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Tuesday May 15th, 2018 evening edition

Acres of shellfish dead in north Auckland estuary
Authored by newshub.co.nz
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Acres of shellfish have died in the past month in a north Auckland estuary smothered by mud.

That's according to an environmental group that's urging the council to force developers to limit the amount of sediment they discharge from building sites.

The Long Bay-Okura Great Park Society says the sediment has led to mass death of cocklebeds in the past month.

"The death mortality area is very localised round the Okura Estuary and north of the Weiti development," the group's deputy convenor Peter Townsend says.

"The mullet no longer fly, the stingrays are few and far between," he said.

"The shellfish beds are decimated - soon, we believe the shore birds will follow as their food sources decline.".

The Long Bay-Okura Great Park Society says the sediment discharge from building sites is the biggest threat to wildlife in the marine reserve. »

The strange eating habits of Steve Jobs
Authored by bodyodd.nbcnews.com

The new biography by Walter Isaacson details some of the weirder ones, from extremely restrictive diets to questionable personal hygiene.

The book details his occasional tendency to eat only one or two foods, like carrots or apples, for weeks at a time.

Jobs also believed that his commitment to vegan diets meant his body was flushed of mucus -- and that it meant he was free from body odor, so he didn't need to wear deodorant or shower regularly. »

All major U.S. carriers give your real-time location info to third parties
Authored by androidcentral.com

Recently, it was discovered that all four of the major United States carriers provide your real-time location info to third-parties thanks to a loophole in the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

Securus obtains this location info from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, but according to ZDNet, it does so through a middle-man called "LocationSmart.".

In other words, carriers are letting LocationSmart have your real-time location information so it can then share it with other third-parties. »

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