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...moved him to a new tank in Newport, Oregon, and for two years we made him gain a ton of weight, got rid of his skin disease, trained him to catch live fish, and gave him exercise. We got him used to real saltwater. And then when he was ready, we put him on the plane and flew him to Iceland, where he had been captured when he was two years old. There, little by little, we adapted him to being in his natural environment. On the 5th of July, 2002 - I was there - he decided to say goodbye...
...work by checking methogens - microbes that thrive in oxygen-free environments like cows' guts, where they convert the available hydrogen and carbon (by-products of digestion) into methane, a colorless, odorless gas. "We encourage well-to-do farmers to use oilseed cakes, which provide unsaturated fatty acids that get rid of the hydrogen," Singhal says. Another solution is herbal additives. Some commonly used Indian herbs such as shikakai and reetha, which go into making soap, and many kinds of oilseeds contain saponins and tannins, substances that make for lathery, bitter meals but block hydrogen availability for methogens. Singhal says...
...replace the 1992 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). The goal of any arms treaty would seem simple enough: reduce the number of weapons. But the dirty little secret about nuclear weapons is that the fewer of them you have, the more difficult it becomes to get rid of them. Big arsenals are inherently more stable than little arsenals, and are easier to cut. (See a graphic of the nuclear-armed world...
...typical of Reza's quest for easy laughs at the expense of her superficially serious theme: the familiar one that civilized upper-middle-class people are really barbarians underneath. The unsavory revelations that emerge during the play's one long scene (e.g., one dad secretly got rid of his kid's pet hamster by turning it loose on the street) are mere contrivances played simply for laughs; I get more insights into parenting (not to mention more amusement) from a typical episode of Two and a Half Men. What makes the play tolerable are the four good, and very different...
...workers who might be laid off, and final decisions will be made by top FAS administrators. Employees will be given at least 60 days notice.“They can’t make [budget deficits] go away by cutting out cookies and coffees. They do need to get rid of personnel,” said Beth Baiter, a 69-year-old staff assistant at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. “Given my age, I would probably be one of the early ones to be laid off.”Despite the stated voluntary nature...