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Fleas and Mites
Some cats and dogs are extremely sensitive to fleas; an afflicted cat will chew off large swatches of fur – and even skin in some cases. Mites of various types can also cause chewing, allergic reactions, and hair loss. They include Sarcoptes scabiei canis (mange; the human form of scabies is caused by a different…
Bay Area HMC Events
Bay Area HMC Events This post is intended to collaborate on ideas for various types of HMC community events to be held in the Bay Area. Please add your ideas in comments at the bottom of the page. Thanks! – Penelope Gordon, ’87, pegordon@1plug.com, Moderator Food Related ‘Beyond Mudd πs’: a series of food related…
Photo ID
Fewer teens want to drive yet automakers court them. – while this article is focused on the next generation of US automobile buyers, the data points provided are very pertinent to the current debate regarding requiring citizens to show US government-issued photo IDs before voting. The percentage of 19-year-olds without a driver’s license has doubled…
Famous Quotes
Books The book Paul Clifford is the source of the phrase “It was a dark and stormy night”. The full first opening line of the book is: It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up…
Message in an vBottle
The following idea was triggered by the article “Return of a castaway” in the 2012 September 17 print edition of the Christian Science Monitor about students at a school in Maine who launch (wine) bottles which enclosed messages into the Gulf of Maine every year. A recent article on a school in Mass. that sends…
What’s in a Box?
A balikbayan box is gift box sent by an overseas Filipino to family and friends in the Philippines. There are several companies specializing in the shipment of balikbayan boxes. The industry organization PASA (Philipino American Shipper’s Association) enables approved companies to more easily get shipments through inspections and to help senders avoid service problems. Bento…
What's in a Box?
A balikbayan box is gift box sent by an overseas Filipino to family and friends in the Philippines. There are several companies specializing in the shipment of balikbayan boxes. The industry organization PASA (Philipino American Shipper’s Association) enables approved companies to more easily get shipments through inspections and to help senders avoid service problems. Bento…
Text Fragments
(Refer to the Writing Notes post for word usage and to Food Vocabulary for food-related words and terms. Also see Remnants and Famous Quotes.) Interesting Words Contronyms A contronym is a word that has opposite meanings. For example, when Michael Jackson said that he was ‘bad’ in his video “Bad”, he meant that he was really…
A Matter of Semantics
legitimate – definition of legitimate by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia The first three of seven definitions of ‘legitimate’ in the Free Online Dictionary are: 1. Being in compliance with the law; lawful: a legitimate business. 2. Being in accordance with established or accepted patterns and standards: legitimate advertising practices. 3. Based on…