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A Vision of Students Today

March 3rd, 2008 No comments

In preparation for an upcoming presentation I came across this video that I thought was interesting.

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Change the State Dinosaur

October 4th, 2007 No comments

It appears the Official Dinosaur of Texas got it’s title through a case of mistaken identity. About 10 years ago the state legistator awarded the Pleurocoelus the right to call itself Texas’ Dinosaur after some bones were found on a Texas ranch. Apparently the dinosaur earned its moniker for “Texas-scale size and power”.

An SMU graduate student studying the bones for his master’s thesis, noticed that the bones didn’t match a known Pleurocoelus specimen at the Smithsonian.

When Peter Rose published his findings, he announced that the bones belong to a new species he has named Paluxysaurus.

So write your state legislator and encourage them to submit their and their seatmate’s vote for Paluxysaurus as the state dinosaur of Texas.

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Eight facts about Charlottesville Virginia

September 23rd, 2007 No comments

Some friends of mine are headed to Charlottesville, Virgina for a new job so I compiled a few facts about their new abode to share.

  1. 1207 – Driving distance in miles from Dallas, TX 
  2. 40,437 – Population
  3. John Warner – Senior Senator for Virgina
  4. Knights - High school mascot
  5. Rutgers University, Strelitza Reginae and Queen’s University – Also named for Queen Sophia Charlotte wife of King George the 3rd of England
  6. Monticello – Famous home in town
  7. 1325 – Average SAT score of the University of Virgina (located in Charlottesville
  8. Dogwood Festival – Town festival
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Tokyo Edition

July 29th, 2007 No comments

A friend of ours is moving to Tokyo so I’ve compiled a list of facts about Tokyo.

  • The word Toyko means “Eastern capital”
  • 35 million people live in the greater Tokyo area making it the largest metropolitan area in the world. Dallas-Fort Worth has 4.6 million making it the 53rd largest
  • Symbols: Flower – Cherry Blossom; Tree – Ginko biloba; Bird – Black-headed Gull
  • Governor of Tokyo is Shintaro Ishihara who said in a 2001 interview, “old women who live after they have lost their reproductive function are useless and are committing a sin.”
  • Average temperature in August 27C (80.6F) in January 4C (39.2F)
  • 1 Dollar = 118.8 yen
  • Nikkei stock exchange close at 17283.81 on Friday
  • One bedroom apartment in suburb 80000 yen ($673)
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