Brookfield Zoo Reopens: Zoo Open After Closing For Only 3rd Time In History Over Flooding

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: Octavio Castillo paddles a boat down a flooded street to reach the home of his cousin on April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: Bicycles sit in floodwater outside an apartment building April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: Floodwater engulfs a car lot April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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The North Branch of Chicago River <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshuamellin/8661421244/in/photostream/" target="_blank">flooded at Kimball Ave</a>.

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This Thursday, April 18, 2013 aerial photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the dam in Marseilles, Ill., after seven barges broke free from a tow and came to rest against the dam. Rapid currents from this week's heavy rainstorms are blamed for the incident. The Coast Guard says the dam sustained minor damage but there were no reports of breaches in the structure or surrounding levees. No one was injured. Authorities evacuated as many as 1,500 residents of the northern Illinois city. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 3rd Class John Schleicher)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: Reyes Garcia wades through floodwater to inspect flood damage to a building April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling rising floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: A driver passes through a flooded street on April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: A car is stranded in the middle of a downtown street after being overcome by floodwater April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling rising floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: A resident of Des Plaines walks through floodwater to get to his home April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: Hector Duran uses his bike to get him through floodwater April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling rising floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: A car is stranded in the middle of a downtown street after being overcome by floodwater April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The suburban Chicago town is battling rising floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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DES PLAINES, IL - APRIL 19: A historic McDonald's restaurant is surrounded by floodwater April 19, 2013 in Des Plaines, Illinois. The restaurant is located on the site of the first McDonald's franchise opened by founder Ray Kroc on April 15, 1955. The suburban Chicago town is battling rising floodwater from the Des Plaines River which is expected to crest at a record 11 feet later today. Record-setting rains and rising rivers have caused wide-spread flooding in many Illinois communities. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Multiple shots of massive flooding around Dupage.

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Massive flooding in Naperville, in photos and video.

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East Dundee firefighter Nick Beauchaine, carries a scared dog, "Roxi" after helping her owner from her home in East Dundee, Ill. during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Brian Hill)

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Lisle, Ill. firefighters carry a resident of the Snow Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lisle, Ill. to safety after flood waters threatened the facility during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Daniel White)

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East Dundee firefighter Nick Beauchaine, left, and lieutenant Jason Parthun, help Barrie Komorski and her dog Roxi from her home in East Dundee, Ill. , during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Brian Hill)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: Workers pull a truck from a sinkhole that opened up on a residential street in the South Deering neighborhood on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. The driver of the truck was hospitalized after driving into the 15-feet-deep hole while on his way to work. Two other vehicles were also swallowed by the sinkhole. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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Lisle on Thursday.

In Downers Grove.

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Fred Rickert of Zion, Ill. places sandbags at Tranquility Salon on Old Grand Avenue in Gurnee, Ill. during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Steve Lundy)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: A motorist drives through a flooded section of the Kennedy Expressway on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead to and from downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: A motorist drives through standing water in a flooded underpass on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead into downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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An abandoned car bobs in standing water under an overpass Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. Blasts of torrential rain and widespread flooding forced authorities to shut segments of major expressways, and hundreds of flights were scrapped. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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The 3400 block of Rockwell at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.

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"And some drivers who aren't very bright got their vehicles stuck in deep water. Boom Boom Bear of the Bear News Network is out on location in Lombard."

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"It's like a river right there. It's just flowing." In an unidentified suburb on Thursday.

At Belmont and Kedzie in Chicago.

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Kimball at Carmen.

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: Traffic backs up near a flooded section of the Kennedy Expressway on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead to and from downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: A motorist drives through standing water in a flooded underpass on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead into downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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East Dundee firefighter Nick Beauchaine, left, and lieutenant Jason Parthun, help Barrie Komorski and her dog Roxi from her home along Fox River Drive in East Dundee, Ill. , during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Brian Hill)

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Lisle, Ill. firefighters carry a resident of the Snow Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lisle, Ill. to safety after flood waters threatened the facility during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Daniel White)

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Lisle, Ill. firefighters carry a resident of the Snow Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Lisle, Ill. to safety after flood waters threatened the facility during a storm on Thursday, April 18, 2013. Torrential rains swept throughout the Midwest with many rivers surging beyond their banks from the downpours in Illinois, Missouri and Iowa. (AP Photo/Daily Herald, Daniel White)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: Motorists drive through water on a flooded exit ramp from the Kennedy Expressway on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead to and from downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: Motorists drive through water on a flooded exit ramp from the Kennedy Expressway on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead to and from downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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CHICAGO, IL - APRIL 18: Motorists navigate surface streets during a heavy rainfall on April 18, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Thunderstorms dumped up to 5 inches of rain on parts of the Chicago area overnight, closing sections the Edens, Eisenhower and Kennedy expressways, which lead to and from downtown, during the morning rush. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

