Very interesting story.
http://www.seattlepi.com/national/1103ap_eu_russia_ice_age_park.html
"CHERSKY, Russia -- Wild horses have returned to northern Siberia. So have musk oxen, hairy beasts that once shared this icy land with woolly mammoths and saber-toothed cats. Moose and reindeer are here, and may one day be joined by Canadian bison and deer. Later, the predators will come - Siberian tigers, wolves and maybe leopards. Russian scientist Sergey Zimov is reintroducing these animals to the land where they once roamed in millions to demonstrate his theory that filling the vast emptiness of Siberia with grass-eating animals can slow global warming. "Some people have a small garden. I have an ice age park. It's my hobby," says Zimov, smiling through his graying beard."
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
UW researchers take closer look at Seattle schools
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_school_progress.html?source=mypi
SEATTLE -- The Seattle schools improving the most in recent years are nearly all in neighborhoods north of Interstate 90, away from the areas where most poor children in Washington's largest school district live, a new analysis of district data reveals.
SEATTLE -- The Seattle schools improving the most in recent years are nearly all in neighborhoods north of Interstate 90, away from the areas where most poor children in Washington's largest school district live, a new analysis of district data reveals.
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Economists want to stop teachers' degree bonuses
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/430516_teachers20.html
"Every year, American schools pay more than $8.6 billion in bonuses to teachers with master's degrees, even though the idea that a higher degree makes a teacher more effective has been mostly debunked."
http://www.seattlepi.com/local/430516_teachers20.html
"Every year, American schools pay more than $8.6 billion in bonuses to teachers with master's degrees, even though the idea that a higher degree makes a teacher more effective has been mostly debunked."
Mammoth Find Gives Glimpse Of Rockies In Ice Age
http://www.npr.org/2010/11/19/131450773/ice-age-fossil-site-uncovered-in-colorado
"A slew of fossilized mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age creatures are turning up at a dizzying rate in western Colorado. Researchers have already identified at least 22 species of animals. It may be one of the most significant finds of its kind to date."
"A slew of fossilized mammoths, mastodons and other Ice Age creatures are turning up at a dizzying rate in western Colorado. Researchers have already identified at least 22 species of animals. It may be one of the most significant finds of its kind to date."
Monday, November 15, 2010
Why U.S. apologized to the Cherokees
http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/11/15/langguth.trail.of.tears/index.html?hpt=C2
"With the midterm elections over, it's time for Americans to leave behind the recent attempts to demonize an entire people. We needn't look to Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa for examples of the labeling and abusing of others. The suspicions promoted about Hispanics as criminals and Muslims as terrorists were only the latest reminders of discrimination throughout our own history."
"With the midterm elections over, it's time for Americans to leave behind the recent attempts to demonize an entire people. We needn't look to Nazi Germany or apartheid South Africa for examples of the labeling and abusing of others. The suspicions promoted about Hispanics as criminals and Muslims as terrorists were only the latest reminders of discrimination throughout our own history."
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