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"Change is inevitable... Survival is not" |
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In this Issue... |
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Section 1. SOB Stories |
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Section 2. Coastside Living Legacies |
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Senator Feinstein shares words of rememberence for Flight 93 hero Alan Beaven.
Mrs. FEINSTEIN.
"Madam President, I come to the floor today to honor the heroism of
Alan Beaven -- a Californian aboard Flight 93 who helped prevent the terrorists from crashing another airplane into its intended target on September 11, 2001. As we approach the..." more |
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The Incredible SOB Story 1
by Oscar Knows |
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Only a few months have passed since it happened and already I've told the story to practically everyone I know in Half Moon Bay.
Katie made me promise to get it down on paper, and knowing Katie, I'd best keep my promise. Otherwise, she'll badger me until I get it done and published, so here goes -- but this is the last time! Positively the
last time! It happened on January 1, 1997. As in previous years, this New Year's morning brought the annual assessment and subsequent
realization that there was definitely more of me to love and behold. Like all compelling issues confronting... read |
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An Incredible SOB Story 2
by Dennis Moran of the Monterey Herald |
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"It is no secret that the San Mateo County (SMC) Rural Coastal Zone (RCZ) stores the Bay Areas most valuable
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Sewage May Be Harming Sea Otters |
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Section 4. Save Our Bay! |
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"Half Moon Bay Coastside Foundation is organized under the California Non-profit Public Benefit Corporation Law for
charitable purposes. We are dedicated to the advocacy of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and a coalition member of the Water Quality Protection Program
that endeavors to preserve clean water, marine and watershed resources within its boundaries. The far reach of the Sanctuary borders extends from..." more |
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Researchers are starting to compile evidence that land runoff or sewage spills may be harming sea otters, possibly even reducing their numbers. And,
the researchers warn, otters are a "sentinel species" that can indicate wider harm done to their environment.A recently completed study, funded by a Pacific Grove sewage-spill fine, found several types of
bacteria and parasites in otters that are similar or identical to those that cause gastrointestinal disease in humans. One of the study's authors says it's "highly unlikely" that the bacteria and parasites
found in the otters originated in the sea, although researchers say they haven't yet found a "smoking gun" linking the presence of those pathogens in otters to sewage spills or coastal runoff. |
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Scientists at UC Davis revealed Tuesday that the health of California's sea otter population is even more tenuous than previously thought -- and
almost certainly worsened by polluted ocean waters, including contamination from the feces of the ordinary house cat. The most common parasite besieging California sea otters is Toxoplasma gondii, a new study shows, and
the otters afflicted with it were four times more likely to die in shark attacks as uninfected animals. The cat is the only animal that sheds Toxoplasma cysts in its feces. "Just like any organism, sea otters can
get sick from their environment, and that's what's happening here," said Christine Kreuder, a veterinarian, graduate student of epidemiology at UC Davis and co-author of the groundbreaking study released Tuesday.
Unexpectedly, the study also found that -- aside from the parasites, sharks and whirling boat propellers plaguing them -- the otters are suffering from high levels of heart disease. read |
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