelical support for Israel, ticking off numerous deadly attacks perpetrated by Muslim extremists against Americans and others, including the 2009 Fort Hood shooting in Texas and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
American Muslims come of age in post-9/11 era
"There is a dangerous cult loose within Islam called Wahhabism, and it's called Jihadism," he said. "It needs to be confronted for what it is and it needs to be defeated. When people are trying to kill you it's not Islamaphobic, it's reality."
Others are more direct in their criticism of Isaac and other organizers of the Christ at the Checkpoint conference.
"We think our support for Israel is a positive response from the heart, not out of a diagnosed or supposed phobia," said David Parsons, a spokesman for the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, a nonprofit evangelical ministry. He called the Christ at the Checkpoint organizers "misguided" and "dishonest."
"They've not been honest about why the wall and the checkpoints are there, and they downplay the terrorists' threats to Israel, and they downplay the persecution of Palestinian Christians by their Muslim neighbors," Parsons said.
Political tumult
Mistrust of Islam and its adherents within the evangelical movement is well documented. A survey published last year by the Pew Center Forum on Public Life indicated that 67 percent of more than 2,200 evangelical leaders surveyed expressed an unfavorable view of Islam and that 47 percent considered Islam to be a "major threat" to Christianity.
But many evangelical Christian Zionists point to the current escalation of tensions between Israel and Iran, which Israel says is trying to develop nuclear weapons, as well as the political tumult and violence in the Middle East arising from the continuing Arab Spring uprisings, as legitimate reasons to be concerned.
Muslim-Americans: Good riddance to bin Laden
Rebecca Brimmer, chief executive and president of Bridges for Peace, a Jerusalem-based evangelical group that operates the largest food drive in the country, said: "I don't hate any people or group. But, it's like with (Iranian President Mahmoud) Ahmadinejad saying hateful things — if I quote what Ahmadinejad says, does that mean I am Islamaphobic? Or does it mean I am a realist that says this is what this man is saying and we should pay attention." Ahmadinejad has been quoted as calling for the destruction of Israel.
That sentiment has spilled over into broader forums.
Conservative American political commentator Glenn Beck last year organized a gathering of more than 3,000 people in the ancient Israeli city of Ceasaria for what he called a "Restoring Courage" tour intended to highlight concerns that pro-Islamist governments were springing up throughout the Middle East and north Africa in the wake of last year's "Arab Spring" revolts. While Beck is Mormon, the event drew a heavily evangelical crowd and featured evangelical pastor John C. Hagee as a keynote speaker.
Republicans could give Obama green light on Iran
Hagee, a Texas minister and the founder of Christians United for Israel, revved up the crowd with these words: "People of Israel, we have come from America and the nations of the world as people of faith. God is with you. Fifty million evangelicals in America are with you. This time in history you are not alone. ... Your enemies are our enemies, and your fight is our fight. We are united, and we will prevail."
The belief that a military conflict between Israel and Iran is coming explains why many evangelical Christians, like the Johnsons, are also big supporters of the Friends of the IDF (the Israeli Defense Forces, a charitable organization providing assistance to Israeli soldiers.
Pizza in the trenches
Scott Johnson, who calls himself an ardent "Christian Zionist," says he is not ashamed to take sides. During the Lebanon war in 2006, the Johnsons took a van and went to Ramban Hospital in Haifa to pick up wounded soldiers and return them to their homes. They also went to the Lebanon border and delivered pizza, falafel and shawarma to Israeli soldiers in the trenches. And on several occasions they have hosted barbecues on their terrace for entire units of the IDF.
"I believe Islam is a threat to the world. It's a threat to decent, moral human beings. Not 100 percent of them, but the ones in control," Scott Johnson said.
Observers say evangelical support for Israel gained momentum after Israel's Six Day War in 1967 against Syria, Jordan and Egypt. Many evangelicals viewed Israel's victory against its Soviet-backed Arab neighbors with admiration, reminiscent of the biblical story of David, the future king of Israel, defeating gigantic Philistine warrior Goliath.
Atheist billboard hits snag in Jewish neighborhood
In 1980, after the international community condemned Israel for declaring Jerusalem the "eternal and indivisible capital" of the Jewish state and 13 nations shifted their embassies to Tel Aviv, Christian Zionists established the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem, to show their support for the Jewish state.
During the 1980s, the Israeli government began to organize all-expenses-paid "familiarization" tours of the Holy Land for evangelical pastors in an effort to cement such support. Evangelical Christian Mission trips and humanitarian tours continue today, giving the country not only moral support but also a nice economic boost. During the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, for example, roughly 5,000 evangelicals visit Israel as part of the Christian celebration of the Feast of Tabernacles, and 60 percent of Israel's 2.8 million tourists last year were Christian pilgrims, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
Historically, some Israelis have been suspicious of Christian groups inside the country, worrying that their aim is to convert Jews to Christianity. But given their staunch political support for Israel in recent years, most Israeli politicians now welcome them.
"I think why there is there such a strong connection between Jews and Christians, especially at the political level in Israel, is we saw during the (Palestinian uprising) intifada that one by one, the nations of the world were turning against us," said Joshua Reinstein, director of the Israeli Knesset's Christian Allies Caucus. "But Christians stood their ground and stood up next to us."
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A quarter of the mature female tiger sharks in waters around the remote coral atolls of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands decamp for the populated main Hawaiian Islands in the late summer and fall, swimming as far as 1,500 miles, according to new research from University of Florida and the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.
