| Outdoors Notebook: Tag program for striped bass off to good start
An effort to place satellite information tags into striped bass has been deemed a success. Dr. John Graves of the Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences placed six tags into fish last weekend. He has four more tags to deploy. Part of the sought data deals with mortality in a catch-and-release fishery. So three of the tagged fish were caught on conventional "J" hooks, and the other three were caught on circle hooks. Only one of the J-hook-caught fish was deep-hooked. "We were able to remove the hook with no problems, and the fish appeared to be in great shape," Graves said. "All the other fish were hooked in the corner of the mouth." Graves, who has used similar tags in his white marlin research, said the remaining four tags likely will be in fish by the start of today's Super Bowl.
This year, the American people will choose between two diametrically ...
The Democratic Party looks at our nation and sees the twilight of the American soul. Republicans affirm that now, as throughout history, the spiritual and intellectual genius of the American people will create a better nation and maintain a just peace. To Republicans, creativity and growth are imperatives for a new era of opportunity for all. The Republican Party's vision of America's future, the heart of our 1984 Platform, begins with a basic premise: From freedom comes opportunity; from opportunity comes growth; from growth comes progress. This is not some abstract formula. It is the vibrant, beating heart of the American experience. No matter how complex our problems, no matter how difficult our tasks, it is freedom that inspires and guides the American Dream.
Letters 2/11: Gas costs cause problems
Rising gas prices are the single factor influencing the reduction of my consumer spending.My "fun" budget was gone in May. In September I began cutting into my food and clothing budgets to pay for gas. I make a decent living, yet I find myself drowning financially. As gas prices continue to rise, so does the cost of everything else. In my little town, the price of groceries has more than doubled. Clothing costs have increased.Does anyone really think the oil companies would suffer if they only made $30 billion in profits? .
Checking 2nd bag?
The fees are another sign of major airlines' growing movement to "a la carte" pricing, in which customers pay separate charges for certain services such as priority seating and food. Low-cost carriers already routinely charge such fees. Other airlines likely will adopt similar baggage fees, said David Stempler, president of the Air Travelers Association. He predicted those fees will be followed by other new fees as major airlines charge for services previously covered by the cost of a ticket. US Airways, which has its largest hub in Charlotte, announced the new $25 fee for checking a second bag Tuesday. Similar to one adopted by United Airlines three weeks ago, the fee is aimed to offset increased fuel prices, which have raised operating costs, US Airways officials said.
iPhone seller vacates his rented PoCo home
The man behind an Internet sales scheme that saw people pay for iPhones that never arrived has apparently abandoned his $2,000-a-month Port Coquitlam rental home. Joshua Tristan Trousdale, who relocated to B.C. after being convicted of fraud in New Brunswick under his earlier name, Scott Frederick Byers, is linked to an elaborate Internet operation that is inviting people to divulge their personal and financial information. Trousdale picked up and moved recently without notice, following a pattern that has kept his numerous online activities operating despite a string of people complaining to law enforcement agencies about their dealings with him. .
Adrian Gives Homeless Guy a Shiner
Adrian Grenier made sure our camera was rolling last night as he tossed a street performer a generous donation: a shiny, silver coin worth 25 American cents. Grenier couldn't spot a struggling man a dollar -- but, after fearing our camera picked up some incriminating bits of his conversation, he did offer our photog a thousand bucks for the footage.How generous. .
BBB releases latest set of consumer alerts
This week the Better Business Bureau of Northern Indiana released its latest consumer/business tips. The BBB notes that readers should take into consideration the importance of the practice in question and the total performance of a company. For complete information on these companies, go to www.bbb.org on the Web. • Wish Children of Indiana — Do not confuse this group with the Indiana Children’s Wish Fund. Wish Children is calling consumers claiming that they grant wishes to terminally ill children. Calls to the organization are answered by a professional fundraiser who opens with "accounting" and not the name of the organization. The professional fundraiser is keeping 85 percent of the money the company collects. The BBB recommends no more than 35 percent be spent on fundraising. • LSAT Intensive Review advertises weekend Law School Test preparation seminars in cities throughout the U.S.
Dems Should Thank Nader, Not Trash Him
Hillary Clinton blamed Ralph Nader this weekend for Al Gore's 2000 loss to George W. Bush. She's hardly the first to make such a statement, but the comment reveals the patronizing attitudes that still pervade her party. Barack Obama wasn't much nicer, saying Nader "did not know what he was talking about" when he claimed there was no difference between Bush and Gore. But it's Clinton's comments that really got to me: She said categorically that Nader "is responsible for George W. Bush." She's wrong. You know who is "responsible" for Bush being elected? Gore. The Democratic Party. The American public. I first became aware of Nader as a high-school senior in 1996. I didn't get to vote that year - the election was held about five weeks before I turned 18 - but I would have voted for him.
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