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The Redwoods
Here, sown by the Creator's hand.
In serried ranks, the Redwoods stand:
No other clime is honored so,
No other lands their glory know.
The greatest of Earth's living forms,
Tall conquerors that laugh at storms;
Their challenge still unanswered rings,
Through fifty centuries of kings.
The nations that with them were young,
Rich empires, with their forts far-flung,
Lie buried now-their splendor gone:
But these proud monarchs still live on.
Joseph B. Strauss
Morning News
AT&T kills cheaper texting plan for $20 unlimited package
Beginning on Sunday – as in Aug. 21 – AT&T is scrapping its 1,000 texts for ten bucks plan, and replacing it with a plan that offers unlimited texts for $20. Users who don't want the unlimited plan can opt to pay 20 cents per text.
Satellite radar imagery reveals 'amazing flows' of Antarctic ice
The first detailed map of ice flow across the entire continent of Antarctica has been developed, showing "amazing flows" from the continent's center.
"We're seeing amazing flows from the heart of the continent that had never been described before," said researcher Eric Rignot, a glaciologist at the University of California at Irvine and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "This is like seeing a map of all the oceans' currents for the first time."
Longer Lives for Obese Mice, With Hope for Humans of All Sizes
Sustaining the flickering hope that human aging might somehow be decelerated, researchers have found they can substantially extend the average life span of obese mice with a specially designed drug.
Jerry Buell, Florida High School Teacher, Suspended For Anti-Gay Facebook Posts
A Florida high school's "Teacher of the Year" has been suspended for an anti-gay post he wrote on his Facebook page last month.
Jerry Buell, a history teacher at Mount Dora High School in Mount Dora, Fla. wrote on his Facebook page that he "almost threw up" when he was having dinner and news came on of New York's decision to allow same-sex marriage showed up July 25.
Is the SEC Covering Up Wall Street Crimes?
Imagine a world in which a man who is repeatedly investigated for a string of serious crimes, but never prosecuted, has his slate wiped clean every time the cops fail to make a case. No more Lifetime channel specials where the murderer is unveiled after police stumble upon past intrigues in some old file – "Hey, chief, didja know this guy had two wives die falling down the stairs?" No more burglary sprees cracked when some sharp cop sees the same name pop up in one too many witness statements. This is a different world, one far friendlier to lawbreakers, where even the suspicion of wrongdoing gets wiped from the record.