Spit Wads: High Tech Prank Replaces Old Spitball
New York AP reports a techy take on a schoolyard prank. Inventor Ted Skup touts light blue polymer spit wads that fly instead of spit, aimed at 1.29 dollar shoppers. Scott Hicke backs the venture, calling it nostalgic and marketable to adults too. National Parents & Teachers Association voices caution pending more details.
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New York
Ted Skup
Skup
Hicko
Stacey Moore
National Parents & Teachers Association
NASA prepares third countdown for shuttle to launch Astro observatory
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP NASA moves toward a third countdown for Columbia to lift off at 1 20 a m Thursday carrying seven astronauts and the 150 million Astro observatory The countdown is calm with no problems cited The project team notes past delays from a hydrogen leak and a loss of contact with a cargo item Astrophysicists adjust observing schedule to study Jupiter and other targets while a bright quasar remains sun constrained The 9 to 10 day mission will observe about 150 objects including a comet.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
NASA
Space Agency
Columbia
Astro
al Sorge
Bill Huddleston
Arthur Davidson
John Hopkins University
Jupiter
Davidson
Solar System
Solar plane trip ends with wind delays at Kitty Hawk
Eric Raymond, piloting the Sun Seeker, halted the final nine miles to the Wright Memorial due to winds over 20 mph and low visibility. The solar powered ultralight had weathered a month of delays since July 16 from Desert Center California, landing at a farm near Spot, North Carolina, before winds pushed him inland. The pilot and crew then prepared to return to California after windsurfing breaks.
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Kitty Hawk
N.C
California
Coon
Eric Raymond
Raymond
Aida
Nancy McWilliams
Kitty Hawk Kites
Sam Raymond
Spot
Ymond
Desert Center
Calif
Los Angeles
United States
N.M
Lakers
Elsinore
Jupiter Great Red Spot may lose color due to belt change
A 6200 mile cloud belt above Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is shifting from white to brown, feeding ammonia ice crystals into the storm and washing out red color. Observers from NASA and other facilities reported the change to the International Astronomical Union, noting recent warming and belt brownings after years of white episodes.
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Los Angeles
Jupiter
Earth
NASA
Hawaii
Mauna Kea Volcano
International Astronomical Union
Central Bureau For Astronomical Telegrams
Cambridge
Mass
Students pen novels in 48 hour writing marathon
In Springfield at Bates Hall seven students and professor Stephen Sossaman attempted a weekend novel sprint called the First Annual Labor Day Weekend Writing Marathon. Participants chose genres from horror to science fiction and worked without outlines, drafting a full book amid pizza, computers, and late nights.
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Springfield
Mass
Westfield State
Stephen Sossamantres
Bates Hall
Sossaman
J.A. Marshall
Computer literacy transforms classrooms across the nation
NEW YORK AP Teachers with computer skills tailor lessons to meet individual needs from French to science. A survey of 608 teachers in 576 schools finds widespread use of word processors art programs and problem solving terminals, with calls for more hardware and time to plan.
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New York
Bank Street College of Education
Center For Technology In Education
Karen Sheingold
Bank Street
Martha
Federal Office of Educational Research and Improvement
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