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A section of a car can be seen in a gaping sinkhole that opened up a residential street on Chicago's South Side after a cast iron water main dating back to 1915 broke during a massive rain storm Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. The hole spanned the entire width of the road and chewed up grassy areas abutting the sidewalk. Two of the cars that disappeared inside had been parked, but a third was being driven when the road buckled and caved in. Only the hood of one of the vehicles could be seen peeking from the chasm.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Officials survey a gaping sinkhole that opened up a residential street on Chicago's South Side after a cast iron water main dating back to 1915 broke during a massive rain storm, Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Chicago. The hole spanned the entire width of the road and chewed up grassy areas abutting the sidewalk. Two of the cars that disappeared inside had been parked, but a third was being driven when the road buckled and caved in. Only the hood of one of the vehicles can be seen peeking from the chasm.(AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Southern Africa Zimbabwe Extends Poll Funding Appeal to South Africa Angola

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

POLICE will deal decisively with anyone involved in political violence regardless of political affiliation ahead of harmonised elections due this year, President Mugabe has said. Addressing tens of thousands of people gathered at the National Sports Stadium for the 33rd Independence Day anniversary celebrations yesterday, the President urged rival political party supporters to co-exist. He ...

Govt Mulls Mass Bus Transport System

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Government has adopted the mass bus transport system as the solution to meet growing public transport needs in urban areas, the Minister of Transport, Communications and Infrastructure Development Nicholas Goche has disclosed. Government wants excise duty on imported bus kits and spare parts reduced as an incentive to enhance fleet replacement and expansion. The new thrust is part of the new ...

Government Welcomes Wests Re-Engagement Efforts

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

PRESIDENT Mugabe yesterday welcomed re-engagements efforts by Western nations that bought into the bilateral dispute between Zimbabwe and Britain, saying they should realise Zimbabwe was their equal at international law. Speaking at the 33rd Independence Day anniversary celebrations at the National Sports Stadium in Harare yesterday, President Mugabe said the conciliatory moves should be coupled ...

Survey to Assist Policymakers Zimstat

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

ZimStat has said the Poverty Income Consumption and Expenditure Survey and the Poverty Datum Line analysis in Zimbabwe 2011/12 reports it has released are set to assist policymakers in coming up with appropriate measures towards poverty alleviation through the adoption of policies meant to address disparities unearthed. Addressing delegates who attended the dissemination workshop, ZimStat ...

Zimbabwe Celebrates 33rd Anniversary

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans thronged different centres countrywide to celebrate the country's 33rd Independence Day Anniversary with the main event being held in Harare at the National Sports Stadium. President Mugabe presided over the celebrations in Harare and presented the keynote address to the more than 60 000 people who thronged the event early morning to secure some seats. ...

Independence anniversary celebrated in Zimbabwe

China Daily - Friday 19th April, 2013

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe lights the independence flame during a celebration activity marking the 33rd Anniversary of the country's independence at the National Sports Stadium in Harare, April 18, 2013. A celebration was held for the independence anniversary?on Thursday. Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appealed for the end of political violence and a peaceful election later ...

Thousands Attend Uhuru Celebrations

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

HUNDREDS of thousands of Zimbabweans thronged different centres countrywide to commemorate 33 years of Independence and sovereignty with the main celebrations being held at the 60 000-seater National Sports Stadium in Harare. Thousands had to be locked out after the stadium was filled to capacity by mid-morning. The three main parties in Government were all represented at the highest level. ...

Zinwa Clarifies Position On Bulawayo Water

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Bulawayo Bureau - The Zimbabwe National Water Authority will not charge Bulawayo for the bulk water that the parastatal has been pumping to the city from Mtshabezi Dam during its trial period that began in January. Zinwa chief executive Engineer Albert Muyambo said the authority will only start billing the local authority when Zesa connects power to the dam. Water is being pumped from Mtshabezi ...

