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What America holds in common with the tiny state of Israel is rooted in what the terrorists resent and hate: the rule of law, justice, tolerance and respect for freedom. — Suzanne Fields

And yes!

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We have a foot. A real foot. It walks like a foot. It quacks like a foot. So it must be a foot. (Oh, just go with it, okay?) Dr. said I don’t have to come back (unless, of course, I break something else), and not to do anything terribly weird until June. Not involving … Continue reading And yes!

Archimedes

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I’ve been sitting in on Steve’s History of Math class – been a favorite subject of mine for a long time. Monday, they went over the approximation of pi using a technique developed by Archimedes that involves inscribing polygons inside the circle with an ever-increasing number of sides, for greater and greater accuracy. I missed … Continue reading Archimedes