Monday, the mailbox contained:
Summer 2007 issue of ROBOT (A Fly RC Special Issue) May 2007 issue of Business 2.0 (Ripping Up the Rules of Management) May 7, 2007 issue of BusinessWeek (‘Hey Buddy, You Wanna Buy a Bridge?’ – Why investors are clamoring to take over America’s roads, bridges, and airports – and why the public should [...]
Monday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price
Regular $2.799
Mid $2.919
Premium $3.039
Diesel $2.799
Kerosene $2.699
Gas prices were up 4 cents per gallon today.
For the month of April, gas prices increased 30 [...]
A bloom of ocean algae that produces a toxic acid has sickened and killed hundreds of birds, sea lions and dolphins in California, environmentalists said. Birds and animals have been washing up on shores from San Diego to San Francisco Bay.
In the past week, 40 birds have been taken to the International Bird Rescue [...]
Saturday, the mailbox contained:
June 2007 issue of Car And Driver (2008 Audi TT – A Sports Car At Last?) May/June 2007 issue of National Geographic Traveler (Sudden Journeys – Adventures In Last-Minute Travel) May/June 2007 issue of Audubon (Taking Aim at Wolves) May 2007 issue of Virginia Wildlife (Whooooo, Whoooo, Who Cooks For You – A little country [...]
Friday, the mailbox contained:
May 2007 issue of SERVO (Tell Your Robot To Get A Grip!) A plea from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation A plea from America’s Second Harvest A membership offer from the IEEE Computer Society
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Thursday, the mailbox contained:
May/June 2007 issue of Technology Review (The Design Issue – Beautiful Machines – A renaissance in consumer design is turning tools into objects of desire.) May 2007 issue of Southern Living (Comfortable & Casual – Rooms That Are Family Friendly Hydrangeas, Cut & Dried To Last Dreamy Garden Retreat) April 29, 2007 issue of [...]
Pregnant women in Africa can reduce their risk of miscarriage or still birth by up to a third by sleeping under insecticide-treated bed nets. This study drew on the results of four earlier trials in Kenya and Ghana involving more than 6,000 women.
Malaria is a preventable disease that kills more than 1m people a year, 90% [...]
Wednesday, the mailbox contained:
May 2007 issue of Nuts and Volts (Build An X-10 Doggy Dish – Make sure Fido never goes thirsty again!) May/June 2007 issue of Garden Gate (Readers’ Top 11 Picks – the Ultimate Annual List) May-June 2007 issue of Utne Reader (The Future of Protest – Why Your Voice Still Matters) April 10, 2007 issue [...]
Wednesday, the gasoline prices at the BP @ Apperson & Colorado in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price
Regular $2.759
Mid $2.879
Premium $2.999
Diesel $2.799
Kerosene $2.699
Gas prices were up 10 cents per gallon today.
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The folks at the Pulitzer Prize office say they don’t recall a college newspaper ever winning the coveted awards. Well come next spring, that may need to change. Given everything the student-run Collegiate Times of Virginia Tech has accomplished in the past week, from online scoops to poignant, thoughtful print presentations, the daily paper may [...]
Tuesday, the mailbox contained:
April 30, 2007 issue of Newsweek (The Mind of a Killer) May 2007 issue of Smithsonian (Destination America – Out Of Jamestown – Sailing the Chesapeake in John Smith’s Wake) May-June 2007 issue of No Depression (Miranda Lambert – Country’s New Alternative) Spring 2007 Philips Lifeline Connections (New Behavioral change model to prevent falls) [...]
For decades, Mississippi and neighboring states with large black populations and expanses of enduring poverty made steady progress in reducing infant death. But, in what health experts call an ominous portent, progress has stalled and in recent years the death rate has risen in Mississippi and several other states.
The setbacks have raised questions about the [...]
Monday, the mailbox contained:
May 2007 issue of American Heritage (Travel – with a Twist – Where Baby Boomers Seek Out the Past) May 2007 issue of Paste (Summer Festival Preview Issue) May / June 2007 issue of Foreign Affairs (Al Qaeda Strikes Back) April 30, 2007 issue of BusinessWeek (Wal-Mart’s Midlife [...]
According to a Roanoke Times article, Cho’s main spending spree started when he rented a van on March 12th. According to CNN, he also bought the Glock 19 in Roanoke on March 12th. What’s significant about March 12th? It was the first day of classes after Tech’s Spring Break.
Did something happen over spring break that sent him over the [...]
Saturday, the mailbox contained:
April 27 / May 4, 2007 issue of Entertainment Weekly (Spiderman 3 – He’s Back. He’s Black. He’s Fighting For His Life.) May 2007 issue of Stuff (What’s The Funniest Movie Ever? Jon Stewart, Chris Rock, Stephen Colbert and Ben Stiller Decide.) May 2007 issue of TechNet (Your Office Anywhere [...]
I was able to mow my yard today for the first time in 2007. It could have been mowed a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn’t find the time. Last year, I bought a Yardman push mower with a Honda engine based on a Consumer Reports recommendation. It did a good [...]
Friday, the mailbox contained:
May 2007 issue of This Old House (Get your dream deck – the smartest layouts – materials that last – 27 custom-look details) April 23, 2007 issue of Sporting News (NFL Draft Preview) May 2007 issue of Real Simple (60 budget beauty buys: Real women prove what works) June 2007 issue of Cuisine at [...]
Norris Hall will remain closed for the rest of the semester, and authorities are unsure about whether or not the building will remain in use or standing.
Read (Collegiate Times)
…Tech should do like the Amish did when they had their schoolhouse demolished and hauled to the landfill…
Imported ingredients used in recalled pet food may have been intentionally spiked with an industrial chemical to boost their apparent protein content, federal health officials suspect.
That’s one theory being pursued by the Food and Drug Administration as it investigates how the chemical, melamine, contaminated at least two ingredients used to make more than 100 brands [...]