Southern Africa Zimbabwe Extends Poll Funding Appeal to South Africa Angola

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Harare - The cash strapped Zimbabwean government has extended its appeal for election funding to South Africa and Angola, other than the United Nations. The poll budget has been reduced from 132 million U.S. dollars to 100 million U.S. dollars following the acquisition of some of the required vehicles and equipment ahead of the March 16 constitutional referendum. Minister of Finance Tendai ...

Water Cuts Leave Harare Dry

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Water supply problems in and around central Harare have left residents and businesses without access to running water for almost a week, as the problems continue to dog the City Council. The Council has been repeatedly blamed for allowing the water situation in the capital to keep deteriorating, with the authorities blaming old infrastructure and a lack of government funding to make the ...

Political Parties in Govt Ambassadors Hail President

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Political parties in the inclusive Government and dignitaries yesterday hailed President Mugabe's calls for peace during the forthcoming harmonised elections saying this is vital for a free and fair election in Zimbabwe. President Mugabe made the call in his address yesterday at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. He ordered police to deal decisively with all perpetrators of violence ...

Zimbabweans Cry Freedom As the Country Marks 33 Years of Self-Rule

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Zimbabweans across the country were widely expected Thursday to take part in celebrations marking the country's 33 years of independence from white rule. Since the first celebrations on April 18th 1980, Independence has always been marked by ceremonies, debates and discussions, with people expressing diverse opinions about this grand event in their history. This year was no different and ...

Zim Bound Helicopter Donation to Remain in SA

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

A fleet of helicopters that were set to be donated to Zimbabwe's military by the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), will remain where they are for now. The North Gauteng High Court in South Africa on Thursday upheld an interdict against the delivery of the helicopters, meaning the donation will not happen in the near future. The Court also ordered the government to pay costs for ...

Rough estimates Millions of Zimbabweans abroad

Mail & Guardian - Friday 19th April, 2013

Despite increasing political tensions between the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe, the UK has been identified as a favourite destination by Zimbabweans who want to settle abroad permanently. ...

Zimbabwe Mugabe Marks Zimbabwean Independence as Elections Loom

All Africa - Friday 19th April, 2013

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe marked the 33rd anniversary of his country's independence from the UK with a call to Zimbabweans to shun violence ahead of elections expected later this year. Speaking at a rally in Harare, 89-year-old Mugabe said Zimbabwe was now due to hold "harmonized elections" and he wished to urge the nation to "uphold and promote peace." ...

Bangladesh hit back in Harare

Sportal - Thursday 18th April, 2013

Bangladesh reached 1-95 at stumps on day two of the first Test against Zimbabwe in Harare on Thursday.The tourists looked relatively comfortable in reply to Zimbabwe's total of 389, losing just one wicket in 25 overs, with Shahriar Nafees the only man to depart for 29.Opener Jahurul Islam (38) and Mohammad Ashraful (23) were both unbeaten heading into the third day.Earlier in the day, ...

Tsvangirai Zimbabwe Independence Lacks Basic Freedoms

VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

WASHINGTON DC -- In his independence message, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said April 18 is a day when Zimbabweans feel proud of their tenacity and resilience as a people. The only tragic news, he said, is that independence did not come with basic freedoms as we had all assumed. He said: "We still have a huge deficit when it comes to respect for human dignity and human rights ...

Dynamos Beat Highlanders Win Independence Cup

VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

WASHINGTON DC -- Dynamost beat highlanders 1-0 on Thursday in an independence cup tie at the National Sports Stadium to lift the independence trophy for the seventh time since its launch in 1983. Dynamos scored in the ...

Bulawayo Fuel Station Gutted by Fire No Casualties

VOA - Thursday 18th April, 2013

WASHINGTON DC -- A fuel service station in downtown Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second largest city, was reduced to ashes late Thursday after it caught fire while taking delivery. Redan Service Station, located at the Main Street and 5th Avenue intersection, exploded into a fireball when two trucks unloading fuel caught fire that witnesses said was triggered by an ironsmith who was welding ...

Bangladesh fight back in 2nd Zimbabwe Test

SBS - Thursday 18th April, 2013

Captain Brendan Taylor scored 171 runs in Zimbabwe's total of 389 but Bangladesh hit back to be 1-95 after two days of the 1st Test in ...

Zim Mugabe warns against election violence

Mail & Guardian - Thursday 18th April, 2013

"The country is now due to hold harmonised elections, and I wish to urge the nation to uphold and promote peace," Mugabe told a rally in the capital to mark the 33rd anniversary of the former Rhodesia's independence from Britain. He told party leaders to avoid exhorting their followers to attack opponents and said he had ordered the police to get tough on perpetrators of ...