Their report is scheduled for publication in the November 2013 issue of Ecological Society of America's journal Ecology. The authors' manuscript is available as a preprint.
"When we think of animal migrations, we tend to think of all individuals in a populations getting up and leaving at the same time, but it's not as simple as that," said first author Yannis Papastamatiou of the University of Florida. "Some are resident and some are transient."
Researchers say tiger sharks are present throughout the islands at all times of year. The female sharks' migration from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands dovetails with the tiger shark birth season in September to early November, and with the months of highest shark bite risk.
Though rare, shark bites have historically been most frequent from October to December, according to the report. Traditional Hawaiian knowledge also warns of danger during the fall months.
"Both the timing of this migration and tiger shark pupping season coincide with Hawaiian oral traditions suggesting that late summer and fall, when the wiliwili tree blooms, are a period of increased risk of shark bites," said co-author Carl Meyer of the University of Hawai?i at M?noa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology.
Papastamatiou and Meyer urge people not to leap to the conclusion that this movement of female sharks is directly related to recent shark bites around Maui, Oahu and the Big Island.
Many factors might influence shark behavior in ways that would lead to more frequent encounters with people, Papastamatiou said. Scientists have almost no data on the attributes or particular behaviors of tiger sharks that bite people because bloody conflicts with humanity, though dramatic, are rare.
Papastamatiou thinks there is a more likely connection to pupping, with female sharks swimming down to preferred nursery sites in the main Hawaiian Islands. The main Hawaiian Islands may offer different foods, protection from ocean waves, or some other, unknown factor.
Papastamatiou is careful to distinguish between what he knows and what he can only hypothesize based on the patterns of shark location data and shark natural history. He knows that one quarter of the mature females are moving to the main isles at the time when pupping is known to occur. He knows tiger shark females mostly likely pup every three years, so only one third are pregnant in the fall.
Discussions of tiger shark behavior and natural history are often laced with caveats because the sharks are rare and swim through very large home ranges, according to researchers. They are not easy to observe systematically.
Papastamatiou and colleagues tracked more than 100 tiger sharks over the course of seven years by tagging each animal with a transmitter that emitted high frequency sound in a unique code. When the sharks swam within range of one of 143 underwater "listening stations" arrayed throughout the islands and atolls of the Hawaiian Archipelago, the station made a record of time, date and the identity of the shark. The tags last for a minimum of 3 years.
The researchers caught only glimpses of each animal. For months between those glimpses, the sharks' movements and behavior remained mysterious.
"They could leave Hawai'i altogether, and we wouldn't know," said Papastamatiou. Like many good studies, their results offered more new questions than answers. But the research team could detect a few patterns.
"One that stands out: Although sharks show preference for certain islands, they don't stay resident in specific bays for long periods," said Papastamatiou. "It debunks the old idea of territoriality."
This research and other studies like it have solidly overturned mid-twentieth century ideas that tiger sharks stick to chosen territories in specific coves and bays. The territoriality hypothesis led to culls during the 1960s and 70s under the belief that killing sharks in locations where people had been hurt meant killing the shark that had attacked them, eliminating a "problem" shark.
But Papastamatiou said his data show that tiger sharks don't hang around the same bit of coastline for more than a few weeks. With concerns acute in the wake of recent shark bites and the death of a German tourist, researchers are hoping history does not repeat itself.
"The one thing I hope they don't do is try to initiate a cull as was done in the '60s and '70s. I don't think it works. There is no measurable reduction in attacks after a cull," said Papastamatiou.
Hawaii's Department of Land and Natural Resources commissioned a two-year, $186,000 study last year of tiger shark movements in the islands, headed by study co-author Carl Meyer. The study will begin this month.


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Two more Morgan Stanley bankers team up with Drahi
Two Morgan Stanley veterans are leaving to team up with French billionaire Patrick Drahi, joining the growing legion of the bank's alumni now working for the chairman of European cable group Altice.
Emmanuel Gueroult, Morgan Stanley's chairman of global capital markets in Europe, the Middle East of Africa, and Burkhard Koep, a media and cable dealmaker and a managing director, are leaving Morgan Stanley in the coming weeks.
Gueroult will not be working for Altice but will join the "Patrick Drahi universe," according to a person close to Altice, who added that he will be in charge of "non-telecoms matters".
Koep, meanwhile, will be in charge of strategy and M&A at Altice.
Morgan Stanley declined to comment.
Morgan Stanley is Drahi's go-to bank for all of his investment vehicles and the firm was lead adviser to cable operator Numericable – owned by Altice – on its successful €17 billion pursuit of Vivendi's mobile phone unit announced last month.
Drahi has already tapped Morgan Stanley to fill a number of senior positions at Altice. Dexter Goei, former co-head of technology, media and telecoms in Emea at Morgan Stanley, is now chief executive of Altice. Scott Matlock, who spent 25 years at Morgan Stanley, became a director of Altice after leaving the US bank in January.
The moves are the latest example of investment banking talent moving to corporates this year.
Gueroult is a Morgan Stanley veteran who has been with the bank since 1992. He was co-head of French coverage for global capital markets and co-head of equity capital markets for Emea before taking on his current role.
Koep has been with Morgan Stanley for over a decade, according to the UK's Financial Services Register. He has worked on a number of big, recent deals for the bank, including advising Liberty Global on its planned €6.9 billion deal to buy Ziggo and Kabel Deutschland on its €7.7 billion sale to Vodafone.
