Staff shake-ups
Two major positions in the county school system were filled Thursday night, at the first board meeting under superintendent Billy Coleman and the newly reconstituted board.
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What’s Up This Weekend, January 22 & 23
The temperatures will be dropping this weekend, with the mercury not likely to reach freezing. But there are plenty of indoor activities going on to keep you warm.
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Monterey Aquarium’s “Don’t Eat” List Be Damned, Boston Seafood Chain Serves Whatever Fish They Want
Every year, the Monterey Bay Aquarium does its part to save the world’s marine life by putting out their Seafood Watch guides – basically a handy list of recommended seafood based on which species are abundant or “caught or farmed in environmentally friendly ways.” Of course, along with the recommendations of which fish orders will make you feel content in your earthiness, is a list of fish to …
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Saltwater aquarium is mesmerizing
DUBUQUE, Iowa – Shining, glistening, always moving.
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Fresh iPhone Games for Dec. 29: Altered Beast, WINtA, Dolphin Play
Another old arcade game has hit the App Store thanks to Sega, and it heads our Fresh Games list for the day. It’s Altered Beast, a game that originally hit arcades in 1988. Check it out below — along with a couple of other great entires.
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Scientists worry about ocean energy’s effect on sea-creature migration
Without maps or GPS, great white sharks travel thousand of miles roundtrip from California to Hawaii or Australia to South Africa. Sea turtles hatched on the beaches of Florida travel the currents of the North Atlantic Gyre to Europe, Africa and South America before heading home.
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Scientists worry how ocean power project will affect wildlife
The quest for green energy is increasingly focused on ocean power such as tidal and wave generators. But some scientists are raising concerns about whether those projects could interfere with salmon and other species with sensitive internal compasses.
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Baltimore – Inner Harbor: World Trade Center, Power Plant and National Aquarium
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The Baltimore World Trade Center, at 401 East Pratt Street, was built in 1977 by Henry Cobb and Pershing Wong of I.M. Pei & Partners. At 32 floors and 405-feet, it is the world’s tallest even-sided pentagonal building (the five-sided JPMorgan Chase Tower in Houston, Texas is taller, but has unequal sides). Perched at the Harbor’s edge, the building appears to rise out of the water, suggesting the prow of a ship. The 27th-flor has an observation deck, called "Top of the World," that offers panaromic views of Baltimore during daytime hours.
The Pratt Street Power Plant (far left), also known as the Pier Four Power Plant, at 601 East Pratt Street, was built in Neo-Classical style by the architectural firm of Baldwin & Pennington between 1900 and 1909. From 2001-2003, the 132-foot by 326-foot complex, consisting of three brick with terra cotta trim structures, was converted to the mixed-use project, Power Plant Live!
The National Aquarium in Baltimore (far right), at 501 East Pratt Street on Pier 3 of the Inner Harbor, is the most visited attraction in Maryland, with an an annual attendance of 1.6 million to see its collection of approximately 16,500 specimens and more than 660 species of animals.
Pratt Street Power Plant National Register #87000564 (1987)
2011 bucket list: Things you must do before the new year comes to an end
OK, a bucket list is technically a list of things you want to do before you “kick the bucket.” We’ve bent the definition a bit to serve our own purposes: Our bucket list is a list of things to do before 2011 comes to an end – from arts and entertainment events you don’t want to miss to great food to try to things that might take you a little out of your comfort zone.
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A seafood dinner, please, and hold the guilt
Go to your local fish market and the options seem limitless.
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Hydrilla has pros and cons
In classic Greek mythology, the Hydra was a marsh serpent that had nine heads to start with, but each time one was cut off, two more grew back until Hercules slew it.
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