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National Briefing | Washington: Administration Takes Steps to Aid Bees

by AlisonEnticknap Posted on June 20, 2014

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Codex: Orks (eBook Edition) – Games Workshop

Orks thunder into battle bellowing “Waaagh!” at the top of their lungs. They fall upon their foes like an avalanche, a vast horde of barbaric greenskined warriors wielding an assortment of crude but deadly weapons. All Orks live for fighting. They are addicted to the thunderous racket of really big guns, to speeding about in ramshackle trucks and buggies, an

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White Dwarf Issue 21: 21 June 2014 – White Dwarf

Issue 21 of White Dwarf welcomes the arrival of the new Ork Codex with a Battle Report where the green tide goes up against the Great Devourer. Who’s the deadliest alien in the galaxy? Find out here. It’s joined by some Middle-earth gaming, an exclusive new datasheet for Ork Looted Wagons which you won’t find anywhere else, a look at the Ork O

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Codex: Orks (Enhanced Edition) – Games Workshop

Orks thunder into battle bellowing “Waaagh!” at the top of their lungs. They fall upon their foes like an avalanche, a vast horde of barbaric greenskined warriors wielding an assortment of crude but deadly weapons. All Orks live for fighting. They are addicted to the thunderous racket of really big guns, to speeding about in ramshackle trucks and buggies, an

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How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Orks: Flash Gitz – Games Workshop

The gun-crazy show-offs known as Flash Gitz are skilled at breaking heads up close or blasting their enemies into tiny, glowing bits with equal style. Amongst the richest and most obnoxious of their warlike breed, Flash Gitz travel the galaxy engaging in acts of outrageous piracy and wanton vandalism. Kaptin Badruk is the greatest Flash Git there ever was. H

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White Dwarf Issue 20: 13 June 2014 – White Dwarf

Of all the weapons found in the 41st Millennium, little can be regarded as deadly as the one that teleports a terrified Snotling into your brain; say hello to the new shokk attack gun! It’s joined in White Dwarf issue 20 by a host of Orky dakka as the Mek Guns make their arrival too. To celebrate all of this, Adam pens a feature on why Orks are now one

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The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking – Kate Payne

With The Hip Girl’s Guide to Homemaking, it’s possible and even convenient to create an inviting space for living and entertaining on a budget. From unique decor ideas to growing strawberries on your fire escape, Kate Payne shares fun, low-cost (and often free!) creative solutions that will make anyone feel more accomplished in minutes. Inside this

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Rescuing Riley, Saving Myself – Zachary Anderegg & Pete Nelson

While hiking on a solo vacation in a remote, uninhabitable region of Arizona, Zachary Anderegg happened upon Riley, an emaciated puppy clinging to life, at the bottom of a 350-foot canyon. In a daring act of humanity that trumped the deliberate savagery behind Riley’s presence in such a place, Zak single-handedly orchestrated a delicate rescue. What didn’t c

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Inside of a Dog – Alexandra Horowitz

The bestselling book that asks what dogs know and how they think, now in paperback. The answers will surprise and delight you as Alexandra Horowitz, a cognitive scientist, explains how dogs perceive their daily worlds, each other, and that other quirky animal, the human. Horowitz introduces the reader to dogs’ perceptual and cognitive abilities and then draw

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The Art of Raising a Puppy (Revised Edition) – Monks of New Skete

For more than thirty years the Monks of New Skete have been among America’s most trusted authorities on dog training, canine behavior, and the animal/human bond. In their two now-classic bestsellers, How to be Your Dog’s Best Friend and The Art of Raising a Puppy, the Monks draw on their experience as long-time breeders of German shepherds and as t

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How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Big Mek With Shock Attack Gun – Games Workshop

Especially talented or popular Mekboyz will soon attract a following, lording it over a growing gang of underlings. A Mek with this much clout is referred to as a Big Mek, and can prove indispensable to the local Warboss with his knowledge of shokk attack guns, force field technology, and tellyporta rigs. Yet Warbosses don’t willingly suffer rivals. If a Big

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National Briefing | Washington: Administration Takes Steps to Aid Bees

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Retiring: A Second Career, Happily in the Weeds

by Myrna Posted on June 20, 2014

A 2013 federal report showed that one-third of beginning farmers are over 55, and seem to take up the task after leaving a different career. Credit: Retiring: A Second Career, Happily in the Weeds ; ;Related ArticlesNew Zealand Rejects Mining Project on Pacific SeafloorDot Earth Blog: A Darker View of the Age of Us – the AnthropoceneArizona Cities Could Face Cutbacks in Water From Colorado River, Officials Say ;

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Most Soccer-Related Brain Trauma Isn’t From Heading the Ball

by Gwenda Bischof Posted on June 19, 2014

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Since February, when a New York Times article linked heading soccer balls to the possibility of brain injury, the media—eager for a new angle on the 2014 World Cup—has fixated on the dangers of headers. The Boston Globe, Slate, and Fox News have all warned of that heading the ball might cause serious damage to players’ brains.

