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Instantly, I was back in 8th grade, on the day when the female English teacher, who for our purposes was also a sex-ed teacher, demonstrated condom use by stretching a lubricated rubber around the fist of one of the most muscular boys in the class. “Now, people used to do this with cucumbers,” she explained. “Or bananas. But I wanted to show you how big they...
...variations on iPhone queries tell an interesting story. Of the 1600 searches that contained "iPhone," the most common theme was cost, with five of the top 20 searches looking for pricing information. The 8th most popular (and optimistically naive) query confirms our suspicions from my last column, "free iPhone." The second most popular search mission is for reviews of the new phone. There were also a few disgruntled searchers - "problems with iPhone" was at #6, and "smashing my iPhone" in the #20 position actually led to a YouTube video that has had over 100,000 views since last week...
...8th grade Math Reading...
...streets of Mansour have no names anymore. They are identifiable not by what is there now but by what used to be. In the center of the neighborhood, our armored humvee circles around the crater that once held a 20-ft.-tall statue of Abu Jaffar al-Mansour, the 8th century founder of Baghdad; it was pulverized by a homemade bomb in 2005. To keep their bearings, the troops have taken to identifying routes by the names of 1980s heavy-metal bands. We drive down Bon Jovi, where the barbershop used to be, and pass Skid Row, which...
...batting average of .357.Ogden is not the only capable Albany hitter. Two other starters, Amber Maisonet (.387) and Michelle Connors (.338) are batting above the .300 mark. The Great Danes will begin the tournament taking on top seeded Baylor today.SCOUTING BAYLORThe Big 12 regular season champions are the 8th overall seed in the tournament and the top seed in the Hempstead Regional. The Lady Bears (45-13, 14-3 Big 12) are a deep squad that had six players named to the All-Big 12 Conference team. Baylor’s pitching staff features Big 12 Rookie of the Year...