Penguin scales wall to escape Tokyo aquarium

The Tokyo Aquarium is searching for a penguin known as No. 337 after the bird scaled a rock wall and escaped. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

By Reuters

Sometimes regular meals and the companionship of scores of other penguins just aren't enough. Penguin Number 337 seems to have decided something was missing from life at a Tokyo aquarium and took off.

The one-year-old Humboldt penguin scaled a rock wall and squeezed through a fence during a daring bid for freedom some time in the past week, sparking a penguin hunt that included a city-wide call for information on the tubby fugitive.

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Tokyo Sea Life Park, on the shores of Tokyo Bay, was alerted to the escape of the bird, known only by its number, after receiving a photograph on Sunday that supposedly showed it swimming in the bay.

'Yearning for adventure'
Kazuhiro Sakamoto, the park's deputy director, thinks it may have been a case of happy feet.

"The penguin hatched last year on January 27, so it is still a very young penguin," Sakamoto said.

"We think that because of its young age, it might have escaped due to its curiosity and yearning for adventure."

The bird, still too young for keepers to determine whether it was male or female, shared life at a rocky outdoor enclosure with a view of the sea with 135 other Humboldts and a number of penguins of other breeds. Humboldts grow to 22-28 inches long and can weigh up to 13 pounds.

Animal Tracks: Penguin on the loose

But getting out would have been far from simple.

"There's a man-made rock wall that varies between 4 to 13 feet high. After somehow climbing over it and getting out, it appears the penguin managed to squeeze through a gap in the outer fence," Sakamoto said.

Worries over dirty sea water
Worried that the penguin might have strayed out to sea, keepers issued a Tokyo-wide call for tips on the feathered fugitive and are making regular patrols along the shoreline in front of the aquarium, staring out to sea with binoculars.

Visitors said they were worried about the bird. The area around the aquarium, which sits where the Edo River empties into the bay, consists of high-rise apartment buildings and concrete, with a highway looping overhead.

"The sea water around here is very dirty, so unless the penguin is returned to safety quickly it may die," said Hiroki Kasai, a university student.

Others felt it may have gone in search of more salubrious living quarters, noting that the penguin enclosure was much more cramped than its natural habitat.

Sakamoto said the waters of the bay were full of fish so the penguin was unlikely to starve -- but that it was also unlikely to head for Peru or Chile, the ancestral home of Humboldts.

"It's a type of penguin that tends to stay close to shore, but I also think it would not be able to cross all of that wide ocean."

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Why Are The Presidential Hopefuls Ignoring Education? | Care2 ...

In an opinion piece published in The Washington Post on March 4, Joel Klein calls for moving education into a central position in the presidential election, or more specifically, the Republican primaries.

Klein, who was chancellor of the New York City Department of Education from 2002 to 2010, and is now chief executive of News Corp.?s education division, points out that only 1 percent of the time and questions in Republican debates have touched on schools since an education forum he co-moderated in New York in October.

Santorum Calls President Obama ?A Snob?

Rick Santorum?s calling President Obama ?a snob? for wanting all Americans to attend college is probably the only reference to education that most of us can recall from the Republican debates.

Klein rightly explains that new research shows that only one-quarter of America?s 52 million K-12 students perform on par with the average performance of the world?s five best school systems ? which are now in Singapore, Hong Kong, Finland, Taiwan and South Korea. Even worse is U.S. performance in advanced achievement in math and science, the best predictor of the engineering and scientific prowess that will drive future growth. Sixteen countries produce at least twice the percentage of advanced math students we do, according to research from Harvard and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

As a parent, and as a teacher, I am outraged that education is not front and center in debates about the future of this country. How do our presidential candidates believe the country will move forward, if not through educating our young people?

Klein too is outraged, but he moves from discussing presidential debates into proposing his own solutions to the education ills of this country. And his first solution is to suggest that Common Core Standards are the answer to our educational problems.

