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...will try to hide behind large rocks or in mosquito-infested mangroves. The boat's presence is unquestionably illegal. But the foreign fishers have few alternatives. Almost all of them are from Merauke, a village in Indonesia's Irian Jaya, about 145 nautical mi. (270 km) to the northwest. If they can avoid detection, the men could bring home a spectacular catch of shark fin (which can sell for $A200 a kg) and retire. The court houses and lock-ups on Thursday Island and in the Arnhem Land town of Nhulunbuy are stretched due to an official crackdown on FFVs...
...first morning in the field and Creaser, a geologist, kneels in the red dirt of Queensland's Gulf country, 200 km northwest of Mount Isa. His right hand clutches a crack hammer, which is poised over a piece of rock the size of two bricks. What's inside the rock will make Creaser's day and remind the rest of the party that, for all the wonders this place has yielded, it has much more to give. "Work at Riversleigh," says team leader Mike Archer, "will go on forever...
Hendricks, the lone player from the Crimson’s 2003 campaign currently in the minors, was assigned to the Diamondbacks short-season A ball affiliate Yakima Bears of the Northwest League after being selected in the 24th round by Arizona...
...ancient city. The companies hope Olympic gold will trickle into the bottom line. "The Olympics provide a great opportunity for these companies to create demand for their footwear and apparel," says Mitch Kummentz, senior analyst at D.A. Davidson & Co., an investment bank and research firm based in the Northwest. "Performance products have gained favor among the fashion conscious. Once we get into the Games, this trend should accelerate...
...Biological Research Infrastructure, the Laboratory for Interface Science and Engineering—which includes a state-of-the-art clean room—and the planned Northwest building, will take up about 670,000 square feet, and an additional 500,000 square feet of science expansion are planned for the next 25 years...