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New Orleans Flood Map
Search by address or click on a map of New Orleans and see maximum flood depths following Hurricane Katrina ("generally based on Aug 31 [2005] data"), and the latest recorded depths. "Note: This site is not intended for government planning, insurance claims, or any type of profit by any party. It is intended to provide some information to New Orleans Hurricane Victims."From a surveying and mapping company with headquarters in Louisiana. [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Oakland Collection at the Oakland Museum of California
"In celebration of Oakland’s 150th anniversary, the Oakland Museum of California presents over 7000 Oakland objects from its California Collections. These include historical photographs, paintings, documents, objects, all about Oakland, the city founded on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in 1852."Also features nine panoramic photographs of Oakland, which were created between 1877 and the 1930s. Searchable, or browsable by neighborhood map. Includes links to related sites. Hoax: 11th Grader Gets Detention for Using Firefox
Update: A little digging shows the Pennsylvania high schooler in detention is in the doghouse for mouthing off, not for using Firefox, as reported on the web. Turns out the kid altered the scanned detention report, sparking the "punished for using Firefox" story. Look for a retraction from the culprit. Sciencebase wants your blog
A couple of the recent additions to the Sciencebase science links were research-based blogs rather than the more familiar commentary type (like this one). The chat and waffle sites can be informative and entertaining but sites like the Usefulchem blog are more, well…useful, providing as they do insights into the processes of scientific research and [...] A Gift Guide for Game Geeks
Buying a game for a hard-core gamer with an extensive collection is a daunting task. You might be better off opting for one of the myriad accessories, soundtracks or tacky souvenirs designed for gaming fanatics. By Lore Sjöberg. Nuclear Medicine Procedures Can Trigger Radiation Alarms In Public Pla
Twenty million nuclear medicine procedures that detect and evaluate heart disease, brain disorders and cancer -- and that use radiopharmaceuticals to treat overactive thyroids and some cancers -- are performed each year. Sometimes patients who have received these treatments inadvertently set off radiation alarms in public buildings. Firefighters Keep From Broiling With the Rosenbauer Water-Atomizing No
To avoid getting cremated, firefighters opt for nozzles like the $600 Rosenbauer SelectFlow EN. The SelectFlow's powerful water bore can shoot up to 100 gallons per minute as much as 140 feet away. Genetic Link To Spina Bifida Discovered
Researchers have discovered an association between genes regulating glucose metabolism and spina bifida. The decade-long study looked at more than 1,500 DNA samples from parents and their children with that birth defect. [Ironic] An Italian pensioner committed suicide after his wife fell in
Recalling the end of Romeo and Juliet, the 70-year-old man, Ettore, who had sat by his wife's bedside for four months after she slipped into a coma following a heart attack, finally gave up hope and gassed himself in the garage of his family home.Less than a day later, his wife, Rossana, woke up in her hospital bed in Padua and immediately asked for him.
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