• Correction: An original version of this article stated that both Emmanuel Gueroult and Burkhard Koep would be leaving Morgan Stanley to run a fund for Patrick Drahi. Koep will, in fact, take charge of strategy and M&A at Altice, the European cable group of which Drahi is chairman.


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It's The Worst Frickin Loss Of The Year
August 12, 2010 has to be the worst Dodger loss of the year.
Here is my feable attempt at butchering the song "It's the Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" much like Kershaw's game got butchered last night.
It's the worst frickin loss of the year
With the bullpen eight run giving
And everyone telling you to leave Kuo in
It's the worst frickin loss of the year
It's the sick-sickest season of all
With those trip to the mound and crappiest meetings
When Torre signals a call
Is the sick-sickest season of all
There will be wakes for hosting
Coaches for roasting
And b-itching out in the blogs
There will be scary Dodger stories
And tales of the meltdown
To tell for a long, long time ago.
Is the worst frickin loss of the year
There is so much cursing
And heartburns from the blowing
Of the win that was so, so near
Is the worst frickin loss of the year
There was Bellisario sucking
Blake with an error
And Broxton blowing another good save
There will be scary Dodger stories
And tales of the meltdown
To tell for a long, long time ago
Is the worst frickin loss of the year
There is so much cursing
And hearburns from the blowing
Of the win that was so so near
Is the worst frickin loss
Is the worst frickin loss
Is the worst frickin loss
Is the worst frickin loss of the year
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Kenley is OK Matt. He has several pitches and he will only get better. It all started with Belisario, then Blake, THEN Broxton.
a beautiful poem to describe a not so beautiful day. kensel has really dropped off since his coming out party. and broxton. broxton! couldnt believe he let it go like that
That song is tattooed in my brain now!! I'll be singing that all night! Our teams freakin stink! LOL
Sing along everyone!!
The bullpen is a disaster. It has been weak all year. And Broxton is just not mean enough to be a closer. Look at the Giants. Brian Wilson is one mean SOB. You need to have that streak to be a solid closer.
Even as I follow the Fish, it still REALLY hurts me to see the Dodgers so wounded. They need to trade Kemp for some pitching talent. That of fire Colletti and get Kevin Towers. I mean, Towers built the Padres into what they are, no? And Hoyer is getting all the credit??
Take care Emma, loved the song!!
~ Will
I don't know why that song was in my mind last year. I am cuckoo that way. Yes, our teams freacking stink.
Yes Will, our bullpen is DISASTER! I hope I am wrong, but I feel for Kuroda tonight.
Hey. Sorry about the loss the other night. That was pretty gut wrenching. Big John has been have some problems this year. Hopefully he pulls it together. How do you think Kuo will do as the closer in the mean time? I think Joe should use Dotel. He did so well for the Pirates earlier this year. Fingers crossed for you guys.
Hey Kristy! Long time since I've seen you around here. I think Kuo will do well and I do hope that Dotel does well. Thanks!
Great song! My feelings exactly. That game made me so sick that I couldn't watch the next night's game, which was another loss 1-0 to the Braves. Our season is done. The Dodgers are truly going back to there Brooklyn roots and playing like Bums or Daffiness Boys.
Can you please tell me what Kensel means?
I saw the post about Ken Burns throwing out the first pitch. He has done that at 4 or 5 stadiums I know of this year, I wonder if that means he is doing it at them all.
Awww Emma…I know that was sad for you :O( Chin up! They will find a groove here soon! Really great song though!
I meant Kenley. I don't know why Matt said that and I followed up with it when I responded to him. Also the MLB servers have a problem where a comment gets ahead of another. At the ITD (InsidetheDodgers) blog, we see it more often with alot of activity there.
Ken Burns has been promoting his new film "The Tenth Inning" so I can see where he is visiting many stadiums. Has he been to St Louis?
I am over it now, you know I am not that negative. I'll be at the stadium starting tomorrow because they might be bums but they are my bums 🙂.


