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...everyone is ready to heed the warning. A weeklong international meeting to save the species ended in splenetic arguments Monday night, as European officials thwarted a proposal by the U.S. and environmental groups to impose a partial moratorium on bluefin-fishing and to drastically reduce catch quotas...
...Spain's negotiator in Marrakech, fisheries official Fernando Curcio, said on Tuesday that "it was important to us to protect the interests of our small fishing fleets." Yet Europe's fisheries official Amilhat says that, inevitably, many fishermen will lose their jobs as fleets shrink in response to reduced catch quotas. And if the environmentalists' boycott campaign further cuts bluefin consumption, the species may yet have a fighting chance...
Lwanga is the biggest catch among the 500 or so court convictions SmartWater says it has secured so far - a fairly modest number for a company that has been around since 1995. But that's not counting those who simply come clean when the UV light finds them out, says former police detective Phil Cleary, SmartWater's co-founder and ceo. In any case, he says: "We are not a thief-catching company or a property-recovery company; we're selling a deterrent...
...teacher." It was opposed by the NEA. In his book The Audacity of Hope, he sounded as if he were channeling urban-school reformers like Rhee: "There's no reason why an experienced, highly qualified and effective teacher shouldn't earn $100,000," he wrote. "There's just one catch. In exchange for more money, teachers need to become more accountable for their performance--and school districts need to have greater ability to get rid of ineffective teachers." Then, in a speech before the NEA in 2007, he endorsed merit pay, provoking scattered boos from the audience. Far more than...
...John Michael Hayes, 89, was a prolific screenwriter who worked with Alfred Hitchcock on films such as Rear Window and To Catch a Thief. After a dispute over payment and writing credit ended their partnership, Hayes went on to solo projects such as Peyton's Place...