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Rena Pederson: Oral History transcript
No full textInterview with Rena Pederson, a former journalist in Dallas, Texas. The interview includes biographical information about her life growing up, her educational background, her career with The Dallas Morning News and other newspapers, the books she has written, and her work in communications and public affairs
Toxicological effects of MV Rena pollutants to New Zealand fish and lobster
No full textAs part of the Rena Long Term Environmental Recovery Programme commissioned by the Ministry for the Environment in response to the grounding of the MV Rena on Astrolabe Reef (Otaiti), an experimental study of ecotoxicological effects was initiated to examine potential effects of major pollutants discharged from or associated with the Rena shipwreck. This project is one of the first examinations of ship wreck and oil spill pollution in New Zealand. Research will aid responses to future oil pollution events such as ship groundings and oil industry pollution.
The container ship MV Rena ran aground on Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty in October 2011 and discharged approximately 350 tonnes of heavy fuel oil (HFO). During the response HFO was treated with approximately 3 m³ of the oil dispersant Corexit 9500 at sea. Other pollutants associated with the Rena grounding included general cargo and other goods classified as environmentally hazardous, in particular, 560 tonnes of sodium hexafluoroaluminate or cryolite. Given the almost total absence of toxicity data relevant to HFOs, Corexit 9500 and other contaminant mixtures on New Zealand marine species, this project sought to assess the acute sublethal toxicity of these contaminants to a range of culturally, ecologically and commercially important species.
Sub-adult snapper (Pagrus auratus), spotted wrasse (Notolabrus celidotus) and red rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) were exposed to 1:1000 cryolite, 1:10000 HFO (HFO WAF), 1:400000 Corexit 9500 and 1:40 HFO/Corexit 9500 combination (HFO CEWAF: 1:10000 HFO, 1:400000 Corexit 9500) for up to 96 h followed by recovery for up to 10 d. These concentrations and exposure durations were viewed as being environmentally realistic. Fish were necropsied and examined for haematology and accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
Exposure to toxicants caused no lethality but did indicate sub-lethal effects. Measurements of blood parameters indicated two main effects in fish of erythrocyte swelling and haemoconcentration. The overall pattern of response in fish appeared to be a greater degree of erythrocyte swelling in response to the HFO WAF treatment. HFO WAF and HFO CEWAF treatments caused changes in leukocyte differential counts indicating negative responses of immunosuppression in fish. Corexit 9500 and cryolite exposure caused negligible/minimal changes in haematology in all species. Haematological assessment of Jasus edwardsii indicated immune effects of HFO WAF, HFO CEWAF and cryolite exposure as evident by changes in differential haemocyte counts.
Bile PAHs in fish and red rock lobster reached levels several orders of magnitude higher than controls. Corexit 9500 increased PAH body burden when combined with oil, however in fish it also appeared to accelerate depuration of PAHs during post-exposure recovery. Depuration was not as evident in red rock lobster. Exposure to HFO appeared to stimulate an increase in melanomacrophages in the spleen of Pagrus auratus. Overall HFO exposure with or without the addition of Corexit 9500 caused apparent sublethal changes in haematology that mostly recovered by 10 d post-exposure
Rena Fiedler Interview, 2011
No full textRena Fiedler grew up on her grandparent\u27s farm, the Stanford House, near Boston, Ohio. Her grandfather\u27s aunt, Ellen Stanford, passed the house along her nephew, Ernest Dickenson. Rena\u27s parents, William Hatch and Fanny (Dickenson) Hatch, lived at the Stanford House until Rena was in gradeschool. On the Stanford property, Rena\u27s grandfather had many livestock, corn, and other produce. Rena remembers details about the farm, as well as life in Peninsula c. 1930s forward. The Stanford House currently operates as a hostel in the National Park
Rena Fiedler Interview, 2011
Full text linkRena Fiedler grew up on her grandparent\u27s farm, the Stanford House, near Boston, Ohio. Her grandfather\u27s aunt, Ellen Stanford, passed the house along her nephew, Ernest Dickenson. Rena\u27s parents, William Hatch and Fanny (Dickenson) Hatch, lived at the Stanford House until Rena was in gradeschool. On the Stanford property, Rena\u27s grandfather had many livestock, corn, and other produce. Rena remembers details about the farm, as well as life in Peninsula c. 1930s forward. The Stanford House currently operates as a hostel in the National Park
Rena Pederson
No full textThis article is a short biography of journalist and director of communications Rena Pederson, based on an oral history discussing her childhood, education, and career
[Telegrams to Jack Ruby from Rena L. Jordan and Robert O'Shea, November 24, 1963 #2]
No full textIndividual telegrams by Rena L. Joran and Robert O' Shea to Jack Ruby, giving him their support for assassinating Lee Harvey Oswald
Rena Greenup
Full text linkRena Abravanel Greenup, born May 12, 1936, in Thessalonica, Greece, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Interviewers: Louise Goodman and Ruth Tofler-Bifsel. Camera: Don Berman. Boston Film and Video Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts
Rena Finder
No full textRena Finder, born February 24, 1929, in Kraków, Poland, provides Holocaust survivor testimony. Interviewers: Louise Goodman and Jan Miller. Camera: Don Berman. Notes: Elaine Bakal. Continental Cablevision, Beverly, Massachusetts
Interview of Rena Smedes
No full textAn interview of Rena Smedes (mother of Lewis Smedes) by her grandsons about her life and experiences to help all of the grandchildren remember her fondly
Rena Finder: Ghetto & Schindler
No full textRena Finder provides Holocaust survivor testimony for a segment of the documentary "Present Memories," produced by Holocaust Center, Boston North. Videotaped by Cablevision, Peabody, Massachusetts.Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Salem State Universit
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