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Asian carp - a collection of related fish, including bighead carp and silver carp - are what's known as an invasive species, an animal or plant that moves into a new environment, often badly disrupting it. Invasive species are becoming more common because of international trade, which turns the planet into a giant pinball machine, transplanting wildlife from one corner of the world to another, and because of climate change, which prompts species to migrate to more hospitable environments, often at the expense of those that already live there...
Part of the problem is that her character is written to be helpless—she often panics and lacks the common sense one should have in a dire situation. Her biggest lapse in judgment comes when she falls asleep with her bare hand gripping a pole. The audience must watch as she peels her frostbitten hand off in sheer agony. Moments like these provide great thrills, yet one wonders how anyone could be so foolish when the stakes are so high...
...legal and academic repercussions are still unclear for future protests, SJSF representatives said they are committed to continuing the sleep-outs this spring. In their push for the state legislature’s passage of the clean energy bill, SJSF members have planned a final sleep-out in Boston Common the night before Earth Day in April...
Seventeen Harvard students stood before the Boston Municipal Court this week to answer a summons for trespassing on Boston Common, where they were told that they would not be charged. Overall, 176 SJSF members either are going or have gone to court for one to five citations each, according to Altemose...
...next few years. Desperate for attention, he did win a few friends in high school by being the class clown. After dropping out of high school in the 10th grade, however, trouble followed him wherever he went. Smoking cigarettes, drinking booze, and walking around with marijuana are fairly common activities for teenagers, but Green managed to get caught, arrested, and convicted for each of those things by the time...