There is absolutely NO truth to the rumors running amok on the interwebs that Apple is in talks with SEATURTLE.ORG to put sea turtle data on Apple's anticipated tablet device expected to be announced tomorrow. We also do not expect the rumored device to be called a SeaPad!

However, SEATURTLE.ORG does run on an Apple Xserve and the website, content and tools are developed almost exclusively on a 15-inch Apple MacBook Pro and a 24-inch iMac. So chances are pretty good that any new Apple device will eventually make it's way to the SEATURTLE.ORG home office, where, it is safe to say, it will be used to save sea turtles.

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Thousands of sea turtles have been rescued from the unusually cold weather experienced during the second week of January in the southeastern US. These turtles are being cared for by organizations from North Carolina to Texas. The unprecedented number of stranded sea turtles has left these organization scrambling for resources and forced them to spend funds typically budgeted for an entire year. Please help these organizations care for and return the rescued sea turtles to the wild by making a donation of money, time or materials.

Photos courtesy of NOAA

Below is a listing of organizations that need your help. This list is being constantly updated, so please check back often!

If you find a dead or injured sea turtle, please report it to the proper authorities.

NEWS

A Record 5000 Sea Turtles Cold-Stunned in Florida
2000 sea turtles rescued from unusually cold sea off Florida
Statewide turtle rescue hits historic proportions
Shocked by the biting cold, dying turtles get new life
Cold snap's toll just now being completely felt

Continue reading "Help needed to care for thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles" »

Posted by Michael Coyne at 10:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Have you been wondering what the deal is with Twitter? Not sure where to start? Well, SEATURTLE.ORG has come to your rescue with a list dedicated to turtle tweets. Everybody that I can find that is talking about sea turtles on Twitter.

Do you tweet about sea turtles? Drop me a line on twitter and I will add you to the list.

And, as always, get all of the latest news and updates from the sea turtle world by following SEATURTLE.ORG on Twitter.

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As told in Stephen Hawking's "A Brief History of Time", recently overheard on TWiT, and captured on Wikipedia...

A well-known scientist (some say it was Bertrand Russell) once gave a public lecture on astronomy. He described how the earth orbits around the sun and how the sun, in turn, orbits around the center of a vast collection of stars called our galaxy. At the end of the lecture, a little old lady at the back of the room got up and said: "What you have told us is rubbish. The world is really a flat plate supported on the back of a giant tortoise." The scientist gave a superior smile before replying, "What is the tortoise standing on?" "You're very clever, young man, very clever", said the old lady. "But it's turtles all the way down!"

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I have updated the Image Library widget once again and added some additional options. You can use these widgets to easily add dynamic content from the Image Library on seaturtle.org in to your own web pages.

Last 10 photos

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> var slidewidth=110 //set to desired width of photo widget in pixels var slideheight=120 //set to desired height of photo widget in pixels var slidebgcolor='#FFC' //set to desired background color of photo widget var slidedelay=6000 //set to desired delay between image rotations (in milliseconds) </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.seaturtle.org/jslib/imagelib.js"></script>
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Last 10 photos in plastic category

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> var slidewidth=120 //set to desired width of photo widget in pixels var slideheight=120 //set to desired height of photo widget in pixels var slidebgcolor='#FFC' //set to desired background color of photo widget var slidedelay=6000 //set to desired delay between image rotations (in milliseconds) </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.seaturtle.org/jslib/plastic.js"></script>
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Last 10 photos in hawksbill category

<script type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript"> var slidewidth=110 //set to desired width of photo widget in pixels var slideheight=120 //set to desired height of photo widget in pixels var slidebgcolor='#FFC' //set to desired background color of photo widget var slidedelay=6000 //set to desired delay between image rotations (in milliseconds) </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://www.seaturtle.org/jslib/hawksbill.js"></script>
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Note that you cannot put more than one photo widget on a page or they will conflict with each other.

If you are interested in including other categories from the Image Library in your website just let me know.

Similarly you can include a news widget that includes the latest sea turtle related headlines from seaturtle.org's news section.

Last 10 news headlines

<script language="JavaScript"> var newswidth=460; //set to desired width of news widget in pixels var newsheight=32; //set to desired height of news widget in pixels var newsbgcolor='#CFC'; //set to desired background color of news widget var newscolor='#000'; //set to desired text color of news widget var newsborder='#090'; //set to desired border color of news widget var newsdelay=5000; //set to desired delay between news rotations (in milliseconds) </script> <script src="/jslib/headlines.js" language="JavaScript"></script>
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You can also get nesting widgets by following these instructions from the Sea Turtle Nest Monitoring System.

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