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Family of slain Sea World trainer wants video suppressed Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :46AMORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Sea World and the family of a trainer slain by a killer whale want to suppress video footage of the attack. Dawn Brancheau was killed two weeks ago after being thrashed underwater before a horrified audience. Sea World’s...
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :43AMSTOCKHOLM - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany, Swedish experts said today.
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :12AMA dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany, Swedish experts said Tuesday.
In Baltic: Searching for Gas, Finding Shipwrecks Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :57AMWell-Preserved Ships, Some Hundreds of Years Old, Found During Pipeline Construction
BUSINESS IN BRIEF 9/3 Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :52AMThe central province of Quang Ngai will host the second national ‘sea brand’ forum from March 18-19 under the theme of “From deep-sea port to marine economic zone”.
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :45AMA dozen centuries-old shipwrecks -- some of them unusually well-preserved -- have been found in the Baltic sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :38AMSTOCKHOLM Sweden's National Heritage board says a dozen centuries-old shipwrecks have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company preparing to build an underwater pipeline between Russia and...
Centuries-old shipwrecks discovered in Baltic Sea Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :33AMSTOCKHOLM - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the...
nawras is Exclusive Landing Party in Oman for Global Submarine Cable Network Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :30AMMuscat, 9 March 2010 - nawras is excited to be announcing its participation in the TATA Global Network (TGN) as the exclusive landing party in Oman for one of the most advanced and largest submarine cable networks in the world.
Burlington City Council OKs talks with maritime museum Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ :13AMIt was unanimous. Burlington City Council on Monday night approved talks between the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum and the city intended to make the museum the third tenant for the Moran plant project.
YTL Hotels: Dubai project will pave way for more overseas ventures Monday, March 8, 2010 @ :18AMYTL Hotels expects Pangkor Laut Luxury Resort, Residence and Spa Village, a resort development on The World in Dubai, to pave the way for similar developments outside the region. It currently manages a collection of award-winning resorts and hotels in Southeast Asia. "It's a fantastic opportunity for YTL Hotels to lend its brand for a world-renowned development. The exposure will be good for us ...
Real Estate's Link to the Small Business Credit Crunch Monday, March 8, 2010 @ :12AMIt's no secret that small businesses in the U.S. face difficulties accessing credit.
Another week of GW News, March 7, 2010 [A Few Things Ill Considered] Monday, March 8, 2010 @ :44AMLogging the Onset of The Bottleneck Years This weekly posting is brought to you courtesy of H. E. Taylor . Happy reading, I hope you enjoy this week's Global Warming news roundup Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...
Taking name-dropping to a whole new level Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :10AMIwent to sleep under an O'Malley moon and woke up caressed by the beams of an O'Malley sunrise. Breathing deeply the oxygen supplied by the O'Malley administration, I had my O'Malley Oaty Oats cereal while listening to O'Malley's March.
Green: Ghazally on a mission Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :38AMNOT many people would find the lowly creeping flatworm an interesting creature. For scientist Dr Ghazally Ismail, however, it is the most fascinating resident in the Malaysian forest.
Business Notes: Boatless weekend spawned local inventor's brainstorm Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :21AMBRIAN OHNEMUS had an idea he believed in, and now so do quite a few others. Two years ago, Ohnemus invented a boat rack to haul his boat while pulling his camper. The concept worked so well he decided to market the idea with the help of an investor friend.
Top 100 Memories: 2000-09 - No 3 Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :17AMThe Fifth Stroke - Dolphin, the most significant group development in the gain in pure swimming speed during the past decade
Worst fishing nightmare is losing Luther - again Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :48AMMemories of losing big fish have a way of eating at your mind. On my boat last weekend, we worked our way over to an underwater ledge at Stump Point at Lake Siskiyou. This was the spot where I hooked my first big brown trout, about a 15-pounder, on a cold,...
FIRST OF TWO PARTS: Owners walk from homes, values erode Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :30AMSondra Malone, 35, bought a house in Eastpointe in 2005 with an adjustable-rate mortgage. The $1,200-a-month payment on the house, along with high heating bills, an expensive SUV payment and other family expenses, quickly buried her in debt.
Where to Invest in 2010? Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ :18AMWhere to Invest in 2010?
Smiling Soni On Salo And More Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :48AMThe Olympic and world breaststroke champion talks to SwimNews about her transition to and rise with her coach in California; about cutting back to one session a day; and about that blast in Beijing
£8m pledged to rebuild stricken community Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :38AMAN organisation set up to support enterprise and regeneration in blighted steel areas has pledged more than £8m of support to Teesside following the mothballing of Corus Teesside Cast Products.
Market's bottom-out marks first anniversary Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :32AMThe Great Fear may be gone, but worries and angst remain over scarce credit and high unemployment.
Alexander McQueen wins top design award Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :17AMAlexander McQueen has posthumously won a top design award for his spring and summer 2010 fashion collection.
POKIN AROUND: Local diver/paramedic joins search for missing WWII pilot Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :57AMGertrude Tompkins Silver was 32 when she took off in 1944 in a P-51D Mustang fighter from Mines Field, now part of Los Angeles International Airport. She was never seen again.
Underwater power line proposed for Hudson Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ :22AMCATSKILL — A plan to deliver increased energy to the metropolitan New York and New England area features an underwater transmission line that will follow most of the course of the Hudson River, including passage through Columbia and Greene county waters.
Designer's posthumous award Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :25PMAlexander McQueen has posthumously won a top design award for his spring and summer 2010 fashion collection.