Zimbabwes President Mugabe in passionate plea for peace

The Africa Report - Thursday 18th April, 2013

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Thursday made an impassioned plea for peace ahead of elections he wants held in June. Mugabe (89) who wants to stand for another term told thousands of people gathered at a stadium in Harare to celebrate the country's 33rd independence anniversary said political violence had soiled Zimbabwe's image. "We want peace, let the people vote in ...

Source: http://www.zimbabwenews.net/index.php/sid/213947189/scat/4a6d634cbccbbfe2

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New understanding of rare white shark movement around Hawai'i

Friday, April 19, 2013

A study just published in the Journal of Marine Biology sheds new light on the relatively rare but occasionally recorded presence of white sharks in waters surrounding the Hawaiian Islands, and suggests a new method to help distinguish between white sharks and close relatives, such as mako sharks. The paper, titled "Occurrence of White Sharks in Hawaiian Waters", was written by Kevin Weng of the University of Hawai'i ? Manoa's School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) and Randy Honebrink of the Hawai'i DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR).

According to William Aila, chairperson of the State of Hawai'i Department of Land and Natural Resources, "This study is valuable in that it provides a better understanding of the biology and behavior of white sharks, which is very useful for management purposes. White sharks were caught by pre-contact Hawaiians, and their teeth used in weapons and other implements. But in many ways they continue to mystify us today."

Satellite tracking studies have previously shown that Hawai'i's white sharks are migrants from population centers off California and Mexico. A relatively small proportion of those West Coast sharks migrate all the way to Hawai'i, which is why they are so rarely seen.

The authors reviewed all available sources of information relating to white sharks in Hawai'i, including newspaper accounts of shark attacks, shark control program catch records, photos and videos from various sources, and satellite tracking data. Only data that could be confirmed as pertaining to white sharks was included in the analysis. In cases where information was insufficient for positive species identification, the sightings were eliminated.

According to Dr. Weng, "We learned that white sharks occur in Hawai'i across a broader part of the annual cycle than previously thought ? we recorded observations from every month except November. This is important for our understanding of white shark life history and population."

Since all records of white sharks in Hawaiian waters are of individuals larger than 3.3 meters (10.8 feet), and no juveniles have ever been reported, there is no evidence of white sharks being residents or pupping here.

Scientists have learned a great deal about the migratory patterns of white sharks in the Eastern Pacific since the advent of satellite tracking, but important questions remain. "Our satellite tracking studies have been conducted in places where we can get very close to the animals ? seal colonies ? but this means that we may be sampling a subset of the population, and thus obtaining biased results," said Weng. "It is possible that there are individuals that do not aggregate around seal colonies."

"Male and female white sharks have different migration patterns," explained Weng. "Males have been recorded in Hawai'i from December through June, but females have been observed here all year round." Female white shark visits to Hawai'i may be related to a two-year reproductive cycle, in which they return to coastal aggregation sites off California and Mexico on alternating years. That leaves them with more time to spend in Hawai'i, where warmer water temperatures may speed up fetal development. Our results are consistent with a very recent paper by Domeier and Nasby-Lucas in the journal Animal Biotelemetry.

Misidentification of similar looking sharks, such as makos, has been a recurring problem. A recent example was the sighting of a shortfin mako shark off Ka'ena Point, O'ahu, on Jan. 12, 2012. This sighting, captured on a video that "went viral," was reported around the world as a white shark by the news media, an error that continues to this day.

This study proposes a simple method to help distinguish between the two species based on the shape of the head. Mako sharks have a more acute head shape than white sharks. Since many sightings only obtain photographs of the head, this method should be helpful for situations with limited information and no specimen.

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Oblivion Video Movie Review - PopSugar

by Becky Kirsch 0

Tom Cruise is literally back in action in Oblivion, a futuristic sci-fi thriller that hits theaters this weekend. But should you rush to the theater to check it out this weekend? Watch our review to find out if it's a watch, pass, or a rent!

