Book Reviews
School pressure starts early -- Comment() The New First Grade: Too Much Too Soon? "Kids as young as 6 are tested, and tested again, to ensure they're making sufficient progress. Then there's homework, more workbooks and tutoring."
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Holy Church of The Order of The Red Breast -- Comment() Scammer Prince Joe Eboh gets scammed back: "'Prince' Joe Eboh contacts me with a classic 419 opening letter. I decide to make him jump through a few hoops before I'm prepared to agree to his proposition, and the results are amusing AND profitable, to the tune of $80 + $49 DHL shipping, so our scammer is down a whopping total of $129."
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Jet hits WTC in simulation -- Comment() Scientists and engineers simulate jet colliding with World Trade Center: "The simulation could be used to better understand which elements in the building's structural core were affected, how they responded to the initial shock of the aircraft collision, and how the tower later collapsed from the ensuing fire fed by an estimated 10,000 gallons of jet fuel..."
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