“Penpix of Australian Open men's semi-finalists - ESPN.com” plus 3 more

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• Penpix of Australian Open men's semi-finalists - ESPN.com
• Special Report: Environmental Ethics in Humanity Today -- Vision.org - Investors Business Daily
• Help bring missing Morris residents home - Morris County Daily Record
• Penpix of Australian Open women's semi-finalists - Reuters India

Penpix of Australian Open men's semi-finalists - ESPN.com Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:28 AM PST MELBOURNE, Jan 27 - Brief biographies of the men's semi-finalists at the 2010 Australian Open (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Roger Federer (Switzerland) Age: 28 Grand Slam titles: 15 (Australian Open 2004, 2006, 2007, French Open 2009, Wimbledon 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, U.S. Open 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008) Federer's record speaks for itself, he is the greatest player of his generation, if not all time. His opponents had hoped his motivation might be waning after he became a father and he achieved his life's goals, winning the French Open for the first time last year then overtaking American Pete Sampras's record of 14 grand slams. They were wrong. - - 10-Jo-Wilfried-Tsonga (France) Age: 24 Grand Slam titles: 0 Tsonga made the final in Australia two years ago when he was unseeded but this is his first appearance in a grand slam semi-final since then. He is nicknamed Ali and celebrates winning by imitating the former world heavyweight champion with some shadow boxing on court. He made it through to the last four by knocking out Novak Djokovic, the man who beat him in the 2008 final, but faces another big hurdle with Federer up next. - - - - 5-Andy Murray (Britain) Age: 27 Grand Slam titles: 0 Murray has been in devastating form in Melbourne this year, winning all his matches in straight sets. His quarter-final victory over Rafa Nadal was the highest quality match of the tournament so far and if he continues to play like that he could win the title. Only history counts against him as it has been 74 years since a British man won a grand slam. - - 14-Marin Cilic (Croatia) Age: 26 Grand Slam titles: 0 Every grand slam produces a giant-killer and Cilic has taken on the role in Melbourne, beating U.S. Open champion Juan Martin Del Potro and Andy Roddick. His biggest concern ahead of his clash with Murray is that he may be close to exhaustion after being pushed to three five-setters and spending more than 18 hours on court just to make the semis. (Compiled by Julian Linden; Editing by Ken Ferris. To query or comment on this story email sportsfeedback@thomsonreuters.com) (julian.linden@thomsonreuters.com; +61409121090; Reuters Messaging: julian.linden.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net; For the sports blog Left Field go to: http://blogs.reuters.com/sport/)) Please click on the newslink: [TENN-LEN] for more tennis stories This story is from ESPN.com's automated news wire. Wire index Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Special Report: Environmental Ethics in Humanity Today -- Vision.org - Investors Business Daily Posted: 27 Jan 2010 01:49 AM PST PASADENA, CA, Jan 27, 2010 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Environmental ethics dictate that we can no longer take our world -- and our place in it -- for granted, and in an attempt to reorient human thinking, philosophies such as deep ecology have evolved. Unfortunately, humans have come to dominate the planet as no other species does, often getting in the way of nature itself. In a new special report titled, "Environmental Ethics" Vision.org addresses important issues related to deep ecology and environmental ethics and also includes biographies of early environmental ethics pioneers and an interview with a marine biologist to further discuss the topic. The science and environment report discusses deep ecology which is a holistic view that relates to humans being an integral part of Earth's fragile environment. Included in the report are biographies on early environmental ethics pioneer Rachel Carson, whose book, "Silent Spring," was instrumental in raising awareness of our effect on the environment, human responsibility for environmental and conservation efforts, paving the way for various ecological movements, including deep ecology. It also includes Fritz Haber, inventor of the synthetic nitrogen fertilizer that feeds the world but takes a toll on our land, conservation, water systems and health. Paul Mueller is another pioneer, which is the Nobel laureate whose discovery that DDT was an effective pesticide -- then considered to be safe for the environment, humans and animals -- was hailed as "one of the great scientific discoveries of World War II" but is now banned from general use. Also in this report, Eric Montie, a specialist in marine sensory biology, speaks with Vision.org contributor Lindsay Keefer about chemicals such as DDT and their effect on mammals of the deep. Ecology advocate Paul Ehrlich speaks with Vision.org science and environment editor Dan Cloer about pushing nature beyond sustainable limits and the need to reduce our reliance on pesticides (like Mueller's) and synthetic fertilizers (like Haber's). Ehrlich discusses the ethics of population control as well as environmental ethics. He also voices his hopes for a cultural evolution in the way we approach outdated agricultural and conservation paradigms. Reflecting Ehrlich's concerns about the effects of synthetic fertilizers on the environment, human population growth, and pesticide use, the special report includes an article by Cloer, who explores our "cosmic and ecological obliviousness, the infinite world of mind and imagination gravitationally anchored to a small rock in a tiny outpost in the vastness of space" in his article, "A New Earth." He calls for an improved environmental ethic and describes some of the more moderate tenets of deep ecology: "We often [have] little regard for the intricate fabric of details -- the ants, the ozone, the sun, the atoms -- that taken together make life on Earth possible." See Also Sarah Palin: A Case Study In Demagoguery I saw the other day that George W. Bush is raising money for his proposed policy institute at Southern Methodist University. I did some research and found out that there are something like 3,000 policy institutes, most of them hosting convocations about nothing much and issuing papers no one reads. ... 