American Education Should Look To The Finnish Model

I disagree with him. As I discussed here, the U.S. educational system should look to the Finnish model and emulate a method that really works. First, it?s important to develop high professional standards for teachers; in Finland only one in ten applicants is accepted into teacher training. Next, abolish the idea of punishing teachers and schools for the poor performance of their students ? especially when that performance means the standardized tests administered one day a year. Finland only administers standardized tests to seniors in high school. Administrators should be in the business of mentoring and encouraging new teachers, not punishing them.

Klein speaks highly of the education reform movement, but the main mechanism of school reform today is to identify these teachers who can raise their students? test scores every year. Presumably, the thinking goes that if the scores go up, students will enroll in college and poverty will disappear.

No More No Child Left Behind?

I have a better idea: why not get rid of the No Child Left Behind Act, with its nonsensical requirement that all students, regardless of ability or disability, should be proficient in math and language arts by 2014.

In short, while I take issue with Klein?s solutions to our educational woes, I do agree that it?s past time for a real debate on education amongst our presidential hopefuls. Americans should demand from the candidates a substantial discussion on how they plan to prepare our children to function in a global age.

What do you think?

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Scooch ? Blog Archive ? Action Sports

Action Sports are very popular these days and there are many types. They include sports such as Motocross racing, Surfing, Waterskiing, Parasailing, Rock Climbing and the list goes on. Here is a brief history of the beginnings of a few of the more popular Action Sports.

History of Skateboarding.

Skateboarding began in Southern California sometime in the late 40s or early 50s. Southern California has some of the most popular surfing spots in the state which attract surfers from all over the world. Even when the waves were not right the surfers wanted to be able to surf so somehow skateboarding evolved, no one really knows who built the very first skateboard, but the idea caught on and spread like wild fire. Today there are skateparks, ramp skating, trick skating and the Skateboard itself has evolved to allow skaters the ability to perform very complicated tricks and maneuvers.

History of Snowboarding.

The first Snowboard was called the Snurfer and was manufactured as a toy in 1966.

I was basically a Skateboard with no wheels that you would steer with a rope. It had no bindings but would allow your boots to adhere to the board. In the early 70s a surfer developed a Snowboard called the Winterstick based on the feel of a surfboard but with the same function as skis. Through the years Snowboards and Snowboarding have increased greatly in popularity with the boards now being designed to enable Snowboards to race and perform freestyle tricks.

History of Skiing.

Skiing began as a means of travel and transportation. Sondre Norheim of Norway helped develop Skiing as Recreation and a Sport. In the mid to late 1800s lighter, thinner, cambered skis and a new stiff binding were developed which made it possible for skiers to swing, jump and maneuver turns while skiing down hill.

Some types of skiing are;

Alpine Skiing is what you do when you go to a ski resort, ride the lift and let gravity propel you down the run.

Alpine Freestyle or Jib skiing is where skiers use jumps or kicks to do aerial tricks.

Back Country Skiing or Nordic touring uses Nordic style equipment which allows skiers to ski up hill in areas where there are no chairlifts.

Cross Country Racing is one third up hill, one third downhill and one third flat.

Adaptive Skiing is done by people with physical disabilities and allows for adaptations to standard ski equipment.

Military Skiing is recreational and a means of transportation for the military, many armies train for ski warfare.

Nordic Jumping or ski flying is where skiers slide down a ramp and fly to see who can to the furthest before landing on the ground.

Nordic Skiing is the most popular style and does not require a special ski area and was developed in Scandinavia as a means of travel in winter.

Telemark skiing uses flexible ski boots that do not lock the heels into the skis which allow the skier to travel at higher speeds.

History of Cycling.

Cycling has grown in popularity over the years and throughout the world. In some countries it is a means of transportation through very narrow streets that will not allow cars to travel or countries where cars are too expensive. Cycling as a sport has increased in popularity throughout the world as well and uses bikes that are specially designed for the terrain and speeds.

