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Reel fishing comedy celebrity fishing show! Big fish and big fun, hilarious!
Join us on TheFishingTube.com for our first season of Reel Fishing October 7th 2010. Don't miss out on your favorite celebs... JB Holmes, Jim McMahon, Frank Viola, Charles Howell III.Reel fishing comedy celebrity fishing show! Big fish and big fun, hilarious!
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Reel Fishing Episode 1, Season 1. PGA star long ball hitter JB Holmes makes his fishing debut with us in Orlando Florida for some great largemouth bass fishing. We caught some big bass, and some big laughs! To see the full episode go to TheFishingTube.com. [season premiere's October 7, 2010]Reel Fishing Episode 1, Season 1. PGA star long ball hitter JB Holmes makes his... more
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Blaze engulfs dozens of homes in California neighborhood
By the CNN Wire Staff
September 10, 2010 4:35 a.m. EDT
[This is the original submission. Please see updates further down.]
San Bruno, California (CNN) -- Firefighters were still battling a deadly gas-fueled blaze Friday that engulfed dozens of homes and sent fireballs shooting into the air in this neighborhood near the San Francisco airport, emergency management officials said.
At least one person died in the fire, Kelly Huston of California Emergency Management said.
Local hospitals reported Thursday night that at least 28 people were being treated for injuries from the fire, some with critical burn injuries. The number of dead and injured was "likely to climb," Huston said.
At least 53 homes were severely damaged and up to 120 homes have some damage from the fast-moving fire, San Bruno Fire Chief Dennis Haag told reporters.
The fire was about 50 percent contained four hours after it began, he said. But the persistent flames had kept crews from searching the area for victims.
Firefighters had not yet been able to access the high-pressure gas line that appeared to be the source of an explosion that proceeded the blaze, he said.
City officials said they were trying to account for residents in the area. Haag said about 100 had evacuated to shelters.
"A terrible, terrible tragedy has fallen on our city this afternoon," San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane said.
People as far as a half-mile away said they felt the boom and heat of the blast, KGO reported.
iReport: Ground level view of fire
"I was standing next to a police officer who'd been in Baghdad and he said he had never seen anything quite so bad as this," John Hampton, a freelance photographer who witnessed the fire, told CNN affiliate KGO. "It looks as if this area was fire-bombed."
San Bruno resident Tim Gutierrez, who lives in a neighborhood near where the blast occurred, told CNN affiliate KRON that people living in the area have smelled natural gas for the past three weeks.
"Every day after work, I would smell the heavy smell coming from the gutter and sewer," he said.
When asked about that account Thursday night, Haag told reporters it was "the first time the fire department's ever had any notice of it."
Pacific Gas and Electric spokesman Jeff Smith said it was too early to tell what caused the blast, and declined to comment on any posibility of gas smells proceeding the blast.
"At this time we don't want to speculate on comments such as that. However, if it's determined that PG&E was responsible, we will take accountability," he said.
California Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado declared a state of emergency in San Mateo County.
Windy weather and water supply problems have complicated efforts to combat the flames.
iReport: Lone fireman fights flames
Water pressure in the area was low because the fire compromised a water main, California State Sen. Leland Yee told CNN affiliate KRON, so firefighters had to truck in water.
"It's going to be a long, long fight on this one. Mainly it's a tough terrain up there," he said.
Sergio Campos, 21, said he was on his way to class at Skyline College when he saw the fire and pulled over. Even from a distance, the blaze "sounded like a big, ongoing roar," he said.
"A lot of us were confused because we didn't know if it was a natural explosion or an airplane crash," he told CNN's iReport.
A "major gas line explosion" occurred at 6:15 p.m. (9:15 p.m. ET) and "immediately erupted into fire," San Bruno city spokeswoman Dena Gunning said.
Authorities are worried about winds that could spread the fire and embers that are falling on adjacent houses, Huston said. Helicopters were dropping retardant on homes to try to stop the fire's spread.
iReport: Another view of the fire
Two evacuation centers have been set up and at least 100 people are being cared for at one of the locations, Melanie Finke of the San Francisco Red Cross said.
Church of Highlands Staff Pastor Leigh Bishop told CNN he witnessed a "devastating explosion" that caused the fast-moving fire.
Bishop said two people from his church had lost their homes and at least one person had burn injuries.
California's state fire department was sending 25 fire engines to the area to help battle the blaze at the request of the local fire department, spokesman Daniel Berlant said.
The fire is in a populated area about two miles west of San Francisco International Airport, Huston said.
All flights and operations there were normal Thursday evening, airport spokesman Michael Brown said.
At least 5,000 customers were without electricity, KGO reported.
CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet, Dan Simon, Ninette Sosa, Shawn Nottingham, Anderson Cooper, Karan Olson, Sonya Hamasaki, Deanna Proeller, Greg Morrison, Scott Thompson and Amanda Watts contributed to this report.Blaze engulfs dozens of homes in California neighborhood
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Best sockeye deals found off the beaten path — literally
As new salmon fishery openings were announced this week, fishmongers in Steveston, Granville Island, Lonsdale Quay and West Vancouver continue to be thronged by a public in a frenzy for cheap, locally caught sockeye. But often better deals can be found just off the beaten path,Best sockeye deals found off the beaten path — literally
As new salmon... more
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With high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological extremes. But during the Southern Hemisphere's recent winter, unusually low temperatures in part of the country's tropical region hit freshwater species hard, killing an estimated 6 million fish and thousands of alligators, turtles and river dolphins.
Scientists who have visited the affected rivers say the event is the biggest ecological disaster Bolivia has known, and, as an example of a sudden climatic change wreaking havoc on wildlife, it is unprecedented in recorded history.
"There's just a huge number of dead fish," says Michel Jégu, a researcher from the Institute for Developmental Research in Marseilles, France, who is currently working at the Noel Kempff Mercado Natural History Museum in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. "In the rivers near Santa Cruz there's about 1,000 dead fish for every 100 metres of river."
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Hey, Al Gore, did you and your eco-fascist friends catch this article or were you too busy dodging rape charges you treasonous filth?With high Andean peaks and a humid tropical forest, Bolivia is a country of ecological... more
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Estimates of between 5,000 to 15,000 dead fish surfacing at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Water is being tested, and oil has been seen in the area. And gee, I wonder where it came from? BP is trying to gloss over this and take it out of our consciousness as if all of the oil disappeared and everything is OK. They are lying bastards as far as I am concerned. The oil is down below and causing a mass die off of marinelife, only we aren't being told about that because God forbid the biodiversity of the world that sustains our lives interfere with their precious profits. This is truly sad.Estimates of between 5,000 to 15,000 dead fish surfacing at the mouth of the... more
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Scientists in Japan have created something unusually cool in the name of research. The researchers discovered a way to render a dead animal’s flesh and muscles completely transparent while dying their skeletal systems a variety of bright colors. The colorful skeletons are beautiful and give us a completely different look at animals we’re used to seeing.
Read more: http://www.whitespace.bz/ws/web/forms/pulse/PulseMainArticle.aspx?id=508Scientists in Japan have created something unusually cool in the name of research. The... more
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On Monday, beach residents awoke to a foul smell when thousands of dead fish washed ashore on a small island on the east side of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, CNN reports.
Officials explained that the fish were killed due to a lack of oxygen caused by warm waters. All of the fish were Menhaden, which are especially sensitive to such changes, and they may have been dead for days prior to washing up on the beach.
Just last month hundreds of dead sea animals and dead penguins have washed up on the shores of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Scientists are investigating the cause of these deaths.
According to the Institute of Environmental and Natural Resources, around 530 penguins, five dolphins and other sea creatures were found on the shores. Although no link has been made with the Gulf Oil Disaster or Toxic Dumping, all signs point to a growing pollution issue that may manifest itself in years to come at even greater levels. Many are concerned over the rate at which mass die-off events are occurring in the world’s oceans.
For more on this story and related content visit: http://morichesdaily.com/2010/08/ma-thousands-dead-fish-wash-ashore-warm-waters-blame-video/On Monday, beach residents awoke to a foul smell when thousands of dead fish washed... more
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For the first time in over 100 years, a colony of Pacific elkhorn coral (Acropora rotumana) has been spotted in the remote North Pacific Ocean.
Researchers from Australia's Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (CoECRS) found the coral during an underwater survey of the Arno atoll in the Marshall Islands.
The Pacific elkhorn coral got its name from the long, horn-like branches it develops over thousands of years. The colony found by the CoECRE researchers was especially large, measuring 16 feet (5 meters) across and nearly 7 feet (2 m) high.
Part of the dominant genus of reef-building corals, researchers are very interested in learning how the Pacific version lives will provide clues about these exotic marine creatures and will help determine their conservation status.
Click here to read more about what's killing coral reefs all over the world: http://su.pr/1GKO7bFor the first time in over 100 years, a colony of Pacific elkhorn coral (Acropora... more
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For several hundred crappies, the lake wasn't the place to be as August arrived.
Handfuls of the small panfish turned up dead at Lake Harriet, bobbing to the surface and suffusing the air around the popular Minneapolis lake with a distinct fishy smell.
