Durell's Vontsira
Mongoose
vontsira
Scientists in Madagascar have found a new carnivorus mammal. Akin to the mongoose and the brown tailed vontsira this new mammal seems to be better suited to an aquatic life style. Only two of these creatures have b
Read more…As you may know, October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. SC Johnson has added an app on Facbeook that “pinks your Facebook pic,” and for each person who does this on their page (for the first time) they will donate $1.00 to breast cancer research (
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I was looking through a bunch of riddles I had in a book and I picked some of the most interesting ones for this so you could see if you can wrap your head around these. WARNING: the ones you don't get may drive you crazy.
I don't know about anybody else but I love looking at optical illusions and they actually can show you things that you would never figure out alone. (seriously)
Remember when you were in grade school and somebody dared you to eat dirt? Well apparently all the coolest people are doing it now. No joke, dirt has made it's way on to the menus of some of most renowned restaurants, including 5 star places in Cop
Read more…For those of you who have facebook, you may have noticed lately all the ladies posting "I like it _______" in their status. If you haven't heard, it's part of this years' campaign for brest cancer awareness. The women of facebook are posting where th
Read more…An 8-year-old boy, who was with his family at a Long Island restaurant, was stabbed 5 times. The stabbing was random, and was done by a 23-year-old male. The man came up behind the boy, put his hand on the boy's shoulder, and stabbed him with a three
Read more…An Arizona woman accidentally glued an eye shut when she mistook super glue for her eye drops. Irmgard Holm had cataract surgery a year ago. She was reaching for what she thought was one of her half-dozen eye drop medications. The burning sensation t
Read more…1. Students who are proficient will get a 100% score added to their 2nd quarter grade.
2. Students who increase their score, regardless of proficiency, will get a 100% score added to their 2nd quarter grade.
3. Students who are not proficient and t
Now this has been going on as long as the war has, but now there is a southern church whose pastor is incouraging his congregation to protest at the funerals of veterans. The Pastor is convinced that he is right and that the family is partially resp
Read more…A 10-pound hairball was removed from an 18 year old girl's stomach. She was complaining of stomach pains and vomiting, and also lost 40 pounds in 5 months. Turns out she ate her hair and caused a giant hair ball to form in her stomach. After getting
Read more…In Mexico, a man tried to smuggle 18 tiny monkeys in his clothes from Peru. He was able to get out of Peru but not into Mexico.
Personally I would not take 18, maybe just one if they were uber cute.
This story and more here!
Read more…ITED Test Schedule 2010
Thursday, Oct. 14 (Regular Schedule)
Math Concepts (40 minutes) Administered in regular math classes
Friday, Oct. 15 (Regular Schedule)
Math Computation (15 minutes)
Read more…ITED TEST INCENTIVES
2010-2011
PLEASE ANNOUNCE THIS TO YOUR CLASSES OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. FEEL FREE TO POST THIS SHEET. THANK YOU
Incentives are based on an attitude of continuous improvement. We will use Iowa percentile scores for compari
Read more…According to a new study, the more sleep you get the more weight you lose. It tested people who slept 8.5 hours and 5.5 hours, all on the same died schedual. Turns out the ones who slept more lost the most weight. I don't know about you, but I always
Read more…Louisa Ball's parents say her sleeping all the time began in 2008 and they don't know why.
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Read more…Sarah Palin was thought to be booed at when she was in the crowd watching her daughter Bristol on Dancing With The Stars. But, as it turned out, she wasn't being booed at. The crowd was actually booing at a scoring choice by the judges, and Palin jus
Read more…There have been several bodies found near the standing stones we know as Stonehenge. The most recently found, the body of a teen age boy, was found wearing a necklace of amber beads, an uncommon find among bodies this age. Tests on his teeth show t
Read more…Okay, so this place called Lincolnshire has a big problem of criminals stealing tractors and other farm equipment. So to combat this, they got a john deere 6630 tractor and decked it out with police lights. Their goal is to show the farmers that they
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