Action Sports Gifts.

Action Sports are becoming more popular everyday and there are many types. They can include other sports such as Motocross racing, Surfing, Waterskiing, Parasailing, Rock Climbing, 4 Wheeling, Snowmobiling, Drag Racing, Mountain Biking and more.

Some interesting gift ideas for an Action Sports enthusiast might be to decorate a small tree with Action Sports Ornaments. There are Skateboarding Ornaments, Bike Racer Ornaments, Gifts for Snowboarders, Snowboarding Ornaments and Skiing Ornaments. These are just a few of the different types of Action Sports Gifts that are available. They are sure to be a hit with any Action Sport enthusiast.

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National Day of Action for Education Rights | Students for a ...

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Tallahassee, FL - On Thursday, March 1, the student movement in the United States took a collective step forward in the fight for higher education. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), along with Occupy Education groups across the country and other progressive student organizations, held a nationwide day of action against crippling budget cuts, tuition hikes, and student debt.

Stephanie Taylor, an SDS organizer in Minneapolis-St. Paul, described this groundbreaking nationwide mobilization by saying, ?Nearly 20 SDS chapters nationwide protested on March 1st. While campuses focused on issues particular to their own areas, students throughout the country united with calling for an end to tuition hikes and to cut bloated administrators? salaries. Access to education is a right for everyone, not just for families who can afford it! We see the 99% on our campuses as the students, workers, and faculty who make the university run, and the 1% as the fat-cat administration on top who earn executive wages.?

In Chicago, Illinois, more than 100 students marched and rallied downtown at the Chase Bank Tower. A few students organized a short political theatre sketch, in which mock-representatives of Chase handed out fake diplomas in exchange for immense student debt. Afterwards, the students marched to DePaul University?s campus and held a sit-in to demand a meeting with President Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider about rising tuition costs.

Looking south to Florida, over 50 students from Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Community College, and several local high schools gathered outside of the State Capitol to rally against budget cuts, tuition hikes, and exclusion of undocumented students from Florida?s public universities. After a few students gave militant speeches, they marched inside the Capitol, loudly chanting ?No ifs! No buts! No education cuts!? and ?They say cut back! We say fight back!?

Michael Sampson, an organizer with Progress Coalition and Uhuru FSU, said, ?Students from FSU, FAMU, TCC, and even high-schoolers came out to show that they are fighting back against attacks on education by Governor Rick Scott and the Florida Legislature.?

The group of students read a speech directly outside of Governor Scott?s door and proceeded to stage a sit-in on the fourth floor of the Capitol. Some parents who happened to be visiting the legislature that day then joined the students!

At the end of the rally, Sampson pointed out, ?Rick Scott was scared to come out of his office to meet us and hear our demands, but we won?t stop knocking at his door and next time we?ll bring hundreds. We?re not stopping!?

Further south in Gainesville, Florida, around 20 students from the University of Florida rallied outside of Tigert Hall, the Administration Building, to protest the University?s retention of Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos as a professor making $75,000 annually. While taking a big paycheck from the University, Haridopolis has led the charge to slash higher education in Florida.

The University of Florida students hung an enormous banner across both doors of Tigert Hall reading ?Worst Professor Ever? in reference to Haridopolis. They then proceeded to fill out negative student evaluation forms, which denounced Haridopolis? attacks on students, workers, and undocumented families.

Marie Dino, an organizer in Gainesville Area SDS, said, ?Yesterday?s action was very powerful because our direct focus was on the source of these attacks on students. It?s time to get Haridopolis out of our campus and out of reach from our pockets!?

In Tampa Bay, SDS at the University of South Florida organized a walkout and a rally at the Marshall Student Center. Almost 200 students attended, and after several students gave militant speeches outside, the students forcibly occupied the Student Center and staged a sit-in, demanding an end to tuition hikes and budget cuts.