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1. San Antonio Spurs (62-20)
The Spurs have the coach, the experience and the hunger. But let's see how they fare against younger legs in a seven-game series. The Spurs went 0-8 against the Thunder and Rockets this season. (Photo by Garrett W. Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images)
2. Oklahoma City Thunder (59-23)
Kevin Durant is your MVP, but can he lead the Thunder back to the Finals after a one-year absence? If not, then this season was a disappointment. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
3. Los Angeles Clippers (57-25)
The Clippers were the top-scoring team in the league this season, but Doc Rivers is defense-first. Los Angeles, which finished 14th in that department, must be better to get where it wants to go. (Photo by Noah Graham/NBAE via Getty Images)
4. Indiana Pacers (56-26)
After all that drama, the Pacers got what they wanted all along – the No. 1 seed in the East. Now they just have to do something about it. (Photo by Ron Hoskins/NBAE via Getty Images)
5. Miami Heat (54-28)
The Heat are the team to beat until someone beats them, but this doesn't feel like the slam dunk it was last year. And Miami struggled even then. (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
6. Houston Rockets (54-28)
With James Harden and Dwight Howard, the Rockets can beat any team in basketball, but that defense – 23rd in the league – must improve if they hope to get past (potentially) the Spurs and Thunder. (Photo by Scott Halleran/Getty Images)
7. Chicago Bulls (48-34)
Has there ever been a team with less talent that nobody wanted to play? The Bulls will get past Washington on grit alone – and yes, they will challenge the Pacers. (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
8. Golden State Warriors (51-31)
With Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson, anything is possible. But losing Andrew Bogut means a first-round exit is likely. (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
9. Brooklyn Nets (44-38)
Once 10-21, Brooklyn is 34-17 since New Year's and should "upset" Toronto. As for the Heat, the Nets went 4-0 against Miami during the regular season. Win or lose, they won't be afraid. (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images)
10. Portland Trail Blazers (54-28)
Portland had a better season than anybody could have expected. Even better? The Trail Blazers won nine of 10 to close the season. (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images)
11. Memphis Grizzlies (50-32)
Last year, the Grizzlies made the Western Conference Finals as a 5-seed. Now, let's see what they can do as a 7. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
12. Dallas Mavericks (49-33)
Losing the regular-season finale to Memphis really hurts. Why? Because the Mavs have lost nine straight games to San Antonio, their first-round foe. (Photo by Joe Murphy/NBAE via Getty Images)
13. Toronto Raptors (48-34)
If Kyle Lowry isn't the most under-appreciated player in basketball, he's a close second to Al Jefferson. Winning a playoff series would be the icing on the cake for what has been a truly phenomenal season. (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images)
14. Washington Wizards (44-38)
With identical home and road records – 22-19 – Washington can win, or lose, anywhere. (Photo by Ned Dishman/NBAE via Getty Images)
15. Charlotte Bobcats (43-39)
The Bobcats, which finished fourth in the league in scoring defense, won eight of nine to close the season. Charlotte is a poor man's Chicago. Unfortunately, it doesn't have a prayer against Miami. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images)
16. Atlanta Hawks (38-44)
One of the least impressive teams to ever make the playoffs, Atlanta went 13-23 down the stretch. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
17. Phoenix Suns (48-34)
No NBA team had a more surprising season than Phoenix, which missed the playoffs by one game. Just imagine what Jeff Hornacek will do with actual talent. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
18. Minnesota Timberwolves (40-42)
At 40-39, the Timberwolves had a great chance to finish with a winning record for the first since 2004-05. Three losses later, the streak of consecutive losing seasons reached nine. Next year, it's playoffs or bust. (Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images)
19. New York Knicks (37-45)
New York missed the playoffs by one game, but either way, this is not a contender. Phil is going to have his hands full. (Photo by Rich Schultz /Getty Images)
20. Denver Nuggets (36-46)
From 3-seed to the lottery. Ouch. (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images)
21. New Orleans Pelicans (34-48)
Anthony Davis (20.8 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.8 blocks) looks like a star; now he just needs more pieces around him. (Photo by Sam Forencich/NBAE via Getty Images)
22. Cleveland Cavaliers (33-49)
Sadly, this was far and away the Cavs' best year in the post-LeBron era, during which they are 97-215 (.311). (Photo by David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)
23. Detroit Pistons (29-53)
Forget .500. The Pistons haven't won more than 30 games in five years. (Photo by Richard Rowe/NBAE via Getty Images)
24. Sacramento Kings (28-54)
Seven straight losing seasons. The saddest thing of all? This was Sacramento's best year since 2007-08. (Photo by Rocky Widner/NBAE via Getty Images)
25. Los Angeles Lakers (27-55)
With Kobe, next year's team has a chance – yes, a chance – of making the playoffs. Without any (noteworthy) free agents, however, this team is destined for a one-and-done playoff exit. (Photo by Chris Covatta/NBAE via Getty Images)
26. Boston Celtics (25-57)
Boston got off to a shaky 12-14 start – and then the wheels really fell off, as the Celtics went 13-43 the rest of the way. But have faith in Brad Stevens. I know I do. (Photo by Jared Wickerham/Getty Images)
27. Utah Jazz (25-57)
The 25 wins were the franchise's fewest since 1981-82. (Photo by Melissa Majchrzak/NBAE via Getty Images)
28. Orlando Magic (23-59)
It's mind-boggling how a team goes 19-22 at home and 4-37 on the road. Everyone – from the owner right on down to the ball boys – deserves blame for that. (Okay, maybe not the ball boys). (Photo by Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)
29. Philadelphia 76ers (19-63)
If things go the 76ers' way, their worst season since 1995-96 will result in the No. 1 pick in the draft. Anybody remember who the Sixers took first overall that year? That would be Allen Iverson. (Photo by Issac Baldizon/NBAE via Getty Images)
30. Milwaukee Bucks (15-67)
When a team with a 26-game losing streak still finishes ahead than you, that's when you know you're bad. In fact, you should probably consider folding. (Photo by Ron Turenne/NBAE via Getty Images)
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Utley To Have Surgery Today
The aching cries of Phillies fans everywhere were heard in a collective scream today of "Nooooooo!!!!" as the news broke about Chase Utley. While this is not a huge shock after the injury to his thumb earlier this week, the news still hurts.
Utley will have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb today. The Phillies first said it was a sprain but after visits to 3 different doctors, it is a tear that needs to be fixed.
The recovery time is said to be about 6 weeks, which sounds like a very conservative estimate to me. But Utley has healed quickly in the past after other procedures, like his hip surgery, and everyone knows he will dedicate himself fully to getting well as soon as humanly possible. Whatever happens, the Phillies are now without their number one player until at least mid-August.
I am going to sit in a corner for a while and cry, maybe eat some Ben & Jerry's and then watch the movie Titanic for the 50th time or so. But after that, we should all pick ourselves up, dust off and start preparing for a very interesting season. Ruben Amaro Jr. is going to need to get help…fast. This will be the true test of Amaro's ability to manage a team. We are all waiting to see what he does.
