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Mr. Dines provides history of Finn Whale Passage (you may have to "click" on the center and lower arrows on the five dark screen below to start video-keep trying until it goes into buffering mode, video will soon start). Videos: Finn Whale Biology: Pictures: Baleen- above and below:

As a follow up to our earlier visit to Homeboy Industries, the following story appeared in today's LA Times: -------------------- Father Gregory Boyle of Homeboy Industries puts compassionate pen to paper -------------------- The founder of a well-known gang-intervention program has written his memoir, 'Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion.' By Celeste Fremon March 17 2010 For the last 20 years, Father Gregory Boyle has been writing -- and not writing -- the book that is his newly released memoir, "Tattoos on the Heart: The Power of Boundless Compassion" (Free Press: 220 pp., $25). The difficulty was never a lack of material. For as long as I've known him, Boyle has been amassing a stupendously rich cache of stories about the homeboys and homegirls who one way or another found their way to his doorstep. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-et-father-boyle17-2010mar17,0,94359.story Visit latimes.com

Click on the green text below to view recent LA Times article on the new Age of Mammals Hall. This is a link to the story so read the story; you can ignore the other items that appear. Also, to view other articles in our blog, click on "older posts" to scroll down to view earlier posts. Natural History Museum to open 'Age of Mammals' exhibition in newly restored 1913 Building Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County will open its newly restored 1913 Building in July with “Age of Mammals” -- an exhibition that’s been 65 million years in the making. “This is the first permanent museum exhibit to...

Scientists settle on single-asteroid hit as culprit in dinosaurs' demise -------------------- A 'dream team' of researchers concludes that the massive Gulf of Mexico impact 65.5 million years ago -- not volcanoes or multiple impacts -- indeed caused the greatest extinction event of all By Thomas H. Maugh II March 4 2010, 12:55 PM PST LA Times article and reprint It's official: The extinction of the dinosaurs and a host of other species 65.5 million years ago was caused by a massive asteroid that crashed into the Gulf of Mexico, creating worldwide havoc, an international team of researchers said Thursday. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-sci-dinosaurs5-2010mar05,0,3095325.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com Comment from Stephen on above article: This is cool, Chuck! However, “the greatest [largest] mass extinction of all time is generally considered to be the “Permian-Triassic event, about 255 MYA. Step

This story was sent to you by: Chuck -------------------- The secret life of seals -------------------- Biologist studies the odd animals -- and they study him. By Joe Mozingo March 5 2010 reprint from LA Times Reporting from San Miguel Island -- The marine biologist picks his way down a mud ravine into the belching, bellowing madness of Cardwell Point. The complete article can be viewed at: http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-sanmiguel5-2010mar05,0,4769217.story Visit latimes.com at http://www.latimes.com