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"No personal consideration should stand in the way of
performing a public duty." -Ulysses S.
Grant,
18th U.S. president and Civil War general
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Scientists discover part-plant, part-animal sea
creature |
Mystery object on course to whiz past Earth |
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The lowdown on winter solstice |
"Employ your time well if you mean to gain
leisure." Benjamin Franklin,
inventor, statesman
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Fluffy Mystery at Edge of Solar System Solved |
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"Yes there are two paths you can go by, but in
the long run there's still time to change the road you're on."
--Led Zeppelin, "Stairway to Heaven"
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Amid all the doom
and gloom of an extinction crisis, a bit of fleeting good news
appears every now and again.
Full story
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Space shots
New images of Crab Nebula,
Milky Way, more
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A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent
of all the other virtues." --Cicero,
Roman orator |
Nothing is impossible. Some things are just less likely
than others." --Jonathan
Winters |
"The things you fear are undefeatable not by their nature but by
your approach."
-Jewel,
singer-songwriter
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Even the Maya are sick of 2012 hype |
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Stucco panels reveal ancient Maya myth
‘Apocalypto’ excites and daunts Maya |
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"A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's
experience." --Oliver Wendell
Holmes,
U.S. Supreme Court justice |
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to
do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next."
--Herbert
Hoover,
31st U.S. president
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"If everyone is thinking alike,
then somebody isn't thinking."
--George
S. Patton Jr.,
World War II general
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“It’s always
somethin’ ”
Emily Latella[or was
it Rosanna Rosanadana?] |
Without labor nothing prospers."
--Sophocles,
Greek playwright and philosopher
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"My favorite poem is the one that starts
'Thirty days hath September' because it actually tells you
something." --Groucho
Marx
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EAA News - Flightstar e-Spyder
Makes First Flight |
"Indecision may or may not be my
problem."-Jimmy
Buffett |
"If I have seen farther than others, it is
because I have stood on the shoulders of giants."
--Sir Isaac Newton,
English physicist and mathematician
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By Charles J. Hanley, AP
By Eliane Engeler, Associated Press Writer
Glaciers in Antarctica are melting faster and across a much wider area
than previously thought, a development that threatens to raise sea...
By David Hall, AP
By Robin Mcdowell, Associated Press
A funky, psychedelic fish that bounces on the ocean floor like a rubber
ball has been classified as a new species, a scientific journal...
By Michael Casey, Associated Press
The fossilized remains of two pregnant fish indicate that sex as we know it
fertilization of eggs inside a female took place as much as 30...
 Do
you get it?
The word that drives grammar purists crazy
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1,900-year-old chariot discovered in Bulgaria
Huge ice sheet
breaks loose in Canadian arctic
'Shocking event' another
sign of warming in polar frontier, say scientists
4,500-year-old Markham Ice Shelf separated in
early August
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'Big bang machine' halted for 2 months
Your spectacular death in a black hole
Biggest ‘Big Bang Machine’ turned on
Collider targets
massive mystery
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Magnetic substorms are energy bursts stemming
from charged particles
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Skywatcher Mark Urwiller caught this stunning view of the
aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights, from
his vantage point five miles outside Kearney, Nebraska.
Urwiller photographed the light show the evening of May
14, 2005.
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Game
Feeds "orphaned" Dogs:
http://freekibble.com/
WORD
PUZZLE
FreeRice Game |
Lady Liberty's Crown May Reopen to Public
The National Park Service is considering reopening the Statue
of Liberty’s crown, which has been closed since the Sept. 11
terrorist attacks.
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The
8th
Grade Weather Station is
Available online
Weather
Animate Satellite/Radar Map |
Flightstar
II PicturesWhat I'm flying now |
 Trisha's Capulin Photos
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The Genesis Aircraft Project
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What I began
training in: Solo Day Jul 7, 08
pictures
Who's that fat guy in my hat?
 Channel
6 News Story [video]
Print
Version Story |
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a frickin'
elephant
African Elephant
Thanks to
April T.
Two small
earthquakes recorded near Chandler OK
 Gone
for good
8
greatest species that have left Earth
Scientists
reveal why glass is glass
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Thanks to Dr HG B, III
New Fauna
[fantastic photos!]
Thanks to Susan H
 This photo provided by the Center of Natural Sciences in Prato, Italy
shows a deer with a single horn in the center of its head. The
one-year-old Roe Deer was nicknamed "Unicorn."
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Entertainment |
Looking for MS XL games to post here!
If you have a suggestion, please send it [email] as an
attachment.
Here's a site which I think has some:
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Phone Numbers
Changing, District-Wide
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"Galaxy"
Song Thanks to Matt W.!
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MOAR (Massive Output Arrayed Radar)
for Saturday afternoon May 24, 2008
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"Here's a "good" game for you. A new U.N. campaign donates 10 grains
of rice for each question you answer correctly at
http://www.freerice.com. It's already
generated enough rice to feed 50,000 people.
Click here to read more!"
Posted
by One World Projects |
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How to compute your Semester Grade |
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New
Aurora Borealis Presentation
[BIG file!]
Thanks to Susan Hollon |
Maps to Capulin
Student Capulin Photos |
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Math Homework Help* |
 Union
District's
[Parent Online]
How
to access
Parent Online |
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First dig in 44 years turns up new clues at Stonehenge
Sulfur dioxide
closes Volcanoes National Park
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Science News
Ask Bill Nye
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Latest Astro News
 green
Weather News
Items |
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 How
to Take the Semester Exam
How
to Take the Semester Exam
How
to Study for the Semester Exam
How to Study for the Semester Exam |
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To express a complete thought, you must form a complete sentence. |
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Dictionary.com
Word of the Day
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OneLook Word of the Day
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A.Word.A.Day Home Page |
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You are not expressing a complete thought, if you do not form a
complete sentence. |
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8th Grade Center Daily Class Schedule |
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MLA Sample Including Instructions
MLA.org
Frequently Asked Questions about
MLA
Style |
School Map
Lockers Map
One-way Halls Map
Thanks to Nader S. |
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WeatherBug Web site
Check out the
8th
Grade Weather Station
Available online |
Powers of Ten
Website
and
Hubble Images
[Thanks to Kristin's N.'s Mom!]
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HPV shot also guards against 2 other
cancers
Girls: Get your vaccination against a
specific women's cancer [every 4 yrs].. The first of it's kind
There's no cure, but now there is prevention. 1/4 girls age 14-19
are infected; 1/2 women ages 20-24
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Check out the Tulsa Rowing Club!
Went to nationals this year.
www.tulsarowingclub.org |
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Lab Map |
Student Projects |
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Wall
Arch collapses
Young
women's skin cancer rates soar
Fossil find