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Ugh…this is terrible news for Phillies fans… heck, it's even terrible news for me. Y'see, Chase has been my fantasy team anchor for three years now… no wonder I'm doing so poorly this year.
I'd expect Chase to be looking at first week of August, but as it seems has been the norm this year keeping players on the DL for extended periods may happen here too. Valdez is doing good defensively and hopefully others will step up and fill in the power loss… at least we get a few days off after the Pirates weekend…
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Survivors include a daughter, Jo Ann (David) Thoms of Three Rivers; a son, Lamar (Tessie) James of George West; nine grandchildren, Suzanne Thoms Knowles, Jeffrey Thoms, Sarah Thoms, DeAnn Thoms Moore, Patrick James, Guy James, John Ed James, Tim James and Laura Kutac James; 12 great-grandchildren; and one brother, Robert Repka of Kaufman.
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PELLA — As America remembers the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Central College athletics department will stage Military Appreciation Day.
Military veterans will receive brief recognition prior to the playing of the national anthem at Central's 3 p.m. men's soccer game with Washington-St. Louis University (Mo.) at the A.N. Kuyper Athletics Complex field and at the 7:30 p.m. Iowa Conference volleyball match with Wartburg College at P.H. Kuyper Gymnasium.
Veterans will receive free admission to the volleyball match. No admission fee is charged for Central's soccer contests.
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The U.S. Navy, which has funded the program for more than a decade, has announced it is abandoning ship because of budget cuts and the lack of student interest.
To support an NJROTC program, the U.S. Navy requires 10 percent of students to enroll. The current high school enrollment is 1,014; a little more than 80 student are in the program.
The cutbacks are part of a service-wide reduction aimed at maintaining only 522 NJROTC programs nationwide.
The Navy placed the Beeville Independent School District on probation last year because of its not meeting the enrollment criteria.
"We thought, maybe, the Navy wouldn't follow through because it was an election year," says Dr. Sue Thomas, BISD superintendent. "But the unit here will be 'disestablished' — that's their word — in June of 2013."
The Navy will require BISD to return all uniforms, equipment — such as drill rifles — and curriculum materials by next June.
"It was with a heavy heart and sadness that I got the letter," says Mae Blevins of Beeville, who has two grandchildren enrolled in the program.
However, the school's program might continue.
BISD is considering adopting an alternate program called the Navy National Defense Cadet Corps (NNDCC).
Under this program, BISD would have to pay for the uniforms, the necessary equipment and the instructor's salary. Under the current program, the Navy pays 40 percent of the instructor's salary.
However, before the district could apply for the alternate program, a minimum of 50 physically fit BISD students would be expected to enroll.
Thomas says she plans to float the idea before the BISD board.
She also plans to poll students at A.C. Jones to gauge their interest, and if it is sufficient, to contact local veterans groups to seek additional financial support.
Frank Gonzales, commander of the local VFW chapter, says that while his organization's budget is tight, he thought his members might contribute up to $300. He suggests he might be able to raise as much as $3,000 by sponsoring a fundraiser in combination with the local Vietnam Veterans of America and American Legion members.
"We're all for the program," he says, "because those students are our future leaders."
How much student interest is the key. But when JHS Principal Jaime Rodriguez sent a letter to parents in August announcing the cancelation of the NJROTC program, only one parent responded, according to Thomas.
"I personally think it's a great program," Thomas says. "It teaches leadership and teamwork. I'd hate to see us have nothing."
Bill Clough is a reporter at the Bee-Picayune and can be reached at 358-2550, ext. 122, or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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By editor • Aug 17, 2012
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As communities, such as Dallas, Texas, contemplate doing aerial spraying to control mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus, many people are expressing concerns about how the pesticides will affect their health, and the health of their environments. Melissa Blocks speaks to Dr. Robert Peterson, professor of Entomology at Montana State University.


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Well situated in a old century house, with high ceilings, approximately 3mts and moldings in all the rooms, typical of Eixample Neighborhood, The apartment has one comfty bedroom and one bathroom, and also one sofa-bed that makes the apartment up to 4 guests. The bedroom is situated in the corner of the house and it is really luminous with 2 balconies. The Stylish large bathroom has 3 big translucent windows that lets pass the light, but not possible to see from the outdoor.
The apartment has a typical gallery where you can have your breakfast while you are looking at Valencia st and Paseo de Gracia just on the corner.Open kitchen with everything that you could need, including Nespresso, and a living room with TV, DVD, Wifi...
The closest restaurants are in the same street just going down the apartment, and the famous and luxury shops, GUCCI, CHANEL, are just in the corner, in Paseo de Gracia.
Really well communicated, in the corner you can find the train station of Paseo de Gracia, there you could take the train that leaves you in the airport in 25min. and difference buses in the same Valencia street.
In summary Ideal apartment for 4 people if you want to enjoy the real Barcelona experience with high ceilings with moldings everywhere, and combinated wood and ceramics floors.
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This apartment was just perfect. It had everything my husband and I and another couple requirer in an holiday apartment. It was modern, spotless and so central to the heart of Barcelona. If I was ever to go back to Barcelona I would book it again..
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Perfect location, very nice appartment and bery friendly host
We had a perfect stay, the area is very quiet, there's space for parking and the house is just great, the pictures don't even do it justice!
The pool is extremely nice, the little garden also has a barbeque that you can use, there's a relaxing terrace with an awesome view.
The communication with Antonio was also very good, and even if we didn't meet in person everything went 100% fine.