"Just seeing the fish and smelling the fish wasn't a pleasant experience," said Deb Franko of St. Paul, who walked around the lake with her husband, Aaron, on Saturday.
Dawn Summers, spokeswoman for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, said the fish deaths might have been caused by lack of oxygen near the surface of Lake Harriet because of recent steamy weather and decomposing vegetation.
However, there were no dead fish along the shores of Lake of the Isles Sunday. And the Frankos said that when they'd walked around neighboring Lake Calhoun on Saturday, they hadn't seen any dead fish.
Lake chemistry differs from lake to lake, Summers noted. She added that group fish deaths happen every summer, and there is no indication that water quality in Minneapolis lakes has declined. Fish also commonly die in winter when ice cover limits oxygen.
The only dead fish visible at Lake Harriet on Sunday were crappies, with the lake's many other and larger species apparently unaffected. Summers said workers will clean out the dead fish as soon as possible.
Despite the bellying-up of the fish, Lake Harriet was busy with boaters, joggers, bicyclists and strolling families Sunday.
Franko said the aroma wasn't enough to keep her and her husband from walking the lake -- though she thought they might hesitate to return if the fish continued to surface.
A woman reading a book on the west side of the lake Sunday afternoon didn't seem bothered in the least. "I have pretty bad allergies," she noted.For several hundred crappies, the lake wasn't the place to be as August arrived.... more
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It's not just Japanese cuisine that delights in fresh raw fish - this is how it's served in Latin American countries.It's not just Japanese cuisine that delights in fresh raw fish - this is how... more
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Other than an amazing career filled with brilliant stunts http://tinyurl.com/37nmqvq , it looks like Jackie Chan is also spending his time training fish. Very cute video with fish belly rubs.Other than an amazing career filled with brilliant stunts http://tinyurl.com/37nmqvq ,... more
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David Spates shows and talks about an alligator feeding frenzy caught on video by fisherman Ray Cason in Georgia.David Spates shows and talks about an alligator feeding frenzy caught on video by... more
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GULFPORT, Miss. -- Something besides oil washed ashore along a section of beach in Gulfport this week.
Millions of small dead fish have washed ashore just east of Jones Park. The fish are believed to be menhaden.
Low oxygen levels in the water are typically to blame when large numbers of the tiny fish wash up dead, experts said. Harrison County leaders said it's too soon to tell if the fish-kill is related to the oil spill.
“If it’s oil-related, the BP contractors will have to pick it up,” Harrison County Sand Beach Director Bobby Weaver said. “If not, we’ll dispatch a county crew to come down here and get it."
By early Monday afternoon, sand beach crews started scooping up the dead fish and raking the sand. They were loaded on a dump truck and taken to the landfill.
http://www.wdsu.com/news/24323278/detail.htmlGULFPORT, Miss. -- Something besides oil washed ashore along a section of beach in... more
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Gulf journals: Accounts of a tragedy
Since April 20, millions of barrels of oil have spilled into the Gulf of Mexico, devastating Gulf Coast communities and ecosystems. Here are nine stories from the people affected by the disaster.
Gulf journals: Documenting a disaster
July 28, 2010 1:54 p.m. EDT
(CNN) -- Wednesday marks the 100th day of the worst oil disaster in U.S. history. Since April 20, the catastrophic Deepwater Horizon explosion has allowed millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, devastating many communities of the Gulf Coast and its ecosystem.
CNN iReport quickly realized that we had a unique opportunity to profile and share the stories of concerned Gulf residents. As the oil disaster continued to worsen, we received dozens of heartbreaking stories with photos and videos of oil-covered beaches and wildlife.
Once the threat of oil became a serious reality to Gulf Coast residents, we started to showcase both the powerful images and stories together on our blog, through a series of profiles of iReporters on the forefront of the disaster. We've heard stories from tattoo artists in Grand Isle, Louisiana, a lifelong Pensacola, Florida, resident, and a woman who's driven hundreds of miles to tell the story of a suffering Louisiana town.
These stories help us look into the lives of the hardworking people of the Gulf as they watch this disaster take its toll. Click through the gallery to read nine personal accounts of this catastrophe, and visit the iReport blog for a complete archive.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/IREPORT/07/28/gulf.journals.irpt/index.html?hpt=C1Gulf journals: Accounts of a tragedy
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The Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin (Germany), is situated on the River Spree, directly across from the Berlin Cathedral. Once you enter the hotel, nothing prepares you for the sight of the giant cylindrical Aquarium towering 25m (82 feet) smack in the center of the lobby. http://www.makeahistory.com/index.php/bizzareweird/424-aquadomThe Radisson Blu Hotel, Berlin (Germany), is situated on the River Spree, directly... more
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