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Alaskan Fishing

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:06:33 GMT

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Alaskan Fishing provides any angler with an experience of a lifetime. The scenic view, the remote areas, untouched streams and lakes, turns a trip into an adventure. You do not need to be an expert to enjoy fishing in Alaska. Whatever your interest or type of fishing you will find it in Alaska. You can fish in the oceans, bays, seas, three thousand rivers and three million lakes. With this many options available, you will definitely catch something from one of the amazing fishing areas.

Crab fishing in Alaska is a primary industry. You can learn from the professionals through taking a charter cruise or hiring a guided charter boat. They will teach you how to bait and set crab pots to catch King crab, Dungeness crab and Snow Crab. Learn the rules about the sizes you are allowed to keep and which you need to throw back, based on seasons and regulations. Make sure you bring your favorite recipe so you can prepare your catch!

Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 01:25:16 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The fossilised skull of a colossal "sea monster" has been unearthed along the UK's Jurassic Coast.

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Colossal 'sea monster' unearthed

The fossilised skull of a colossal "sea monster" has been unearthed along the UK's Jurassic Coast.

The ferocious predator, which is called a pliosaur, terrorised the oceans 150 million years ago. The skull is 2.4m long, and experts say it could belong to one of the largest pliosaurs ever found: measuring up to 16m in length.

The fossil, which was found by a local collector, has been purchased by Dorset County Council. It was bought with money from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and it will now be scientifically analysed, prepared and then put on public display at Dorset County Museum.

Tags: sea monster, monster, colossal, mysteries

A Casa Nostra On the occasion of Halloween some of our beautiful little witches Laurentins

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:39:54 GMT

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A Nostra Casa A l'occasion de Halloween certaines de nos belles petites sorcières laurentines ont démontré qu'elles avaient un gros coeur en rendant une très touchante visite à leurs aînés de la maison de retraite Nostra Casa. A Casa Nostra On the occasion of Halloween some of our beautiful little witches Laurentins showed they had a big heart by making a very moving visit to their seniors in the nursing home Casa Nostra.

C'est ainsi que notamment sorcière Enora, sorcière Alicia, sorcière Loriane ou sorcière Fanny, sorcière Océane et leurs petites copines sorcières sont allées offrir quelques-uns de leurs jolis et timides sourires à ces personnes âgées souvent recluses, et passer un moment avec elles. Thus Enora including witch, witch Alicia, a witch or sorceress Loriane Fanny witch oceans and their girlfriends witches went to offer some of their pretty and shy smiles to those elderly often hidden, and spend time with them .

does organic make it more green?

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:14:46 GMT

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In some larger-scale organic operations, because herbicides cannot be sprayed on fields to remove weeds, operators need to run tractors with special machinery over crop beds to remove weeds.

This mechanical removal of weeds can sometimes require many passes over a field in a tractor, using high amounts of gasoline or diesel in the process.

Also, there is a debate on whether organic agriculture can keep up with the world’s food demand. However, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization suggest that it is possible, and will in fact be necessary, to further promote organic agriculture in order to help small-scale farmers in other nations maintain their livelihoods, reverse the land degradation that has resulted from conventional farming and halt other environmental issues, such as dead zones in oceans and river deltas due to agricultural chemical contamination.

Creating the rift

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:51:18 GMT

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The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005. Some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

A new study involving an international team of scientists and reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the processes creating the rift are nearly identical to what goes on at the bottom of oceans, further indication a new sea is in the region's future.

Tags: geology

Great White Sharks Have Their Own Cafe

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:38:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Over an eight year period, nearly 100 sharks were electronically tagged, and even more had tissue samples taken by scientists working from a ship.

Not only do the sharks consistently migrate along the same paths, they stick to a schedule too.

Between August and December, the Great Whites -- which can grow up to six metres (20 feet) and three tonnes -- stalk waters off the coast of central and northern California, feasting on seals and sea lions.

Their preferred hunting grounds in this area are known as the "red triangle", notes the study, published in the British journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

Starting in January, they head for the deep blue around Hawaii some 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles) to the west, where they are found in largest numbers between April and July.