Thanks again, looking forwards to the next time in Mallorca ;)
I can highly recommend this place. Great pool, great interior design, very nice BBQ area in a quiet neighborhood...
Apartamento precioso y funcional, fantástica ubicación, trato excelente!!! Repetiremos seguro.
El departamento es muy cómodo, moderno y bien ubicado. El dueño muy cordial al hacernos recomendaciones sobre que lugares visitar y donde ir a comer. Muy recomendable. Sin dudas volvería.
Très bel appartement ! Très fonctionnel ! Totalement équipé, il dispose d'un accès a une terrasse sur toit qui offre la possibilité de déjeuner, dîner ou lézarder avec une très belle vue sur Barcelone.
Situation a proximité de tout commerce et du métro !
Residence sécurisée.
Un très bon choix ! Un appartement que je recommande particulièrement.
Disfrutamos mucho nuestra estancia en el departamento de Antonio, está perfectamente ubicado, a pocos minutos caminando del Barrio Gótico, la Rambla, Barceloneta, Sagrada Familia, etc. Además de tener cerca muchas opciones de transporte público.
A pesar de ser una zona con mucho tránsito las ventanas son gruesas así que es un departamento silencioso donde se puede descansar.
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Volunteers build new sloped path near Glenshire Pond
October 30, 2013
TRUCKEE, Calif. — In early September, Joe Ketron, a Boy Scout with Truckee's Troop 267, supervised 48 Boy Scout and community volunteers, ranging in age from 11 to 79, in the construction of a 90-foot-long sloped pathway on the west side of the Glenshire Lake trail.
The pathway is Joe's Eagle Scout Service project, a required part of achieving Eagle Scout status, the highest designation awarded by the Boy Scouts of America.
As an Eagle Scout candidate, Joe was responsible for all aspects of planning, design, coordination and supervision of the Service Project.
Joe decided on his pathway project after an initial meeting with Dan Warren, general manager of the Glenshire/Devonshire Resident's Association, in January.
"The single track trail leading off of the south end of the dam was very steep and narrow. Walkers, runners, and other trail users would take their chances traveling the steep trail or would be forced to walk in the surrounding wild life areas," Joe said. "This project gives trail users a 6-foot-wide gently sloped path from the bottom of the dam to the top."
Joe received design advice from Warren as well as Kevin Starr of the Truckee Donner Land Trust. With this input, Joe completed the drawings and the proposal package for the project. Once this paperwork was complete, Joe was able to secure permission to build the project from the Boy Scouts of America Nevada Area Council.
"The GDRA Board of Directors really appreciate the support from the local Boy Scouts and especially those tremendous projects, like Joe's, that help better the neighborhood around Glenshire," Warren said.
Building the pathway presented its own set of challenges.
"The first step was to make the initial cut for the ramp, a job which was way too large for a team of Boy Scouts armed with picks and shovels," Joe said. "I introduced myself to local contractor, Ed Patient, who owns a backhoe, and asked for his help."
Joe learned that Ed is an Eagle Scout himself and was very happy to help out.
"The second challenge was to keep people on task during the path construction day," Joe said. "I divided everyone into teams and assigned jobs by skill level. This helped to keep everyone busy."
Many local businesses and individuals stepped up with generous donations of money, material, equipment and time. Donations came from: Edward K. Patient, general contractor; Al Pombo Inc.; Truckee Optimists; Truckee Rotary; Truckee Rents; Tahoe City Lumber Company; The Rock Garden, GDRA; Truckee Tahoe Airport; and the Ruttenburg family.
Joe said he is very grateful for all the help he received for this project.
"I learned that it is important to just meet with people and ask for help," he said. "You won't get help if you don't ask."
The Eagle Scout Service Project serves to hone leadership and citizenship skills. The project must benefit a religious institution, a school, or the Scout's community, and as such is part of fulfilling the Scout oath "to help other people at all times."
Boy Scout Troup 267 has an exceptionally high number of Eagle Scouts: 38 percent of Troup 267 Scouts attain Eagle status, compared to a national average of about 4 percent.
Anyone interested in Truckee Boy Scout activities should contact Troop 267 Scout Master Kevin Bumen at 530-587-7940.
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Shooting of young Toronto man sparks outrage
TORONTO Torontos police chief said Monday multiple investigations are looking into the circumstances surrounding the police shooting of an armed man in an empty streetcar that was caught on video.
The shooting, posted on YouTube, has sparked outrage in Canadas largest city, with some calling it unnecessary police force.
Video shows Sammy Yatim, 18, holding a knife inside the streetcar with police outside. Yatim goads police while officers yell: Drop your knife! Shortly after, three shots are fired. After a pause, six more shots are fired. A Taser is also later used on Yatim.
Ontarios Special Investigations Unit is examining the early Saturday morning shooting. The SIU says Yatim died from multiple gunshot wounds.
Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair said hes seen the video and is conducting a parallel investigation. He said he understands the publics concern.
I have viewed the video. I recognize there is a need for answers, Blair said.
Mark Mendelson, a former Toronto police detective, said investigators have the benefit of the video which doesnt lie.
If you look at it on its face value at this point, its not hard to come to the conclusion that excessive force was used, Mendelson said.
Mendelson also noted there are numerous civilian witnesses and at least two video angles of the shooting including security camera footage.
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A while back, I mentioned the How Are You Doing Project, which allows people to answer that question that we always ask in passing without ever really waiting for the answer. One Hello World is another voicemail-based project, but it legitimizes what we have to say in a different way — with music. Each voicemail gets its own original soundtrack, but as far as I can tell, that's the only editing that takes place. Awesome project.
