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Dissecting Owl Pellets

April 4th, 2009

My first period at school is Science, and when I came into class yesterday morning the teacher said, “Today we’re going to the lab, and we’re going to dissect owl pellets.” My first thought was, what is an owl pellet? Then she said, “An owl pellet is owl vomit.” Then everyone said, “Ewwww!” When we went to [...]

Articles written by Amber
Tags: Science
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Cybersecurity and Defense

April 3rd, 2009

The Senate is considering a measure that would give the President sweeping power over the internet and American information systems. You can read the details here and here. In summary: Federal legislation introduced in the Senate this week would give President Obama the power to declare a cybersecurity emergency and then shut down both public and [...]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: cybersecurity, Democrats, Obama
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Saving The New York Times

April 2nd, 2009

Bill Keller, Executive Editor of the financially troubled New York Times, said in a speech at Stanford University today, Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause. Maybe they should get a bailout from the government. Then we could own The New York Times, and the White House and Democrats in Congress [...]

Articles written by Tom Carter
Tags: arrogance, press
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Paper Mache

April 1st, 2009

Even though it sounds French, paper mache wasn’t made in France until the mid 17th century. However, they were the first country in Europe to do so. Paper mache actually originated in China—the inventors of paper itself. They used paper mache to make helmets, which they toughened with many layers of lacquer. From China, paper mache spread [...]

Articles written by Amber
Tags: paper mache
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