But some -- especially males -- loiter at a halfway point known as the "White Shark Cafe", with females coming and going for what scientists presume is a bit of shark intimacy.

The new findi

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PARIS (AFP) – Great Whites may be loners, but the ocean's most feared predators also hang out together between Mexico and Hawaii at a deep sea watering hole known as the "White Shark Cafe," a study reveals.

No animals inspire more fascination and frissons, but scientists admit to knowing precious little about how the endangered Great Whites get around and get it on as they navigate the globe's oceans.

Like other open water sharks prized for their meat -- and, in Asia, especially for their fins -- the magnificent hunting machines are threatened with extinction, according to experts.

The new study identifies a distinct population and a major new genetic grouping of the Great White in the eastern Pacific, only the third such "clade" ever found.

The other two concentrations of Carcharodon carcharias are off the coast of South Africa, and in the waters between Australia and New Zealand.

crack in the world, besides the Grand Canyon

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:40:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Very Interesting.

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nt Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

A new study involving an international team of scientists and reported in the journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the processes creating the rift are nearly identical to what goes on at the bottom of oceans, further indication a sea is in the region's future.

Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days. Dabbahu, a volcano at the northern end of the rift, erupted first, then magma pushed up through the middle of the rift area and began "unzipping" the rift in both directions, the researchers explained in a statement today.

Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:45 GMT

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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.

Tags: crack, africa, new ocean

Fossil Spiders 3D Imaging

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:19:18 GMT

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The researchers created their images by using a CT scanning device, which enabled them to take 3,000 x-rays of each fossil. These x-rays were then compiled into precise 3D models, using custom-designed software.

Both Cryptomartus hindi and Eophrynus prestivicii were around the size of a 50 pence piece and they roamed the Earth during the Carboniferous period, 359 - 299 million years ago. This was a time before the dinosaurs, when life was emerging from the oceans to live on land. During this period, the world's continents were merging together near the equator to form one supercontinent and the first tropical rainforests were playing host to a diverse range of species.

it used its legs to grab its prey before killing them.

Cryptomartus hindi was an ambush predator, living in logs and fronds, waiting for prey such as insects to walk by before catching and killing them.

Once I was a Desert............now I am an Ocean!

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:27:35 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The new ocean would connect to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden, an arm of the Arabian Sea between Yemen on the Arabian Peninsula and Somalia in eastern Africa.

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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

LiveScience Staff

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.

Using newly gathered seismic data from 2005, researchers reconstructed the event to show the rift tore open along its entire 35-mile length in just days.

GIANT crack in Africa will create a new ocean

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:35:30 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "We know that seafloor ridges are created by a similar intrusion of magma into a rift, but we never knew that a huge length of the ridge could break open at once like this," said Cindy Ebinger, professor of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester and co-author of the study.

The result shows that highly active volcanic boundaries along the edges of tectonic ocean plates may suddenly break apart in large sections, instead of in bits, as the leading theory held. And such sudden large-scale events on land pose a much more serious hazard to populations living near the rift than would several smaller events, Ebinger said.

"The whole point of this study is to learn whether what is happening in Ethiopia is like what is happening at the bottom of the ocean where it's almost impossible for us to go," says Ebinger. "We knew that if we could establish that, then Ethiopia would essentially be a unique and superb ocean-ridge laboratory for us. Because of the unprecedent

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Giant Crack in Africa Will Create a New Ocean

A 35-mile rift in the desert of Ethiopia will likely become a new ocean eventually, researchers now confirm.

The crack, 20 feet wide in spots, opened in 2005 and some geologists believed then that it would spawn a new ocean. But that view was controversial, and the rift had not been well studied.

The same rift activity is slowly parting the Red Sea, too.

The "Fish Red List" - Endangered Fish

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:28:34 GMT

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The devastation Man’s appetite for seafood is wreaking on the ocean environment has been thrown into sharp relief by a “red fish list” published by Greenpeace.

These are the fish which are most in peril from destructive, illegal or simple over fishing. It lists 19 fish, two shellfish and one crustacean.