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Diamond happy 'Caroline' offers comfort

The crowd sings along to "Sweet Caroline" as a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions before the bottom of the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Miami. The song by Neil Diamond has been a longtime fixture as a fan sing-along during the bottom of the eighth inning of Boston Red Sox games. The Marlins won 8-2. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The crowd sings along to "Sweet Caroline" as a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions before the bottom of the eighth inning of a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Washington Nationals, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Miami. The song by Neil Diamond has been a longtime fixture as a fan sing-along during the bottom of the eighth inning of Boston Red Sox games. The Marlins won 8-2. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Two fans embrace while singing "Sweet Caroline" as a tribute to the victims of the Boston Marathon explosions after the third inning of a baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, April 16, 2013. The song by Neil Diamond has been a longtime fixture as a fan sing-along during the bottom of the eighth inning of Boston Red Sox games. The Yankees won 4-2. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Neil Diamond said he's happy his "Sweet Caroline," a staple of Boston Red Sox games, can provide comfort after the Boston Marathon bombing.

The New York Yankees, Toronto Raptors and other professional sports teams have played the song at games in the days after Monday's deadly blasts, with fans and players often singing along.

"There is a lot of comfort that music can offer," Diamond told The Associated Press. "In this particular situation, I'd much rather it not have happened than for 'Sweet Caroline' to become part of it. But it's obviously offering comfort to people and I feel good about that."

Diamond spoke Thursday night in Los Angeles at the Rock and Roll Hall induction ceremony. He said he intended the song, first released in 1969 and addressed to Caroline Kennedy, to offer solace.

"I wrote it in a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee," he said. "And I think there's a little bit of God in that song. I always have felt that. There's no accounting for what can happen to a song. But this one had something special to it."

Associated Press

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Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village: A real-estate deal gone ...

In 2009, Fitch Ratings valued the 80-acre Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village apartment complex in Manhattan at US$1.8-billion. Unfortunately, it had been sold three years earlier for US$5.4-billion.

The largest real-estate transaction in history had turned out to be a massive real-estate bust.

New York Times reporter Charles V. Bagli tells the horror story with clarity and authority in ?Other People?s Money.?

In the 1940s, New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia spearheaded an effort to raze a stretch of land on the Lower East Side to begin construction of a middle-class residential oasis that would include playgrounds, lawns and modest apartments, but no luxuries like air conditioning or doormen.

Enticed in part by a 25-year tax break and 12 acres contributed by the city, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. built the complex. By 1950, three years after the first tenants moved in, there were 6,000 children under the age of 5 living at Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village ? a fifth of the residents. For a while, the people who lived there referred to their neighborhood as ?Rabbit Town.?

There were some serious problems; Met Life wouldn?t allow black residents, for instance. But the 11,000-unit development was beloved by residents who watched out for one another?s kids and passed their apartments from generation to generation.

Soliciting Bids

The seeds of destruction for this modest community were sown when MetLife raised US$2.88-billion in a public offering in 2000, adding new pressure to generate returns for shareholders. By 2006, the giant insurer was soliciting bids for Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village, with Tishman Speyer Properties LP and BlackRock Inc. coming out the winners.

It was an ill-advised deal even before the financial crisis sent the property into a tailspin, Bagli explains. The buyers always knew rental income wouldn?t cover the interest payments on their massive mortgages for several years. So they put aside US$400-million to cover the balance and counted on pie-in-the-sky estimates of big rent increases down the road that would supposedly kick in after low-rent tenants were forced out.

The reserve fund ran out in January 2009 and the owners missed US$20-million in payments. They turned the property over to their lenders.

The infuriating problem brought to light in the book is one that by now is a familiar post-financial-crisis tale: The buyers had only a small equity stake in the deal, and the lenders had little risk. After mortgage money was raised for the purchase, the mortgages were bundled and sold off.

No Stake

?With no stake in the mortgage, the banks had little financial incentive to ensure that the deal made sense and the borrower could repay the debt,? Bagli writes.

The author says Tishman Speyer and BlackRock suffered relatively small losses ? a combined US$225-million, or four percent of the purchase price. Even that was offset in part by US$48-million in acquisition and other fees.

Five years after the 2008 credit crisis, we?ve had examples ad nauseum of the folly of financial transactions where dealmakers had no skin in the game. Often those stories lack the narrative that brings the devastation alive and sets your hair on end.

Not so Bagli?s account of the Tishman Speyer/BlackRock purchase. He takes readers on a walk through history?s biggest real-estate nightmare and lays out the facts in an even-handed, no-hysteria style.

But then again, he doesn?t need to hype the folly of his subjects, who handily hang themselves with their greedy actions and myopic business decisions.

Bloomberg.com

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Bush-era torture use 'indisputable,' Guantanamo must close, task force finds

An independent task force is asking President Obama to close the Guantanamo detention camp in a 577-page report critiquing interrogation methods used since 9/11 under President George W. Bush. NBC's Brian Williams reports.

