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With wild fish stocks declining precipitously around the globe, thanks to overfishing and climate change, aquaculture has emerged as perhaps the only viable way to satisfy the world's appetite for fish fingers and maki rolls. In the next few years, consumption of farm-raised fish will surpass that caught in the wild for the first time, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. But most fish farms - even ones heralded as "sustainable" - create as many problems as they solve, from fecal contamination to the threat that escaped cultivated fish pose to the gene pool of their wild...
...Republicans are truly out of power and, if you believe them, the Democrats are using the federal credit card to throw one crazy party. Yet, while it now indeed appears that the fiscal year 2010 federal deficit could surpass 13 percent of GDP, the borrowing is hardly paying for a party. Ironically, with the Democrats in full control of the federal government for the first time in 14 years, the beast, while in no imminent danger of death by starvation, is gravely malnourished. This is the case because the beast has two components: the federal government, but also the many...
Both countries are hugely dependent on the petroleum deliveries that course through the Gulf of Aden and Strait of Hormuz to their ports. Defending those supplies is one reason both are building bigger and bigger navies. China's navy, with more than 300 ships, may in fact soon surpass the U.S.'s as the world's largest. Beijing is certainly sparing little to stock its ships with armaments. India, in the meantime, is acquiring several nuclear-powered submarines to augment its 155 military vessels in the ocean that bears its name...
...Over 200 demonstrations were organized across France on March 19, with early turnout suggesting participation would easily surpass the 2.5 million people who answered the Jan. 29 strike call. Beautiful weather helped swell the ranks of corteges marching throughout the day to protest the modesty of Sarkozy's stimulus package - especially compared to the mighty bail-out effort accorded to the banks and financial groups who detonated the country's crisis. The marches began in Marseille, where people carried banners reading THEY ARE THE PROBLEM; WE ARE THE SOLUTION and hoisted posters ridiculing Sarkozy's refusal to pledge money...
...essential trait for a top athlete looking to demonstrate leadership, but Mills equally exemplified the importance of resilience this past season.After undergoing knee surgery during the summer for a waterpolo injury she sustained in high school, Mills knew that she had to work hard to recuperate and surpass her level of swimming from last season in a very successful freshman campaign.She was, however, confident that the team could step up during her recovery to ensure that Harvard remained on top in the Ivy League. Mills was extremely careful with her rehabilitation. She met religiously with her strength and conditioning trainers...