Novato's Fireman's Fund selects the riskiest films of the year Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :01PMWhile movie lovers wait to see which of the 10 nominees will win the Best Picture Oscar on Sunday night, Novato-based Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
Tomorrow, Today: The Films of Jia Zhangke at MoMA Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :15PMArguably the most capital-I Important international filmmaker to emerge in the last decade, Jia Zhangke is the foremost chronicler of a country in transition. Working in both documentary and narrative (and sometimes a mix of the two), his films, at once intimate and sweeping, chart China’s baby steps towards capitalism, generational shift, and changing topography. The complete retrospective of ...
Great Vis offers scuba gear, excursions Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :33PMKARI HELTON / The Valley Chronicle MAKING A SPLASH: Sally and Rich Priesing stand among the scuba gear sold at Great Vis Scuba in Hemet. The store sells wet suits designed for women by women, Rich said, as well as wet suits for men and children.
Poetry in stop motion Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :03PMTiburon filmmaker Henry Selick goes for the gold with 'Coraline' at this Sunday's Oscars... by David Templeton
Scuba Center provides family fun, diving certification Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :44PMChristina Macone-Greene photo. Wenona and Phillip Rexinger inside their Scuba Center store in Temecula.
Go Easter Egg Hunting Underwater at Alegre Beach Resort & Spa! Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :30PMThis novel Underwater Easter Egg Hunt along with several fun beach and sea activities in the “Play all Day at AquaSports” is an exciting way to celebrate the Easter holiday.
Ten Jobs You Absolutely Should Not 'Take Your Child to Work Day' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :26PMTake Your Child to Work Day is fast approaching, and chances are your place of employment is already making plans to host and entertain more than the usual number of immature people who show up for work every day. But there are jobs that just don't fit. Here are GeekDad’s Top Ten.
Elk Camp news, notes from Day One Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :24PMTop U.S. counties for Boone and Crockett record-book elk
EMac: Tired of Bailout Nation? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :58PMTo add jobs, businesses need customers and capital, but businesses and banks are sitting on record piles of cash because they are panicked about new taxes and regulations coming out of Washington, for health reform, for cap and trade (health and energy are huge sectors of the US economy, about a third).
Hacienda Bar: a different kind of National Wildlife Refuge Friday, March 5, 2010 @ :52AMThe Kenai National Wildlife Refuge is one of the 551 federal refuges in the U.S. National Wildlife Refuge System. These refuges are public land and they are supported by federal tax dollars.
After underwater glider's trans-Atlantic journey, Rutgers plans world ocean expedition Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :02PMNEW BRUNSWICK — After the nearly 8-foot, 134-pound, missile-shaped, yellow glider known as RU27 became the first unmanned underwater robot to cross the Atlantic Ocean this winter, university officials compared the feat to other cross-Atlantic pioneers like Charles Lindbergh and Christopher Columbus.
10 great places to go through the looking glass Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :13PMIf you think the delightfully bizarre world of the new "Alice in Wonderland" movie exists only on the big screen, you're in for a surprise.
The five greatest Final Fantasy soundtracks Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :18PMDuring the past three days we’ve declared the greatest Final Fantasy game of all , hand-picked the franchise’s best heroes and jeered at its mightiest villains . Today, we’re digging a bit deeper into the series and acknowledging the nearly unsung greatness of their rich, moving soundtracks.
Under the sea ‘like another world for him’ Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :12PMCharles Williams of Port Orange even tried to scuba dive on his wedding day Charles D. Williams loved the ocean so much that he tried to go scuba diving on his wedding day.
Ceremony on Friday To Dedicate Line Native’s Silver Star Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :51PMWorld War II took men from every part of the United States to places all over the world, even a young man from Line, Arkansas. That young man’s Silver Star and the flag that draped his coffin will be dedicated in a ceremony at the Montrose City Hall planned for 10 a.m. this Friday.
Owosso's Washington Elementary students learn about recycling Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :18PMOWOSSO - When Zane Jordan learned it could take 1 million years for a glass bottle to deteriorate at the bottom of the ocean, his jaw hit the floor.
Windstar Cruises Offers New Shore Excursions on Mediterranean Voyages Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :27AMWindstar Cruises, which operates a three-ship fleet of luxury yachts that explore hidden harbors and secluded coves of the world's most treasured destinations, offers new Mediterranean shore excursions for 2010.
Shackling is ridiculous and inhumane Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :05AMPamela White’s article “Pregnant in Prison” moved me to tears (cover story, Feb. 18). Having a wrist or ankle of a woman in labor shackled is shocking and inhumane. Only people who have never given birth would think such a thing is OK.
Tsunami in Mediterranean Kills Two On Cruise Ship Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :40AMNo Early Warning System LEARN MORE International Federation of Red Cross Web site Tsunami- Five Year Progress Report, Indonesia IMAGE SOURCE: The Louis Majesty/ from Daily Mail UK Web site Investigators are on their way to Madrid, Spain, where a Greece-based cruise ship is docked after massive waves hit the ship, killing two people. The ocean liner was north of Barcelona when it was hit by ...
Scientists fishing for answers Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :13AMThe East Australian Current is being studied for evidence of human impact on the marine environment, writes Deborah Smith.
Exploring Asia’s latest travel hotspots Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :05AM2010 ushers more travel opportunities for people to check out new tourist hotspots that are fast becoming international favorites. For those looking to explore more of our neighboring Asian countries, here are some destinations that should be included in the must-see shortlist.
Should Congress reject proposals limiting debt ceiling? Thursday, March 4, 2010 @ :08AMGet spending under control and stop huge budget deficits Congress is now debating whether to incre
Word Vomit: I know why the caged whale sings Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ :26PMIt's a bit laughable to me, when I think about it, that we humans with our opposable thumbs and superior intellect think we can domesticate and train wild animals. They're called wild for a reason, you know. Their natural habitat isn't in a little glass cage or pool that seems like a bathtub to them.