Scientific studies have shown that rates of concussions and head injury in soccer are comparable to football, ice hockey, lacrosse, and rugby. But news stories that focus on the danger of heading have it all wrong. It’s not the ball that soccer players should be worried about—it’s everything else. Player-to-player, player-to-ground, and player-to-goalpost collisions are soccer’s biggest dangers, explains Robert Cantu, a professor at Boston University who has researched the issue. An opponent’s head, foot, or elbow is much more dangerous than a one-pound soccer ball. It’s true that “the single most risky activity in soccer is heading the ball,” Cantu says—but that’s because contact with other players, the goalposts, or the ground is so much more likely when a player goes up for a header.

Government data supports the idea that contact with other players is a much bigger problem than contact with the ball. Most of the 24,184 reported cases of traumatic brain injury in soccer reported in a 2011 Consumer Products Safety Commission study resulted from player-to-player contact; just 12.6 percent resulted from contact with a ball. Head-to-head, head-to-ground, and head-to-goalpost injuries are all more common than head-to-ball injuries in US youth leagues, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Recent speculation about the damage done by headers on the brain has centered on the case of Patrick Grange, a 29-year-old forward for the Chicago Fire‘s development league team who died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, sometimes known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, in 2012. Scientists who studied Grange’s brain after his death found evidence of chronic trauma encephalopathy, a disease previously found only in the brains of deceased boxers, NFL players, and military veterans. CTE, which some researchers believe is linked to repetitive head trauma, can cause memory loss, dementia, aggression, confusion, and depression. But often, symptoms don’t show up for years after the initial brain trauma, and for now, doctors can only diagnose it after death.

Christopher Nowinski, the author of Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis from the NFL to Youth Leagues, which focuses on head trauma in football, has linked Grange’s death to heading the ball, calling him a “prolific header.” But scientists do not fully understand the link between brain injuries and concussions and the act of heading a soccer ball. Current studies of soccer, heading, and brain trauma have small sample sizes; many don’t account for dementia, mental-health issues, previous concussions, or other brain injuries or diseases, such as Grange’s ALS.

The New York Times, for example, reported that Grange’s parents said he had suffered several concussions in his youth, including a fall as a toddler, as well as concussions playing soccer before advancing to the Fire’s developmental team. The more concussions a person suffers, the more likely he is to sustain future, more severe brain injuries. The science suggests that headers have something to do with brain injury in some cases, but the connection is not clear yet.

What is clear from the science, however, is that collisions with players, goalposts, or the ground can be extremely dangerous. Take Thursday’s Uruguay-England World Cup match, for example. Fighting for the ball, Uruguayan defender Álvaro Pereira took a knee to the head and was knocked out on the pitch. Still, Pereira immediately returned to play, going directly against last year’s recommendations from the American Academy of Neurology: “If in doubt, sit it out.” (FIFA, international soccer’s main organizing body, has a similar suggestion on its website but has no hard rules regarding concussions and required time off the pitch.)

Uruguayan defender Álvaro Pereira takes a knee to the head. Juan Carlos Colin/Vine

Goalkeepers, who spend their games diving into the ground and colliding with other players, are arguably the most vulnerable to brain injury. Their risk for injury to the head and cervical spine is comparable to that of skydivers and pole vaulters, according to a 2000 study Cantu coauthored. FIFA has published an article on its website warning that goalkeepers are constantly “subjected to direct trauma” resulting from contact with the ground, the goalposts, and other players.

In April 2010, Briana Scurry, who played goalkeeper for United States Olympic and World Cup teams, was in her second season with DC’s Washington Freedom when she collided head-on with a striker. Scurry began getting severe headaches and feeling depressed—symptoms she later attributed to a concussion and neck injury. “All my career, my success has been based on my mentality. It all starts with my mind,” Scurry said later. “And so, for me, my brain was broken.”