Corey Uhl, an organizer with Tampa Bay SDS, described the walkout as, ?a symbolic act that represents what classrooms will look like if these budget cuts and tuition hikes pass ? empty.? Uhl continued by saying, ?USF will no longer have a diverse student body if these cuts pass. That?s why we?re fighting back!?

When asked about SDS?s role in future nationwide actions, Taylor said, ?March 1st marked the third annual March day of protest for education rights and SDS was proud to be a major component of building for the day. This is just the beginning of a long spring of struggle and resistance to the 1% of our country devaluing education and making it more and more inaccessible for the average student.?

Source: http://www.newsds.org/2012/3/4/national-day-action-education-rights

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Life is too short to read privacy policies

20 hrs.

Helen A.S. Popkin

The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal recently reminded us?of a Carnegie Mellon study which found that if you read every privacy policy on every website you encounter throughout the year, it would take you 76 work days. ?

Life is literally too short to read privacy policies.

This may be the one obvious win for Google users, seeing as the search giant just unified the more than 70 privacy policies across its many products. Digital rights advocates note that Google now has a more complete dossier on you to sell to its marketers, and hand over to the feds, should they ask. But think of the savings!?

As Madrigal points out, here's how the cost of privacy breaks down:

• Median length of a privacy policy: 2,518 words
  
• Average time to read that policy: 10 minutes
  
• Number of privacy policies you encounter in a year: about 1,462
  
• Number of work days it would take to read those: 76
  
• Number of hours it would take U.S. users to read them: 53.8 billion
  
• Hypothetical national cost of reading privacy policies: $781 billion.
  

Of course, this study is from 2008, long before Google's unification. And of course, you've got to budget for inflation as well. Still, it's worth reviewing the price of policies. Check out Madrigal's review of the study here.?

Helen A.S. Popkin goes blah blah blah about Internet privacy, and then asks you to follow her on?Twitter?and/or?Facebook. Also,?Google+.?Because that's how she rolls.

Source: http://www.technolog.msnbc.msn.com/technology/technolog/life-too-short-read-privacy-policies-297399

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Weekend visual art events ? EventHorizon

The Speed Art Museum, 2035 S. Third St., will be closed on Saturday, March 3 for the Speed Museum Ball.

The Leslie Spetz Custom Picture Framing and Gallery, 2400 Lime Kiln Lane, will have works by Pam Ludke on display from March 4-31. The artist?s reception is on March 9 from 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Sculptor Ed Hamilton will give a talk on ?Lincoln and the Arts? on Sunday, March 4 from 3-5 p.m. in U of L?s Chao Auditorium in Ekstrom Library. Free and open to the public.

Gallery M in the Mellwood Arts and Entertainment Center, 1600 Mellwood Ave., 895-3650, is displaying ?Seaside + Countryside? by Bettye Brookfield and Susan Christensen from March 3-April 23. The opening is Saturday, March 3 from 6-9 p.m.

The Louisville Area Fiber and Textile Artists (LAFTA) are having an opening reception on Sunday, March 4 from 2-4 p.m. at the Louisville Visual Art Association?s Water Tower. The exhibition is through April 13.

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You need to ask for a yearly escrow account audit from your home loan business or title company when they are handling the impound account. After this you require to call the assessor?s office and request a duplicate of all payments you have made because you obtained your new mortgage. You need to match the info through the audit towards the information from the assessor?s workplace and ensure which they complement.

In many instances there may be faulty accounting and you could even be owed money from your home loan company or even from the assessor?s workplace. These errors are a lot much more common than is usually believed and catching all of them soon enough can save you from paying an excessive amount of within house taxes or perhaps insurance coverage. Foreclosed Homes as well as how they have that Way.

TV shows and news reports covering the foreclosure turmoil more than the past few many years have frequently stumbled upon cases where the banking institutions, overloaded with cases of default have foreclosed homes with no of the documents they required to place in position before tossing people away of their houses.

