Ho, Ho, Hanukkah: The Unreal holiday remix! (Riverfront Times)
Unreal embraces multitudes. We celebrate Christmas, Kwanzaa, Eid, Diwali, Yule and the birthdays of Zoroaster and Chairman Mao. But strangely enough, it is the intricacies of Hanukkah we find ourself explaining most often. Over the years we've worked up a pretty good spiel, embellished with q...
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West Roxbury and Roslindale community notes (Roslindale Transcript)
Here are the latest West Roxbury and Roslindale community notes:
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From Beaumont to the world Lamar Institute of Technology looks to the future (The Examiner)
When discussing higher education in Southeast Texas, there is really only one name you need to know – Lamar. The Beaumont-based university is the namesake of Mirabeau B. Lamar, second president of the Republic of Texas regarded as the father of Texas education.
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POTASH: The Contrarian Commodity (Resource Investor)
Mankind can forego many things, such as jewellry baubles—gold, silver, and diamonds—but eating isn’t one of them. Moreover, with rising world population of some 75 million/year, and the populace of developing nations wanting higher quality protein (grain converted to meat by poultry, pigs, cattle etc.), more productive agriculture is crucial. And, among the commodities, there’s a tacit ...
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USGS Science Picks: November/December 2008 (USGS)
You are invited to join our scientists and learn more about climate change, floods, volcanoes, ground water and more at the American Geophysical Union Conference in California!
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