However, the red list is really aimed at getting supermarkets to take responsibility for the seafood they sell, rather than being allowed to get away with shrugging their shoulders and blaming the consumer.

So, when you visit the red list page, take the time to select your state from the pull down list in the top right hand corner. This will produce a list of supermarkets ranked according to six criteria.

The oceans cover over 70% of the planet’s surface and large, migratory fish populations such as cod and tuna are an integral part of these eco-systems.

So don’t just pick and choose your fish, pick and choose your supermarket as well, and let them know you’re doing it.

Signing Away Our Sovereignty

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:15:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: We should be aware that Obama intends to roll out for Senate approval a series of international treaties that will further bind America to the will of the international community if they are ratified.

Bit by bit, America's autonomous power is being taken away. The Boston Globe provides a public relations gloss by calling these treaties a means of fulfilling "Obama's vision of global cooperation." This is one view, I suppose. Another view would be that our policies will be tied down by these treaties -- and we will be judged by international bureaucrats and held to their interpretation of what our obligations are under the treaties.

International treaties require only Senate approval. [...] Obama will begin with treaties designed to achieve his vision of a world without nuclear weapons. But that is just the beginning. Efforts will begin to bind America to the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea....This will hurt our nation's ability to mine the world's seas for oil and gas....

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Bryan Bender in the Boston Globe:

President Obama's vision of global cooperation - symbolized by his surprise Nobel Peace Prize - is in for a crucial test in the months ahead when he begins sending a series of treaties to the U.S. Senate, where skepticism among Republicans and some Democrats will make approval exceedingly difficult, according to government officials and specialists. [...]

... the Obama administration says it will seek ratification of three major pacts aimed at reducing nuclear weapons. It also will seek approval of a set of regulations to manage use of the oceans and, by the end of the president's first term, a new treaty to combat global climate change. [...]

"I think he is going to have a real fight on his hands,'' said Steven Groves, a specialist in international law at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think tank.

Americans concerned about the decline of American power under the presidency of Barack Obama should turn their radar on and keep it on

Tags: 0bama's one world vision, manage use of oceans, new treaty global climate change, nuclear weapons, ratify three major international treaties

Giant Sea Monster Skull Unearthed in U.K.

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:37:00 GMT

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Giant Sea Monster Skull Unearthed in U.K.

British authorities say the fossilized skull of a giant sea monster has been found off England's southern coast.

The fossil came from a pliosaur, a ferocious predator that lived in the oceans 150 million years ago.

The skull was discovered in Dorset by a collector and measures 2.4 meters (8 feet) in length. The discovery was announced Tuesday.

Scientists believe the creature would have been about 16 meters (52 feet) long.

David Martill, a paleontologist from the University of Portsmouth, says pliosaurs had short necks and huge, crocodile-like heads with powerful jaws and a set of razor-sharp teeth.

He said they used paddle-like limbs to propel their bodies through the water and were generally carnivores.

The skull will be put on display in a Dorset museum.

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Colossal sea monster of Dorset that could have 'eaten T Rex for breakfast'

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:32:51 GMT

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Colossal sea monster of Dorset that could have 'eaten T Rex for breakfast'

The fossilised skull of a giant 'sea monster' measuring up to 53ft in length has been discovered on the south coast of England.

Weighing up to 12 tonnes, the ferocious pliosaur roamed the oceans 150 million years ago.

The skull, which is 90 per cent complete, is 7.5ft long and experts believe it could belong to one of the largest of its species ever found.

Monster: A Dorset council employee wit the huge fossilised skull of a 53ft pliosaur (left) that was capable of swallowing a man whole. Fragments including the nose (right) were found on the Dorset coast

Dr David Martill a palaeontologist at Portsmouth University said: 'This is one of the largest, if not the largest, pliosaur skull found anywhere in the world and contains features that have not been seen before. It could be a species new to science.'

Monster: The fossilised skull of a 16m pliosaur - one of the biggest of its kind - has been found off the Dorset coast

Tags: sea monsters, dinosaurs, t rex