It was only recently that many of us put away our Square Root Day decorations. Yet, it is now time to celebrate Pi day in all of its irrational glory. The irrational number is rounded off to 3.14, making March 14th the special day for all math geeks — and circle circumference fanatics.
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Category: Environment
We previously posted a blog about prehistoric bones of a mammoth found at the new site of the Thomas Jefferson Law School. The ancient sloth may have been about been 10 to 12 feet long and 6 to 8 feet tall.
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Whole Foods Market has agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in an antitrust case. Whole Foods has been under investigation since its merger with Wild Oats Markets, another high-end organic grocery chain. It was a miscalculation. FTC accused it of violating federal antitrust laws and now, in addition to the litigation costs, Whole Foods will have to sell 32 or 74 former Wild Oats stores.
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This is why I like dogs. You could never get a cat to do something like this.
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While it has become common for cities and counties to ban pit bulls, Oregon is considering a bill to ban the dogs from the entire state. Oregon may be the first state to declare owning pit bulls a crime, if the legislation passes.
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As R.J. Reynolds is marketing dissolvable nicotine in mint-like packages, Ruyan Group Ltd., is now marketing electronic cigarettes that will allow people to inject a nicotine-infused mist directly into their lungs. Miao Nan, executive director of Ruyan Group Ltd., insisted that the electronic cigarettes is better for you because it does not produce cigarette smoke — allowing smokers to smoke in movies and smoke-banned areas. Health officials are rising objections over the health claims.
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In light of our recent disclosure of the mule menace of terror, this picture is meant to show that there are good-American mules who are happy and well-adjusted.
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In a major policy change, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has indicated that the Justice Department will end raids on pot dispensaries in California and allow states to set its own marijuana laws without further interference from the federal government. It is ironic that it took a liberal president to reinstate the guarantees of states rights in this area.
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Worcester’s buttonquail was long believed to be extinct, so you can imagine the joy of ornithologists when one of the birds was captured and photographed on the island of Luzon, Philippines. Then the learned that the bird was promptly sold for meat and eaten.
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The Iberville Parish Council in Louisiana has voted 11-1 to allow Tiger Truck Shop owner Michael Sandlin to keep Tony, a Siberian Tiger, as a roadside attraction in Grosse Tete, Louisiana. The cruel confinement of the tiger does not appear to bother the good people of Iberville.
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People with allergies are legitimately outraged this week by the decision of Northwest Airlines to re-introduce peanuts to its flights despite the large number of kids and adults with severe allergies to the snack.
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Another scientific report has denounced the environmental damage caused by beef consumption in the United States. Nathan Pelletier of Dalhousie University in Canada has released a study showing how cows consume a disproportionate amount of food (more than they produce in meat) and cause 18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
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There may be on thing that is not quite better at Here Everything’s Better stores in Texas. The chain has recalled meat that it sold due to metal fragments in the meat due to “an equipment malfunction.” The recall was issued appropriately on Friday the 13th.
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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) appear to be intent on getting the first XXX rating for political advocacy. Just last month, PETA attempted to air a commercial during the Superbowl in which stripping models had sexual moments with various vegetables. Now in Downtown El Paso, PETA arranged for two half-dressed woman to make love in public on a blow-up mattress.
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I just saw this picture and thought you should be warned about mother ducks using their ducklings as decoys.
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