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Miley Cyrus is a gay icon? I must be straight.
Lindsay Lohan is a gay icon?
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Scots Pine
The Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris; family Pinaceae, is a species of pine native to Europe and Asia, ranging from Scotland, Ireland and Portugal in the west, east to eastern Siberia, south to the Caucasus Mountains, and as far north as well inside the Arctic Circle in Scandinavia (including Lapland). In the north of its range, it occurs from sea level to 1,000 m, while in the south of its range it is a high altitude mountain tree, growing at 1,200–2,600 m altitude. It is readily identified by its combination of fairly short, blue-green leaves and orange-red bark.[2][3][4][5]
Pinus sylvestris is an evergreen coniferous tree growing up to 25 m in height and 1 m trunk diameter when mature, exceptionally to 35–45 m tall and 1.7 m trunk diameter and on very productive sites (in Estonia, there are some 220 year old trees that are 46 metres tall in the forests of Järvselja[6]). The bark is thick, scaly dark grey-brown on the lower trunk, and thin, flaky and orange on the upper trunk and branches. The habit of the mature tree is distinctive due to its long, bare and straight trunk topped by a rounded or flat-topped mass of foliage. The lifespan is normally 150–300 years, with the oldest recorded specimens (in Sweden) just over 700 years.[2][3][4][7]
The shoots are light brown, with a spirally arranged scale-like pattern. On mature trees the leaves ('needles') are a glaucous blue-green, often darker green to dark yellow-green in winter, 2.5–5 cm long and 1–2 mm broad, produced in fascicles of two with a persistent grey 5–10 mm basal sheath; on vigorous young trees the leaves can be twice as long, and occasionally occur in fascicles of three or four on the tips of strong shoots. Leaf persistence varies from two to four years in warmer climates, and up to nine years in subarctic regions. Seedlings up to one year old bear juvenile leaves; these are single (not in pairs), 2–3 cm long, flattened, with a serrated margin.[2][4][7]
The seed cones are red at pollination, then pale brown, globose and 4–8 mm diameter in their first year, expanding to full size in their second year, pointed ovoid-conic, green, then grey-green to yellow-brown at maturity, 3-7.5 cm in length. The cone scales have a flat to pyramidal apophysis, with a small prickle on the umbo. The seeds are blackish, 3–5 mm long with a pale brown 12–20 mm wing; they are released when the cones open in spring 22–24 months after pollination. The pollen cones are yellow, occasionally pink, 8–12 mm long; pollen release is in mid to late spring.[2][4][7]
Over 100 Pinus sylvestris varieties have been described in the botanical literature, but only three or four are now accepted; they differ only minimally in morphology, but with more pronounced differences in genetic analysis and resin composition. Populations in westernmost Scotland are genetically distinct from those in the rest of Scotland and northern Europe, but not sufficiently to have been distinguished as a separate botanical variety. Trees in the far north of the range were formerly sometimes treated as var. lapponica, but the differences are clinal and it is not genetically distinct.[2][3][5][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
- Pinus sylvestris var. sylvestris. The bulk of the range, from Scotland and Spain to central Siberia. Described above.
- Pinus sylvestris var. hamata Steven. The Balkans, northern Turkey, Crimea, and the Caucasus. Foliage more consistently glaucous all year, not becoming duller in winter; cones more frequently with a pyramidal apophysis.
- Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica Litv. Mongolia and adjoining parts of southern Siberia and northwestern China. Foliage duller green, shoots grey-green; leaves occasionally up to 12 cm long.
- Pinus sylvestris var. nevadensis D.H.Christ. The Sierra Nevada in southern Spain and possibly other Spanish populations (not considered distinct from var. sylvestris by all authors). Cones often with thicker scales, but doubtfully distinguishable on morphology.
Ecology and conservation
Scots Pine is the only pine native to northern Europe, forming either pure forests or alongside Norway Spruce, Common Juniper, Silver Birch, European Rowan, Eurasian Aspen and other hardwood species. In central and southern Europe, it occurs with numerous additional species, including European Black Pine, Mountain Pine, Macedonian Pine, and Swiss Pine. In the eastern part of its range, it also occurs with Siberian Pine among other trees.[3][4]
In Great Britain it now occurs naturally only in Scotland, but historical and archaeological records indicate that it also occurred in Wales and England until about 300–400 years ago, becoming extinct there due to over-exploitation and grazing; it has been re-introduced in these countries. Similar historical extinction and re-introduction applies to Ireland, Denmark and the Netherlands.[4][5][7][15] Whether it truly became extinct in England is unknown; it has been speculated that it may have survived wild long enough for trees used in cultivation in England to derive from native (rather than imported) sources.[16] Shakespeare (in Richard II) was familiar with the species in the 1590s, as was Evelyn in the early 1660s (Sylva), both around the time when Scots Pine was thought to become extinct in England, but when landowners were also beginning ornamental and forestry planting.[16]
Scots Pine, Pinus sylvestris, is the national tree of Scotland, and it formed much of the Caledonian Forest which once covered much of the Scottish Highlands. Overcutting for timber demand, fire, overgrazing by sheep and deer, and even deliberate clearance to deter wolves have all been factors in the decline of this once great pine and birch forest. Only comparatively small areas (17,000 ha, only just over 1% of the estimated original 1,500,000 ha) of this ancient forest remain, the main surviving remnants being at Abernethy Forest, Glen Affric, Rothiemurchus Forest, and the Black Wood of Rannoch. Plans are currently in progress to restore at least some areas and work has started at key sites.[4][7]
Cultivation and uses
Scots Pine is an important tree in forestry. The wood is used for pulp and sawn timber products. A seedling stand can be created by planting, sowing or natural regeneration. Commercial plantation rotations vary between 50–120 years, with longer rotations in northeastern areas where growth is slower.
