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...certain that Asian carp have made it into the Great Lakes. The Mississippi River system and the Great Lakes are connected only through the man-made Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, which leads from Lake Michigan to the Illinois River. (It's not uncommon for invasions to occur when humans connect ecosystems that have naturally been kept separate.) The Army Corps of Engineers put an electric barrier in the canal to prevent the carp from infiltrating Lake Michigan, but it may not have been enough - although no live fish have been found yet, last month a team of scientists discovered...
Until someone comes up with a more scientific ranking system, though, let's drink to Boston's A+ grade...
...It’s really being felt very strongly in many parts of the University,” said HUCTW director Bill Jaeger. “It’s a real shock to the system...
...just have to stick to our game plan, to just trust each other, trust the system to execute,” Rogers said. “I think we get into trouble when we play a lot of one-on-one. If we play as a team, move the puck, and come out with 100 percent effort, we have the ability to win a lot of games. That’s easier said than done but if we can do that we’ll do very well here down the stretch...
This increasing truculence is a direct reflection of a rapidly shifting economic balance of power. One of the consequences of the financial crisis of 2008-09 was the catapulting of China to the forefront of the global economic system. That trend wasn't created by the crisis, but the crisis certainly accelerated it. As the U.S., Europe and Japan contracted sharply, China registered its own brief, if scary, dip and then proceeded to use its trillions in foreign reserves to undertake a massive spending program. More effective than similar stimulus packages in the United States and elsewhere, the approach...