11/16/2009 06:16 PM ET Californians Must Take Their State Back California's increasingly severe and largely self-inflicted economic crisis will deepen on May 19 if, as is probable and desirable, voters reject most of the ballot measures that were drafted as part of a "solution" to the state's budget deficit. They would make matters worse. National economic ... 05/01/2009 06:58 PM ET Not A Surprise: Defensive Plays Rise To The Top The groupings at the top of IBD's industry rankings table show a market in a defensive posture. Defensive groups tend to rise as investors and institutions sequester cash in low-risk, slow-growth sectors as they weather the bear raid. Metal Ores-Gold & Silver offers a defensive shelter to ... 02/18/2009 05:33 PM ET $40 And A Mule Washington: Congress is giving out cash to help Americans make the switch to digital TV next month. Is authority for this found in the Constitution's Commerce Clause? Or can it be located in the Bill of Rights? ... 01/14/2009 06:43 PM ET Nelle Harper Lee's Pluck Led To Her Pulitzer Book Nelle Harper Lee made the most of what she had. When she needed a desk, she nailed wooden legs to a broken door and got to work. When she needed a typewriter, she fixed an old Underwood. When she needed exact details to make a story come to life, she combed through her memory. Example: In her 1961 ... 06/04/2008 09:45 PM ET Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Help bring missing Morris residents home - Morris County Daily Record Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:28 AM PST (2 of 2) John Lagemann, who was estranged from Khan's mother, was granted custody by the Turkish Supreme Court in February 2009. That ruling falls under a Hague Convention treaty aimed at protecting children who have been abducted across international borders. But the ruling was not enforced by Turkish authorities. Khan's mother, Safiye Rindan Gocmen Lagemann, ignored the ruling and has gone into hiding, said John Lagemann's attorney, Janet Bayer. "Turkey does recognize the Hague (treaty), but is just considered a poor enforcer of it," Bayer said on Tuesday. "The authorities on the ground, the local law enforcement people, are alleging that they can't find her." State Police Detective Ilias Andrinopoulos, who worked with the Maplewood Police Department on the Lagemann case, said the disappearance of Khan was traced to "a parental abduction in Turkey." "By chance, if the mother does bring that child back to the United States, Customs will take him," Andrinopoulos said on Tuesday. The boy is still deemed to be missing because he was abducted, authorities said. John Lagemann discovered his son's whereabouts within a few weeks of his disappearance from the Budd Lake apartment the boy shared with his mother, Bayer said. "I'll never forget the day (John) called me and said, 'She didn't come back,' " Bayer said. "We drove up to Budd Lake together to that apartment and everything had been cleared out." 1,143 active cases State Police worked on 16,345 missing persons cases in New Jersey in 2009. Most were cleared by year's end, according to agency statistics. As of last month, there were 1,143 active cases statewide. Posting cases online has proved useful to authorities for years. State Police Investigator Heidi Dalton said the Web makes photos and biographies more portable for officers in the field, who can access the information on their cell phones or laptops, rather than wait for faxes or e-mail. "They can just save it and use it, or make a flier, from the photo on the Web site," said Dalton, who is the state's so-called clearinghouse manager for missing persons cases and distributes the information to as many resources as possible. Donegan, the State Police sergeant, also cautioned that the Internet has "made the world that much smaller," sometimes making it tougher for investigators. For instance, a runaway could use a social networking site to befriend a person across the country, requiring police to cast an even wider net when searching for the runaway. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

Penpix of Australian Open women's semi-finalists - Reuters India Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:39 AM PST MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Brief biographies of the women's semi-finalists at the 2010 Australian Open (prefix number denotes seeding): 1-Serena Williams (U.S.) Age: 28 Grand Slam titles: 11 (Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, French Open 2002, Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009, U.S. Open 1999, 2002, 2008) Came into the tournament with her usual injury concerns and her legs heavily strapped but has had no major health problems. Sailed into the quarter-finals without dropping a set or even a single game on serve but almost came unstuck against Victoria Azarenka before winning in three. Has already won the title four times and is a short-priced favourite to win a fifth. - - 16-Li Na (China)  Continued... Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction.

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