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...Davos Diary: Day Two," by Red Herring "Welcome to Silicon Valley-Meets-Davos, the annual Friday night party hosted by Accel Partners during the World Economic Forum. This year’s bash, co-hosted by Google at the Kirchner Museum, featured champagne, oysters, and a star-studded roster of guests. Partygoers included [...] Harvard University President Larry Summers...
...diet is not. I have long recommended that people in the U.S. eat more fish?at least two servings a week?but I have been concerned lately about reports of increasing levels of mercury, PCBS and other contaminants in certain fish species. In my diet I stick to sardines, herring, Alaskan black cod and Alaskan sockeye salmon. All sockeye (red) salmon are wild?fish farmers haven't yet been able to domesticate them?and since those fish are less carnivorous than other types of salmon, they have lower levels of the environmental contaminants that accumulate as you work your...
...reason fish is so good for the brain is the so-called omega-3 fatty acids it contains. Oily fish, like salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, bluefish and black cod, are the best sources of those special fats. One of the omega-3s?DHA?is the main constituent of cell membranes in the brain, and a deficiency of it can weaken the brain's architecture and leave it vulnerable to disease...
...Natural Resources Conservation Services to restore Muskrat Marsh, as it is known, to its former glory by making it more diverse, with technical support from the Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management. Mass explained that the government is particularly involved in the project because the area affects the herring runs around it, which are vital for the well-being of the wider ecosystem.“Herring are your basic food chain for the ocean,” she said. “That’s why the herring that run up and down these tributaries are so important...
...Department for inserting unchecked, raw intelligence into speeches to vilify Saddam Hussein and boost the case for war. One hard-to-kill Libby favorite: the irresistible tale about how 9/11 mastermind Mohammed Atta had met with an Iraqi intelligence agent in Prague five months before the hijackings. That red herring kept creeping back into Vice President Dick Cheney's speeches long after it had been debunked...