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What is a Venture capitalist and How to Use Him to Your businesses Advantage?

Article by Ryan Fyfe

There are many ways that you can finance your business, but one of the best among them is to seek venture capital. However, this gives rise to one of the most common questions ? ?What is a venture capitalist??. In this article, I will try to answer your question about what is a venture capitalist and also point out some really useful tips that you can use to make the venture capital work for you.

The venture capitalist is basically a person or a company, who are willing to take financial risks. Those people are looking to make their investments grow, by investing in innovative ideas. However, you must have really exceptional and promising ideas, to grab the attention of the venture capitalists. Furthermore, they will be looking to get their investments back as soon as possible and if your idea does not work, you will have to return the finance that you have received.

When trying to find our what is a venture capitalist, have in mind that you must really give them your best, because on this depends your chances of getting VC funding. Here are some really useful tips for getting the best from these people:

* It is a good idea to include a term sheet at the end of your business plan. There you should list all the requirements that you have from the investors. However, have in mind that all the venture capitalists will consult with their lawyers, before they accept the terms that you have set. This means that you should not ask them to accept the terms that you are offering them in the first meeting, because that way you will drive them away. Make sure that you are open for negotiation, try to know more about what is a venture capitalist and he can benefot you, because they will very likely negotiate and your knowledge will help.

* Prepare an ?Anti-Dilution? clause in the contract that you will offer to the venture investors. Many of them will require that when you receive the first terms of financing, so make sure that you will consult with your management team and include one.

* Use the super preferred stock option, to preserve the voting ability for your team. Most of the venture investors will require full ownership when they are offering you financing, so it is the best way to retain your active participation right in the major company decisions.

The venture capitalists are one of the most common sources to get finance for your company and ideas. However, have in mind that nothing comes for free and you are likely to provide a lot of shares of your company to the investors as a protection. On the other hand if you spend some time and consult with some of the best financial experts available online, you will easily learn what is a venture capitalist and how to get the financing from him, while still continuing managing your business. Due to the improvement of modern technologies, the internet offers a lot of information about VC funding, so it is a good idea to research there and read all you can find.

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Wrestlers earn eight medals and a championship - NOW ...

Concordia wrestling team lands second consecutive men's championship and eight medals at Canadian Interuniversity Sport nationals

The Concordia Stingers wrestling team, under the direction of Head Coach Victor Zilberman, won eight medals and a second consecutive men?s championship at CIS nationals in Thunder Bay, Ont., on the weekend.

Five medals on the men?s side, including gold medals from James Mancini (65 kg) and David Tremblay (61 kg), who won his fourth gold medal at nationals, garnered the men?s championship.

Members of the Stingers wrestling teams can be proud of their performances over the weekend in Thunder Bay, Ont. | Photo courtesy of Recreation and Athletics

Zilberman had nine wrestlers competing across 10 weight classes on the men?s side. The team finished with 56 points. University of Regina placed second with 54 points.

Other Concordia wrestlers contributing to the championship were silver medallist Scott Schiller (72 kg); bronze medallists Greg Rossy (130 kg) and Nariman Irankhah (82 kg.); Noel Tremblay (57 kg) and Mitch Krauter (76 kg) with fourth-place finishes; Stephen de Layen who was fifth at 68 kg, and Trevor Banks who was seventh at 54 kg.

On the women?s side, all three Concordia competitors won medals. Nikita Chicoine (63 kg) won a silver medal, and Veronica Keefe (72 kg) and Linda Morais (59 kg) each won bronze medals.

With 20 points, the women?s team finished ninth out of 13 schools in the standings.

Both Mancini and Chicoine were named the Athletes of the Week for their stellar performances.

Coach Zilberman was named the CIS Coach of the Year in men?s wrestling. It was the fifth time he received the coaching honour. His previous awards came in 2011, 2006, 1986 and 1984.

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Determing the top Home fitness center equipment for the Health and ...

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