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While moderate to high level nutrient-related impacts were reported in systems from all coasts, the Mid-Atlantic region, stretching south from Cape Cod to the Chesapeake Bay, is the most impairedThe National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released a comprehensive assessment of estuarine eutrophication, or nutrient pollution, that clearly indicates linkages between upstream activities and coastal ecosystem health. The report shows that the majority of U.S. estuaries assessed are highly influenced by human-related activities and points out that eutrophication is a widespread problem globally. "Observations have confirmed that our nation’s coastal waters are stressed," said retired Navy Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Ph.D., under secretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator.
A Philadelphia star: Urban Outfitters reported record fourth-quarter ...
Also, it said, some currently popular fashions "can more readily fit a pregnant woman early in her pregnancy" than could previously popular styles. Rebecca Matthias, president of the chain, said the popularity of these pregnancy-friendly fashions was diminishing and would be less of a negative factor "as we move into the spring selling season." The chain's brands include Motherhood Maternity, A Pea in the Pod, Mimi Maternity and Destination Maternity. Bon-Ton Stores, of York, said same-store sales at its Bon-Ton and Carson's stores were off 1.3 percent during the four weeks ended Feb. 2, compared with the same period a year ago. Tony Buccina, vice chairman and president, said that customers had responded favorably to spring merchandise in late January and that the chain's inventories were down 4 percent on a comparable-store basis.
Hopefuls try to find balance on NAFTA
A radio ad in Ohio takes an even more direct approach to NAFTA with men lamenting the loss of steel mills and casting plants as well as jobs going oversees. "Hillary has gone on record saying that NAFTA was a mistake," a woman says. A man adds: "Hillary does have a plan to fix NAFTA. She wants to change it from free trade to fair trade." For his part, John McCain, the likely GOP presidential nominee, bemoaned the flight of manufacturing jobs while campaigning in Ohio even as he asserts his support for free trade agreements. He told an audience that rather than lament NAFTA, it was time to come to grips with the changing economy. "Now, I've got to give you a little straight talk, my friends. Some of those manufacturing jobs are not coming back, and you know that and I know that," McCain said.
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We got a call from Jim Twite of Brewster this morning that the Cumberland Farms near Route 28 and Bank Street, AND the Harwich Gas at 435 Route 28, Harwichport next to the 400 Club, are both selling regular for $2.29. The price is $2.32 on Rte 6 in Wareham, at both Lukoil and with the hippies... who now have a bedsheet hanging up in their office with "There Goes The Neighborhood " written on it. I love those people. 7-11 in Wareham, $2.32.... same with Exxon at the Buzzards Bay rotary.... ya know, the rotary that used to have the tugboat. $2.51 at the Citgo near the Christmas Tree Shop in Sagamore.... $2.65 at the Citgo on 28 South in Bourne.... $2.64 at the Citgo on 28A, Bourne/Falmouth line, with $2.89 diesel for all you mothertruckers.
Holy Fuck–that's hypnotizing electronica
Although Graham Walsh plays in one of the most hypnotically adventurous acts currently toiling under the banner of electronic music, he'll cop to being something of a latecomer to the genre. “I was a rock guy," confesses the keyboardist for Toronto-based improvisationalists Holy Fuck, reached at a tour stop in Guadalajara, Mexico. “I think I consider myself to be a guitar player more than anything. I never actually did go to a rave or get that far into electronic music as I did rock albums and alt-rock stuff." Walsh notes that, more often than not, Holy Fuck is labelled an electronica act, even though the band—which includes keyboardist Brian Borcherdt and a rotating rhythm section—doesn't rely on laptops when it plays live. “I think we get that because what we're doing is instrumental with no guitars," he offers.
The ultimate sacrifice
A new play, One Night in November, which opens at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre this week, dares to suggest that this might have been the case. Playwright Alan Pollock was a schoolboy in Coventry in the 1970s - just as postwar boom was turning to bust - when he first heard rumours that Churchill was forewarned but did nothing. "I was stunned," recalls Pollock. "We all were. That wasn't the story as we'd always been told it. It didn't fit with our idea of ourselves, the plucky Coventry that had picked itself up after the blitz. We were the Phoenix City and proud of it. But the rumours came at a time when the city was no longer feeling confident about itself. Factories were closing down. It made us wonder whether the city had been considered expendable - and if that was why the fire, ambulance and air-raid protection services hadn't been warned." Drawing on this sense of grievance, the play is a love story about a young Coventry woman, Katie, whose chance encounter with language specialist Michael turns to love.
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