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Watermen Fight to Protect Oyster Harvesting Techniques
By JENNIFER HLAD
ANNAPOLIS (Jan. 20, 2010) – More than 150 watermen took a day off from the water Tuesday to protest a proposed oyster restoration plan and support a bill they say will help them hang on to their livelihood.
The bill would protect the watermen's right to use certain equipment and techniques — power dredging and patent tongs — to harvest oysters. The areas where oystermen can use that equipment is already limited, and the bill would prevent the state from further restrictions.
"We see this as a preemptive bill," said Sen. Richard F. Colburn, R-Caroline, who sponsored the bill and introduced it Tuesday in the Senate's Education, Health and Environmental Affairs Committee.
Watermen also say their ability to harvest oysters is threatened by Gov. Martin O'Malley's proposed Oyster Restoration and Aquaculture Development Plan.
The 10-point plan includes increasing oyster sanctuaries from 9 percent of the current habitat to about 25 percent, leaving less area for struggling oystermen to harvest. Watermen worry the state's next step will be to ban power dredging and patent tonging all together. (read more)
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Of course, marrying for love is the real reason to put a ring on it, but this news doesn't hurt.
Report: More men get economic boost from marriage
By DAVID CRARY, AP National WriterNEW YORK (AP) – Historically, marriage was the surest route to financial security for women. Nowadays it's men who are increasingly getting the biggest economic boost from tying the knot, according to a new analysis of census data.
The changes, summarized in a Pew Research Center report being released Tuesday, reflect the proliferation of working wives over the past 40 years _ a period in which American women outpaced men in both education and earnings growth. A larger share of today's men, compared with their 1970 counterparts, are married to women whose education and income exceed their own, and a larger share of women are married to men with less education and income. (read more)
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January 16th, 2010 .:|Jennifer|:. · 4 Comments
Merida, Venezuela – You might imagine that the shop selling the largest number of ice-cream flavours in the world would be in Italy or perhaps the US, but in fact it is in the Venezuelan city of Merida, as Will Grant discovered. After looking in the windows of a couple of ice-cream parlours but finding nothing more exciting inside than strawberry and vanilla, we eventually find Coromoto, opposite a church. The neon sign outside, with the words “Guinness Book of Records” written in pink, is an instant give-away but, once through the doors, it becomes even clearer that this is the place. The selection includes chilli, tomato, gherkin, onion, mushrooms in wine, garlic, and cream of crab.
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January 11th, 2010 .:|Tracy|:. · 2 Comments
OMG, 60 R caught texting while driving
State law seen as effective deterrent despite initial doubts
by C. Benjamin Ford | Staff Writer
Del. Frank S. Turner feels vindicated.
Many skeptics had a field day when he sponsored a bill in the House of Delegates to ban texting while driving, he acknowledges. Logistically, it seemed like it would be a challenge to nab offenders in the act.
"There were a lot of people who said you can't catch any people texting while driving," said Turner (D-Dist. 13) of Columbia.
Turns out police across Maryland have issued 60 citations to motorists for texting while driving either to send messages, update their Facebook page or post on Twitter since the law banning the act took effect Oct. 1.
The new law makes typing or sending text messages while driving an offense punishable by a $500 fine and a point on the driver's license. Maryland is one of 18 states that prohibit sending text messages while driving. (read more)
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Time Magazine labels the 00's as "the decade from hell." What would you label it?
The '00s: Goodbye (at Last) to the Decade from Hell
At exactly two minutes after midnight on Jan. 1, 2000, an alarm sounded at a nuclear power plant in Onagawa, Japan. Government officials and computer scientists around the globe held their breath. Was this the beginning of a massive Y2K computer meltdown? Actually, no. It was an isolated event, one of a handful of glitches to occur (including the failure of 500 slot machines at two racetracks in Delaware) as the sun rose on the new decade. The dreaded millennial meltdown never happened.
Instead, it was the American Dream that was about to dim. Bookended by 9/11 at the start and a financial wipeout at the end, the first 10 years of this century will very likely go down as the most dispiriting and disillusioning decade Americans have lived through in the post–World War II era. We're still weeks away from the end of '09, but it's not too early to pass judgment. Call it the Decade from Hell, or the Reckoning, or the Decade of Broken Dreams, or the Lost Decade. Call it whatever you want — just give thanks that it is nearly over. (read more)
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December 21st, 2009 .:|Tracy|:. · 2 Comments
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