In Finland and the Scandinavian countries, Scots Pine were used for making tar in the pre-industrial age. There are still some active tar producers, but mostly the industry has ceased to exist.[7][8] It have also been used as a source of rosin and turpentine.
The wood is pale brown to red-brown, and used for general construction work. It has a dry density of around 470 kg/m3 (varying with growth conditions), an open porosity of 60%, a fibre saturation point of 0.25 kg/kg and a saturation moisture content of 1.60 kg/kg.[8]
Scots Pine has also been widely planted in New Zealand and much of the colder regions of North America; it was one of the first trees introduced to North America, in about 1600.[17] It is listed as an invasive species in some areas there, including Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin.[citation needed] It has been widely used in the United States for the Christmas tree trade, and was one of the most popular Christmas trees from the 1950s through the 1980s. It remains popular for that usage, though it has been eclipsed in popularity, by such species as Fraser Fir, Douglas-fir, and others. Despite its invasiveness in parts of eastern North America, Scots Pine does not often grow well there, partly due to climate and soil differences between its native habitat and that of North America, and partly due to damage by pests and diseases; the tree often grows in a twisted, haphazard manner if not tended to (as they are in the Christmas tree trade).[3][18] Scots Pines are killed by the pinewood nematode, which causes pine wilt disease. The nematode most often attacks trees that are at least ten years old and often kills invaded trees within a few weeks.[19]
The name derives from Latin pinus via French pin (pine); in the past (pre-18th century) this species was more often known as "Scots Fir" or "Scotch Fir" (from Danish fyr), but "fir" is restricted to Abies and Pseudotsuga in modern English.
Other names sometimes used include Riga Pine and Norway Pine, and Mongolian Pine for var. mongolica. "Scotch Pine" is another variant of the common name, used mostly in North America.[20]
The timber from it is also called red deal or yellow deal.
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Recreational Use
People are boiling up pine cones to extract a little known drink called Pine Cone Tea. The drink can cause mild anxiety, increased heart rate and a feeling of euphoria. Dozens of schools are reporting kids are coming to school high on the effects of pine cone tea. The kids all claim they feel a need to sit amongst all the trees. High doses causes extreme hallucinations
- ^ Conifer Specialist Group (1998). Pinus sylvestris. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- ^ a b c d e Farjon, A. (2005). Pines Drawings and Descriptions of the Genus Pinus 2nd ed. Brill ISBN 90-04-13916-8.
- ^ a b c d e Gymnosperm Database: Pinus sylvestris
- ^ a b c d e f g Trees for Life: Species profile: Scots pine
- ^ a b c Mirov, N. T. (1967). The Genus Pinus. Ronald Press.
- ^ (Estonian) Laas, Eino (2004). Okaspuud. Tartu: Atlex. p. 208. ISBN 9985948971.
- ^ a b c d e f Steven, H. M., & Carlisle, A. (1959, facsimile reprint 1996). The Native Pinewoods of Scotland. Castlepoint Press.
- ^ a b c Pravdin, L. F. (1969). Scots Pine. Variation, intraspecific Taxonomy and Selection. Israel Program for Scientific Translations (originally published 1964 in Russian).
- ^ Langlet, O. (1959). A Cline or not a Cline - a Question of Scots Pine. Silvae Genetica 8: 13-22.
- ^ Kinloch, B. B., Westfall, R. D., & Forrest, G. I. (1986). Caledonian Scots Pine: Origins and Genetic Structure. New Phytologist 104: 703-729.
- ^ Szmidt, A. E., & Wang, X-R. (1993). Molecular systematics and genetic differentiation of Pinus sylvestris (L.) and P. densiflora (Sieb. et Zucc.). Theoret. Appl. Genet. 86: 159-165.
- ^ Prus-Glowacki, W., & Stephan, B. R. (1994). Genetic variation of Pinus sylvestris from Spain in Relation to Other European Populations. Silvae Genetica 43: 7-14.
- ^ Goncharenko, G. G., Silin, A. E., & Padutov, V. E. (1995). Intra- and interspecific genetic differentiation in closely related pines from Pinus subsection Sylvestres (Pinaceae) in the former Soviet Union. Pl. Syst. Evol. 194: 39-54.
- ^ Sinclair, W. T., Morman, J. D., & Ennos, R. A. (1999). The postglacial history of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) in western Europe: evidence from mitochondrial DNA variation. Molec. Ecol. 8: 83-88.
- ^ Carlisle, A., & Brown, A. H. F. (1968). Biological Flora of the British Isles: Pinus sylvestris L. J. Ecol. 56: 269-307.
- ^ a b Edlin, H. L. (1970). Trees, Woods and Man, 3rd ed. Collins: New Naturalist.
- ^ Moore, G., Kershner, B., Tufts, C., Mathews, D, Nelson, G., Spellenberg, R., Thieret, J. W., Purinton, T., & Block, A. (2008). National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America. New York: Sterling. p. 67. ISBN 1-4027-3875-7.
- ^ Fire Effects Information System: Pinus sylvestris
- ^ http://extension.missouri.edu/explorepdf/miscpubs/mx0858.pdf
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network: Pinus sylvestris.


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