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The Pride of Baltimore II needs your help. The Pepsi Refresh Project is giving away $1.3 million dollars toward “ideas that refresh the Gulf.” The Pride of Baltimore organization is competing for a $50, 000 grant to teach boating safety from the decks of the replica Baltimore clipper. There are 1140 competitors and only the top ten will win the $50,000 grants. The Pride II is currently ranking at 288. To help move her closer to winning, go to Teach Boating safety from the decks of Pride II, America’s Tall ship and vote for the project. You can vote once a day until the end of September. To receive a daily email reminder, send an email to Missy@pride2.org and in the subject line enter Pepsi.
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Twenty-four U.S. Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force stormed the German-owned containership 
This sounds like a fantastic festival for anyone near Townsend, Washington. The
A twelve year old male orca whale, named Sumar by SeaWorld, died suddenly at their San Diego facility on Tuesday. Sadly its death was not untypical. Male orcas in the wild have an average life expectancy of 30 years. Many live into their 50s and 60s. Female orcas have an average life expectancy of 50 years though some have been known to live into their 90s. Despite a steady food supply and medical care, 
Two projects are underway in Maine and Oregon to produce energy from ocean waves. 
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Hurricane Earl, or rather tropical storm Earl, spun its way past New York, far enough out to sea so we had neither wind nor rain to mark his passing. Having missed this hurricane, here is an interesting article on 
