There are few animals on this earth as endearing as seal pups, and at Reid State Park, I see quite a few of them. It’s not unusual for the little ones to rest on the sand if they become too exhausted to swim, and sick or injured seals also come ashore, so I get frequent reports of beach strandings.
Until last week, I’d never had a report of a seal stranded in the woods. More…
Princeton University’s attempt to limit the number of A’s has some students fearing it will hurt their future. More…
On the instructions of a security officer, the passenger stepped into the machine and held his arms out in a position of surrender, as invisible millimeter waves surrounded his body. Although he probably didn’t know it, TSA officials in a separate room were staring at a graphic, anatomically correct image of his naked body. When I asked the TSA screener whether the passenger’s face was blurred, he replied that he couldn’t say. But, as I turned to catch my flight, the official blurted, “Someone ought to do something about those machines–it’s like we don’t have any privacy in this country anymore!” More…
“Sorry” does seem to be the hardest word, but New York Times columnist Alina Tugend has some thoughts on how to make that apology easier and more effective. More…
Maine Watch with Jennifer Rooks looks at plans to extend the Downeaster to Brunswick, Lewiston/Auburn, Rockland and Augusta. Also, Jennifer interviews the U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills. Watch…
The latest milestone in the meticulously planned closure of the Brunswick Naval Air Station (NASB) will come tonight, at 10 p.m., when its two massive 8,000-foot runways close. More…
All the latest footwear engineering in your running sneakers might not mean a thing when it comes to preventing injuries. The latest barefoot running study in the journal Nature deployed 3-D infrared tracking to gauge the difference in foot strike between shod and shoeless runners, Scientific American reports. Here’s a modern-day meme summation of the findings: “Shoes? You’re doing it wrong.” More…
(Portland Press Herald) – The Obama administration plans to allocate $35 million in federal stimulus funds to expand Amtrak’s Boston-to-Portland passenger rail service north to Brunswick. More…
The risk of the iPad for higher education is that the device will prove a “sustaining innovation” in learning technology. Sustaining innovations, as explained by Michael Horn in his amazing talk at the 2009 EDUCAUSE ECAR Symposium, increase the quality of the service or product but also drive up the cost. Higher education has been moving through cycles of sustaining innovation, where improvements in facilities, amenities and technology have increased the fidelity of the campus experience while simultaneously driving costs (and tuition) faster than inflation. More…
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There are few animals on this earth as endearing as seal pups, and at Reid State Park, I see quite a few of them. It’s not unusual for the little ones to rest on the sand if they become too exhausted to swim, and sick or injured seals also come ashore, so I get frequent reports of beach strandings.
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