[nfbmi-talk] Another Newsline Fix for you News Junkies

[gkitchen]

Hi everyone,

yes, that article was interesting.

I am asking for a friend. Can you use outlook express with at & t high speed 
internet? I know that with comcast you can have up to seven email addresses 
through comcast. We are trying to find my friend a easier way to access his 
email.  I have never been good at web based email although I've been told it 
is safer.

I don't care, I just want something fast and easy to use.

Best,
Georgia
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Wurtzel" <f.wurtzel at comcast.net>
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Subject: [nfbmi-talk] Another Newsline Fix for you News Junkies


> Turtles most affected animal from Mich. oil spill
>
> By TIM MARTIN (AP) - 4 hours ago
>
> MARSHALL, Mich. - It's easy to figure out which species is the dominant 
> one
> at a
>
> wildlife rehabilitation center set up in the aftermath of the summer oil
> spill in
>
> southern Michigan.
>
> Just read the small sign tacked to a temporary partition: "Welcome to
> Snapperville,
>
> a friendly suburb of Turtle Town."
>
> Turtles make up close to 90 percent of the 2,300 animals captured and 
> cared
> for since
>
> the late July oil spill that polluted the Kalamazoo River. And true to 
> their
> history,
>
> the hard-shelled reptiles are proving to be resilient.
>
> Rows of black rubber or gray steel bins at the center serve as temporary
> homes to
>
> turtles ranging from 6-ounce spotted turtles to 30-pound snappers.
>
> Turtles ready for cleaning often are covered with mayonnaise to help 
> loosen
> the coating
>
> of oil. They get detail work from a team of volunteers in white coats
> toiling under
>
> hot bright lights.
>
> Toothbrushes and cotton swabs are among the most common tools used to 
> clean
> black,
>
> hardened oil out of every nook and cranny.
>
> About 99 percent of the turtles rescued have survived, a better rate than
> for birds
>
> and other wildlife contaminated by the pollution. Most of the turtles
> already have
>
> been cleaned, rehabilitated and returned to the wild in time for this
> winter's hibernation.
>
> "It's just the way they're designed," Chris Tabaka, a veterinarian at 
> Binder
> Park
>
> Zoo near Battle Creek, said Wednesday at the rehab center set up by 
> Enbridge
> Inc.
>
> "They've been through some things. They've been through the dinosaur ages.
> They've
>
> lived through thick and thin. They're incredibly tough animals."
>
> The types of turtles affected by the Michigan oil spill can live up to 50 
> or
> 100
>
> years, depending on the species. The vast majority should have decades yet
> to live
>
> even after their brush with the spill of at least 820,000 gallons of oil
> near Marshall.
>
> The rupture came on an Enbridge pipeline running from Griffith, Ind., to
> Sarnia,
>
> Ontario. The pipeline has restarted, but cleanup and wildlife 
> rehabilitation
> continues.
>
> Roughly 300 turtles might remain in care at the rehab center all winter,
> depending
>
> on how many are discovered or released within the next few days. The
> stragglers aren't
>
> yet strong, active or heavy enough to be released for the winter
> hibernation.
>
> The turtles likely will be kept warm indoors through the winter so
> caretakers can
>
> better monitor their health.
>
> Canada geese, ducks and muskrats are among the 36 species cared for after
> the oil
>
> spill. But turtles dominate the space inside the rehab center, which once
> served
>
> as a temporary administrative office and employee training center for a
> nearby casino.
>
> Nearly 300 volunteers have been trained to clean animals, donating a
> combined 6,400
>
> hours since the late July spill. That supports efforts from Enbridge
> contractor Focus
>
> Wildlife along with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Michigan
> Department
>
> of Natural Resources and Environment.
>
> Ann Van Weelden, a volunteer, was cleaning her 129th turtle early 
> Wednesday.
>
> "I just really wanted to help in some way," she said.
>
> Copyright C 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
>
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