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...though Higgs insists that PCB levels in fish from British Columbia are some 50 to 70 times below FDA standards.) But such improvements have been offset by the industry's explosive growth. In the salmon industry, the largest aquaculture sector, the amount of wild fish required to produce one unit of salmon was reduced 25% between 1997 and 2001, but total industry production grew by 60% during the same time...
...we’re going to run. That’s where we need to take the next step to be physical enough, and execute enough to get first downs.” Dorris was the brightest star on a Harvard defense that did not look like the intimidating unit it was expected to be. His sack was the only one of the game for a team that averaged 4.3 per game last year, and the secondary was repeatedly exploited by Holy Cross’ four and five-receiver sets.Randolph finished the day 29-of-54 for 339 yards...
...celebs, Web videos are a double-edged sword: they can be tools for self-promotion or a means of mortification. For Bill Murray, the Net has supplied a bit of both recently. Funnyordie.com the folks behind Will Ferrell's The Landlord, just premiered FCU: Fact Checkers Unit, in which two overzealous magazine researchers stop at nothing to verify that Murray, playing his deadpan self, likes to drink milk. Also available online is Drunk Bill Murray Almost Fights a Guy, Break.com's blurry, 41-sec. clip of a fella who looks and sounds like Murray caught cranky on a New Orleans...
...When Petraeus offered the good news that he soon would order a 2,000-Marine unit home, Senator Biden, the Delaware Democrat at the helm of the foreign relations session, noted that the unit was simply coming to the end of its scheduled combat tour. "They are scheduled to come out," Petraeus conceded, "but I could have easily requested an extension of them...
...More than 60% of Japanese households are now equipped with washlets, and the unit available in the public bathrooms of the Tokyo Midtown pales in comparison to those that grace many Japanese homes and hotels. For just $5,000, Japan's largest toilet maker, Toto, offers the deluxe Neorest 600. It boasts, among other functions, five cleansing modes (front, rear, pulsating, oscillating and soft), a lid that automatically opens and closes, an air purifier, a massage option, an air-drier with adjustable temperature settings and an automatic flush. Most functions can be operated by a wireless remote control linked...