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The Sacramento Bee – February 9, 2012 Jody Patel, former executive officer of Sacramento Superior Court, was named interim administrative director today of California’s court system. Patel replaces Ronald G. Overholt, who resigned after serving in the ... See original here: Jody Patel named interim administrative director of state courts

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By Cindy Carcamo, OCRegister.com ROSARITO, BAJA CALIFORNIA — Keeping tabs on his U.S. citizenship application wasn’t much of a priority for Marine Cpl. Rohan Coombs when he served in the Persian Gulf War. The aircraft maintenance specialist ... Read more: Banished: US deports hundreds of military veterans

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To:    All CPDA Individual Members and Associate Members Subject: Notice Regarding Annual Election Procedures for Board of Directors / Officers CPDA conducts elections to fill a number of expiring twoByear terms on the Board ... Link: Notice Regarding Annual Election Procedures for Board of Directors / Officers

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MSNBC News / Reuters – updated 2/9/2012 2:07:17 PM ET LONDON — Millions of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labeled mentally ill by ... Read more: Shyness as illness? Experts blast new mental health ‘bible’

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Some toilet paper production destroys Indonesian rainforests, endangering tigers and elephants Go here to see the original: Some toilet paper production destroys Indonesian rainforests, endangering tigers and elephants

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) - Global warming is having an effect on the dive behaviour and search for food of southern elephant seals. Read the original: Ocean Warming Causes Elephant Seals to Dive Deeper

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 9, 2012) - As oceans warm due to climate change, water layers will mix less and affect the microbes and plankton that pump carbon out of the atmosphere -- but researchers say it's still unclear whether these processes will further increase global warming or decrease it. View original post here: Ocean Microbe Communities Changing, but Long-Term...

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For centuries the tribal Nyishi people in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh have worn the magnificent beaks of hornbill birds as a part of their traditional headgear, called pudum, which are considered a sign of manhood and tribal identity. Here is the original post: Artificial Beaks Helping to Save Hornbills from Extinction in India

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 7, 2012) - The famed "corpse flower" plant -- known for its giant size, rotten-meat odor and phallic shape -- has a new, smaller relative: A University of Utah botanist discovered a new species of Amorphophallus that is one-fourth as tall but just as stinky. Read the original: New Stinky Flower: Our Amorphophallus Is Smaller, but...

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ScienceDaily (Feb. 8, 2012) - A species of mosquito not seen in the UK since 1945 has been discovered breeding in the country. Populations of the mosquito, found across mainland Europe and known only by its Latin name Culex modestus, were recorded at sites in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex in 2010 and 2011. See...