By Matt Spetalnick and Jane Sutton, Reuters

An independent task force issued a damning review of Bush-era interrogation practices on Tuesday, saying the highest U.S. officials bore ultimate responsibility for the "indisputable" use of torture, and it urged President Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo detention camp by the end of 2014.

In one of the most comprehensive studies of U.S. treatment of terrorism suspects, the panel concluded that never before had there been "the kind of considered and detailed discussions that occurred after 9/11 directly involving a president and his top advisers on the wisdom, propriety and legality of inflicting pain and torment on some detainees in our custody."

"It is indisputable that the United States engaged in the practice of torture," the 11-member task force, assembled by the nonpartisan Constitution Project think tank, said in their 577-page report.

The scathing critique of methods used under the Republican administration of former President George W. Bush also sharpened the focus on the plight of inmates at Guantanamo, which Bush opened and his Democratic successor has failed to close.

Obama banned abusive interrogation techniques such as waterboarding when he took office in early 2009, but the widely condemned military prison at the U.S. Naval Base in Cuba has remained an object of condemnation by human rights advocates.

A clash between guards and prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay camp last weekend and the release of harrowing accounts by inmates about force-feeding of hunger strikers threw a harsh spotlight on the predicament of the inmates, many held without charge or trial for more than decade.

The task force called the indefinite detention of prisoners at Guantanamo "abhorrent and intolerable" and called for it to be closed by the end of 2014 when NATO's combat mission in Afghanistan is due to end and most U.S. troops will leave.

By then, the 166 Guantanamo prisoners should be tried in civilian or military courts, repatriated or transferred to countries that would not torture them, or moved to U.S. jails, the task force's majority recommended.

But the 2014 goal will be hard to achieve because of legal, legislative and political obstacles Obama faces. While the White House says he remains committed to shutting Guantanamo, he has offered no new path to doing so in his second term.

The release of the encyclopedic report comes in the midst of the latest round of allegations of abuse at Guantanamo - which has become an enduring symbol of widely criticized Bush-era counterterrorism practices - where military officials say 43 prisoners are currently on a hunger strike.

"TRUTH COMMISSION"

Members of the task force described themselves as the closest thing to a "truth commission" since Obama decided early in his presidency against convening a national commission to investigate post-9/11 practices.

The panel, which included leading politicians from both parties, two U.S. retired generals and legal and ethics scholars, spent two years examining the U.S. treatment of suspected militants detained after the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Panel members interviewed former Clinton, Bush and Obama administration officials, military officers and former prisoners, and the investigation looked at U.S. practices at Guantanamo, in Afghanistan and Iraq and at the CIA's former secret prisons overseas.

The task force was chaired by Asa Hutchinson, a Republican former congressman and undersecretary of the Department of Homeland Security during the George W. Bush administration, and James Jones, a Democratic former congressman who served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico.

In a finding the panel said was its most notable and was reached "without reservation," the report said, "Torture occurred in many instances and across a wide range of theaters."

But the panel concluded there was "no firm or persuasive evidence" that the use of such techniques yielded "significant information of value."

"The nation's highest officials bear some responsibility for allowing and contributing to the spread of torture," the report said, though it did not name names.

The task force, while concluding that U.S. and international laws were violated, did not recommend legal action against any of those involved but it did press for tighter rules to prevent a recurrence of torture.

"We as a nation have to get this right," Hutchinson told a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington.

The panel urged the U.S. government to release as much classified information as possible to help understand what went wrong and cope better with the next crisis.

"Publicly acknowledging this grave error, however belatedly, may mitigate some of those consequences and help undo some of the damage to our reputation at home and abroad," the report said.

The sweeping report cataloged abusive interrogation techniques such as waterboarding, sleep deprivation and chaining prisoners in painful positions.

The task force also concluded that force-feeding hunger striking detainees is a form of abuse and should end. "But at the same time the United States has a legitimate interest in preventing detainees from starving to death," the panel said.

The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross last week expressed opposition to the force-feeding of prisoners and said he urged Obama to do more to resolve the "untenable" legal plight of inmates held there.

The hunger strike began in February to protest the seizure of personal items from detainees' cells. About a dozen are being force-fed liquid meals through tubes.

Guards swept through communal cell blocks at the camp on Saturday and moved the prisoners into one-man cells.

"The action was taken to ensure the health and safety of the detainees not to 'break' the hunger strike," said Navy Captain Robert Durand, a spokesman for the Guantanamo detention center.

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