Archive for February 4th, 2004

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Head’s Up

Maria
Gisela Hiciano, holds her daughter Rebeca in her arms as her father Franklin
Martinez, caresses her at the CARE clinic in Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2004. Rebeca, a Dominican infant [...]

Are You Watching, Red Sox?

Ever been in the middle of a million-and-a-half people? That’s how may
turned out for the New England Patriot Victory Celebration in City Hall
Plaza in Boston.  The
Dowbrigade advised his students to go [...]

Puppy Farming Charges Roil Brit Dog Circuit

LONDON
(Reuters) – Something sinister is troubling Britain’s usually genteel
world of dog-showing, and at the center of it all lies one question:
Who called Mrs Joyce Mann a "puppy farmer?"
[...]

Howard Dean, 1st Casualty of the Media Wars

If anyone needed a graphic demonstration of the principles
espoused in "A
Note of Caution" they need look no further than the savagely
efficient 10 day evisceration of Howard Dean.
Our take on the [...]

Germans Discover Beetles Again

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A South African court Tuesday fined four Germans
almost $18,000 for capturing some 200 rare Cape stag beetles, the South
African Press Association reported.
The [...]

Persistent Quest for Freedom Award

MIAMI (AP) – Eleven Cubans trying to sail to Florida in a 1950s Buick
converted into a tailfinned boat were intercepted at sea by the Coast
Guard and will be sent back to [...]

16 Teaching Days to Great Experiment

There are only 16 more teaching days until the Great Experiment.
Those of you checking our math may have noted that two days ago there were 19
teaching days left. Seems we had somehow forgotten President’s Day. Each day
[...]

Gen-Mod Animal of the Day

Worried about Mad Cow disease? The Dowbrigade’s student’s are downright terrified, to the point that they refuse to eat beef while in the US. God knows what horror stories their worried Asian mamas heard that they passed on to their offspring abroad, but we have tried to do our part by describing in excruciating [...]

Moose Makes the Grade

Congratuatios to the lovely and talented Jessica the Cyber-librarian on making her much-anticipated 100,000 reads. This is just the beginning, kiddo, a million hits is right on the horizon.
Check out j’s scratchpad to pump her up even further!


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