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Scurry isn’t alone—goalkeepers have fallen victim to traumatic brain injuries for decades. In 1933, Jon Kristbjornsson, a goalkeeper for the Icelandic soccer team Valur Reykjavik, died of brain trauma after colliding with another player. The rule in soccer forbidding players from kicking the ball once the goalkeeper has possession was the result of the death of keeper Jimmy Thorpe, who perished after being kicked in the head and chest in a game in 1936. In 2006, Petr Cech, the goalkeeper for Chelsea, needed skull decompression surgery after colliding with a midfielder in the penalty box. He now wears safety headgear when he plays. Last year, Boubacar Barry, an Ivorian keeper, hit the goalpost while making a save and fell unconscious, missing the rest of the season. In April, a keeper from Gabon died because a striker accidentally stepped on his head after he saved a shot and was lying on the ground.

Soccer headbands and headgear may offer a partial solution. A study published in 2003 by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association in coordination with the National Institutes of Health found a significant reduction in peak force of impact on soccer players’ heads with three different marketed headbands, and a 2006 McGill University study that tracked 278 adolescent soccer players over a season found that using headgear was associated with cutting concussion risk in half. Players who didn’t wear headgear were twice as likely to get concussions. Despite these and similar findings, FIFA does not require or recommend the use of headgear for soccer players—including goalkeepers—at any age level.

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Despite Protests, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline

by Myrna Posted on June 17, 2014

The project, which would send oil from Alberta to Asia, faces stiff opposition from aboriginal groups, environmentalists and community advocates. View the original here: Despite Protests, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth: Indian Point’s Tritium Problem and the N.R.C.’s Regulatory ProblemReport Finds Higher Risks if Oil Line Is Not BuiltObama Plans Protected Marine Area in Pacific Ocean ;

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The Earth’s Hidden Ocean

by Myrna Posted on June 16, 2014

An ocean of water appears to be tied up in minerals of the mantle 400 miles below the surface, according to an analysis of seismic waves passing through the deep earth. Link:  The Earth’s Hidden Ocean ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth: Indian Point’s Tritium Problem and the N.R.C.’s Regulatory ProblemDot Earth Blog: Indian Point’s Tritium Problem and the N.R.C.’s Regulatory ProblemWith Data and Resolve, Tacoma Fights Pollution ;

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Recreating Wilderness in Spain

by Myrna Posted on June 13, 2014

A reserve in the country’s west seeks to transform unused farmland into the type of wild area that disappeared from Europe centuries ago. More here:   Recreating Wilderness in Spain ; ;Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Recording the Polar Bear’s View of its Changing Arctic EnvironmentWhat the Future Holds: How Obama’s Climate Goals Will Play in Silicon ValleyDot Earth Blog: Indian Point’s Tritium Problem and the N.R.C.’s Regulatory Problem ;

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With Data and Resolve, Tacoma Fights Pollution

by Myrna Posted on June 12, 2014

Tacoma, Wash., is using science, persistence and enforcement to take on rain-borne pollution, which has been a largely ignored environmental problem. View the original here – With Data and Resolve, Tacoma Fights Pollution Related ArticlesDot Earth Blog: Recording the Polar Bear’s View of its Changing Arctic EnvironmentWorld Briefing: Chile: Patagonia Dams RejectedA Push to Save Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake

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In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics

by Myrna Posted on June 6, 2014

At least 10 states have already met President Obama’s goal of a 30 percent reduction in power plant emissions by 2030, without the economic damage that critics have warned would occur. Original link: In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics ; ;Related ArticlesNews Analysis: The Potential Downside of Natural GasGermany Leans Toward Lifting Ban on FrackingDot Earth Blog: Behind the Mask – A Reality Check on China’s Plans for a Carbon Cap ;

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Fixes After BP Spill Not Enough, Board Says

by Myrna Posted on June 5, 2014

A report from the federal Chemical Safety Board said another disastrous offshore oil well blowout could happen despite regulatory improvements. See the original post: Fixes After BP Spill Not Enough, Board Says Related ArticlesGermany Leans Toward Lifting Ban on FrackingPuerto Rico Debates Who Put Out the Lights in Mosquito BayMatter: Putting a Price Tag on Nature’s Defenses

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Dot Earth Blog: Forget the World Cup – Brazil Posts Double Win with Simultaneous Soy Boom and Deforestation Drop

by Myrna Posted on June 5, 2014

A new analysis sees many factors driving the extraordinary sustained drop in Amazon forest loss in Brazil even as soy production has boomed. Continued: Dot Earth Blog: Forget the World Cup – Brazil Posts Double Win with Simultaneous Soy Boom and Deforestation Drop Related ArticlesForget the World Cup – Brazil Posts Double Win with Simultaneous Soy Boom and Deforestation DropEconomic Scene: A Paltry Start in Curbing Global WarmingDot Earth Blog: Behind the Mask – A Reality Check on China’s Plans for a Carbon Cap

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