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INTO THE DEEP

Florida Spearfishing Adds Element of Adventure to Favorite Pastime

Florida Roots

Plant City Saw Mill Has Been Supporting Local Families for 50 Years

Ag Time WITH ABBY

FFA Membership and COVID-19

A Deeper Look

Scientist Studying How Water Sources Influence Conservation Behaviors

It's Not Nice to Vote Twice

A combination of glitchy tech and human error in Georgia doesn’t bode well for November

This Railroad Doesn't Need a Buyout to Thrive

Even in the midst of a crisis, railroads don’t come cheap.

Trump Needs More Carrot

Candidate Trump did something President Trump seems unwilling to: Offer voters a better deal

Employees fear Mark Zuckerberg's commitment to free speech is more about protecting the president than his company's ideals

In late 2019, during one of Mark Zuckerberg’s many trips to Washington to defend Facebook in front of Congress, he stopped for a private dinner with Donald Trump and offered the president a titillating statistic. “I’d like to congratulate you,” Zuckerberg said. “You’re No. 1 on Facebook.”

The Upside of Online Learning

Recorded classes are one feature of virtual education that students came to love

The Specter of Hunger in Nigeria

Farmers are fleeing their lands just when the African nation needs them most

From Hot To Not

Vacancies in once-sought-after neighborhoods may herald a rent reset

Covid's Challenge to Keeping Kosher

Grounded by the virus, rabbis can’t inspect factories in China that make certified foods

Bill Gates – “We need to bring this pandemic to a close”

The world could use some big breakthroughs—a vaccine to combat coronavirus and innovations to mitigate climate change among them. The Microsoft Corp. co-founder speaks with Bloomberg’s Erik Schatzker about his passion for both, the nightmare that is misinformation, and the difference between Elon Musk and Steve Jobs.

Pandemic clouds job outlook for new maritime academy grads

A degree from a maritime academy usually spares one from the pain of checking job websites throughout a day, hoping a suitable position has popped up since they last hit refresh.

Ship's turn off dock, not upriver first, cited in Louisiana bridge strike

Dank Silver loaded clean product at a refinery near Donaldsonville, La., and prepared to sail down the Lower Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. Getting there meant coming off the dock and spinning 180 degrees in the swollen, fast-moving current.

GAO: Too soon to assess Coast Guard oversight changes after El Faro

In the wake of the El Faro disaster, a federal review of a U.S. Coast Guard initiative to ensure that domestic vessels meet safety management system (SMS) standards found that it is too early to evaluate the effectiveness of these efforts.

Correspondence

Why do containership stacks collapse, and who is liable when they do?

Cordage innovations continue to stretch capability, durability

Cordage, mainly towing and mooring lines, is being required to do more in a new maritime age as cargo vessels get larger and tugboats get more powerful. In response, manufacturers have continued to innovate.

Coast Guard warns that inaccurate vessel data can undermine AIS

A spring collision on the Mississippi River that resulted in several fatalities has spurred the U.S. Coast Guard to ramp up efforts to get two points across about automatic identification systems: that it’s unsafe to rely solely on the communication tool to know what vessels are nearby, and that improper entry of AIS data can even be deadly.

Bulkers hit nearly head-on in Welland Canal accident that goes viral

Two bulk carriers preparing to meet in Ontario’s Welland Canal collided nearly head-on after one ship crossed into the other’s path.

Casualties

Bulk carrier damages pier at Soo Locks after losing propulsion

At Work Another day in paradise for agile island tug

Capt. Curtis Iaukea steered Tiger 21 toward Hono-lulu Harbor on a postcard-perfect Hawaii afternoon. The job awaiting them was straightforward: shifting a Sause Bros. barge a few hundred yards from one berth to another.

Apprentice steersman being trained when tow hit moored barges

A towboat pushing six barges down the Lower Mississippi River struck moored barges at a shipyard near Sunshine, La., causing 11 empty shipyard barges to break free. An apprentice steersman had turned over the helm just before impact.

MODERN Aristocrats

World’s most famous private collectors, the art aristocrats whose patronage keeps the finest expressions of sensibilities intact.

THE NEW DIGITAL RESET

Virtual Events Gain Momentum amid COVID-19 Pandemic.

A WAY FORWARD FOR MICROGRIDS

Australia’s new solar garden bears fruit for NSW community.

ICE DREAMS

Pooja Bavishi has taken the New York food scene to a whole new level with the introduction of Malai. Started as an entrepreneurial venture, Bavishi now hopes to see new & unique flavors overtaking the traditional flavors in the country.

Changing Landscape

Designed by the San Francisco–based firm Piechota Architecture, Silver Oak’s wineries in Napa and Alexander Valleys steer the next wave of sustainability in wine

TECH BILLIONAIRES GET RICHER AMID COVID CRISIS

In the US, billionaires have become richer to the tune of $565 billion since March — Steve Ballmer, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk have all added to their wealth since January,

RITTER SPORT WIN CASE AGAINST MILKA CHOCOLATES FOR EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO ITS SQUARE SHAPE

Ritter, which supposedly started making chocolate in square form so it’d fit into jacket pockets easier, registered the shape with the German patent office, and now Milka brand owners Mondelez have lost a case for dibs on the square shape.