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Will You Give Sheepswool Sheep?

Will You Give Sheepswool Sheep? I'm no Dr. Seuss, or even Zseuss.  But encouraged by Becky's enjoyment of my Grasshopper Green, here's another few words.  I hope that, perhaps, my words may be of help to educators and to students of English ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 9 2010 - 4:41pm

A lost traveller's last letter

Letter recovered-21st August,2361 “17th Feb 2151 My love, ...

Blog Post - Vikki Cvichiee - Mar 10 2010 - 11:44am

Why Voters Thought Obama Was A Muslim

During the 2008 presidential campaign, approximately 20 percent of Americans believed that then-Senator Barack Obama was a Muslim despite news stories that attempted to debunk the rumor, according to a study in The Journal of Media and Religion. The study ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2010 - 11:56am

Wordsworth on Science and Poetry

"He [the Poet] considers man and nature as essentially adapted to each other, and the mind of man as naturally the mirror of the fairest and most interesting properties of nature. and thus the Poet, prompted by this feeling of pleasure, which accompan ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Mar 15 2010 - 10:31am

Electromagnetic Effects on Water

Research From Dr. Masaru Emoto, says that if human thoughts are directed at water before it is frozen, images of the resulting water crystals will be beautiful or ugly depending upon whether the thoughts were positive or negative. Emoto claims this can be ...

Blog Post - Henry Cox - Mar 11 2010 - 6:48pm

Who Does What On Wikipedia Determines Article Quality

The quality of entries in the world's largest open-access online encyclopedia, Wikipedia, depends on how authors collaborate, a study by University of Arizona researchers has found. The research, they say, is the first to explain why some articles on ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2010 - 3:10pm

Here We Go Round The Binary

Here We Go Round The Binary If this little piece of whimsy helps educators in any way, that will make me very happy. Here We Go Round The Binary verse 0000 nothing. nothing. nothing-nothing twice. nothing here- move on, that's my advice. verse 0001 o ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 11 2010 - 3:26pm

Eschatology

Eschatology From wikipedia: The word eschatology is from the Greek ἔσχατος, Eschatos meaning "last" and-logy meaning "the study of", first used in English around 1550 That is, 'the end times' Time- Clocks ...

Blog Post - Henry Cox - Dec 9 2010 - 2:15pm

Music + Physics + Creativity = Genius

I came across this video for "This Too Shall Pass" by OK Go, and was absolutely amazed at the amount of creative genius packed into this four-minute piece of eye candy. You have to admire the flawless execution of low-tech physics combined with m ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Mar 13 2010 - 2:15am

Spring Forward

Spring Forward Spring forward. Seize the daylight hour. We have but too few summers. All mortals must fall back in our autumn years.. Picture via Wikimedia, public domain, courtesy of P. Ingerson ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Mar 13 2010 - 12:38pm