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From a fascinating article on working in the Arctic: Is Your Workplace as Rough as The Arctic? Emphasis added. You must attend safety training to be present on a natural gas drill site. The section of the safety manual that covers polar bear attacks reads: If a Bear Approaches: DO NOT APPROACH THE BEAR …in line for all that “free” federal money. See “State lists ‘lowest-achieving’ schools“, BDN, 3/10/10 Now let’s talk about inversion, perversion, and subduction* (my new favorite word). The federal government makes money available for “failing” schools. States compete for the money, putting forward their sub-standard candidates. If sucessful, they get the federal money. So, the feds have incentivized [...] The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other electronic device, according to a new study from the Kaiser Family Foundation. Those ages 8 to 18 spend more than seven and a half hours a day with such devices, [...] This being election season there are many civics lessons at hand. Here’s one from the morning paper: Parent seeks removal of civics textbook at Brewer High (Bangor Daily News, 11/3/09) Here’s how today’s class will work. First read the article. Next, after you’ve read the whole article — you have, haven’t you? — tell me if the [...] |
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