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Polar Bear
The Polar Bear never makes his bed;
He sleeps on a cake of ice instead.
He has no blanket, no quilt, no sheet
Except the rain and snow and sleet.
He drifts about on a white ice floe
While cold winds howl and blizzards blow
And the temperature drops to forty below.
The Polar Bear never makes his bed;
The blanket he pulls up over his head
Is lined with soft and feathery snow.
If ever he rose and turned on the light,
He would find a world of bathtub white,
And icebergs floating through the night.
William Jay Smith
Morning News
Project Tacit: Sonar for the Blind
Tacit, which inventor Steve Hoefer describes as a “Hand-Mounted Haptic Feedback Sonar Obstacle Avoidance Asstance Device” helps the visually impaired to “see” by measuring sensing and measuring the distance of objects from 1 inch (2 cm) to 10 feet (3.5m) away, and translates that distance into pressure on the wrist.
Q&A: Will grocery workers strike?
Thousands of Southern California grocery workers have been working without a contract for six months. In secret-ballot votes cast Friday and Saturday, an overwhelming majority of workers -- 90 percent -- rejected the supermarket chains’ health care package, which granted union leaders authorization to stop work.
Some South Dakota Schools Cut Costs By Cutting a Day
Budget constraints have led the Irene-Wakonda school district, for one, to hack off a day from the school week. Larry Johnke, superintendant of the district in southeastern South Dakota, says the change will save his schools more than $50,000 per year. In order to make up for the missing day, the school will add 30 minutes to each of the other four days and shorten the daily lunch break.
Who knows how many 2012 candidates will be to the right of Huntsman....
Jon Huntsman goes on offensive against 2012 rivals
After taking to Twitter last week to declare his belief in evolution and global warming, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. sought again Sunday to cast himself as a moderate in a field of extreme Republican presidential candidates.
Floridians keep wary eye on Irene
Irene is forecast to approach the Dominican Republic Monday before moving toward eastern Cuba and then into the Florida Straits. Tropical force winds were extending outward up to 150 miles from the center.