Month: April 2008
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Hyper-Rummy
Here’s a variation on an old favorite of a card game. Try playing Rummy, but in addition to pairs and straights, try throwing in other number sets. Hyper-Rummy My (A) Fibbonnacci Set Loosing to (B) Pi, (C) Even Numbers, and (D) Primes. 1 – Ace 11 – Jack 12 – Queen 13 – King Set…
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My Personal Experience with Triassic Triops
From my personal observations of my Triassic Triops: 03/14 Add distilled water to the tank. Added nutrient pack, which is like a tea bag. Nutrient pack floats. Accidentally popped it trying to get it to submerge. Particulate, sticks and twigs, are floating in water. 03/17 Added eggs. Eggs clump together on water’s surface. Triops Eggs…
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Subsidizing the Oil Industry Destroys Innovation
Exxon CEO, Lee Raymond In 2004 and 2005 the Congress passed $7.6 billion in tax breaks for the Oil Industry, which had no effect on lowering oil prices or finding new sources of oil. Congress has recently rescinded $14 billion in tax breaks. This is causing a great deal of disconcertion with those who inaccurately…
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An Endangered Cephalopod
Can you spot the rare and magnificent endangered species in the photo below? Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus Photo by TGAW The Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus is not officially on the endangered species list; however, this extremely rare and biologically unique cephalopod inhabits a very small area in the coniferous Olympic rainforests west of Seattle, an…