Buhl Middle School, in Buhl, Idaho, is using model car kits to help students with reading and researching.
6th graders are not just putting together models, they’re spending time doing historical research about the cars they’re building. They’re also learning about different styles of customizing cars.
The building of model kits has made some huge progress […] Continue Reading…
According to the National Weather Service, Idaho is going through the coolest spring since 1984.
High temperatures for Idaho have been as much as 17 degrees (Fahrenheit) below average.
Even though there’ve been lots of rainy days for Idaho (and rivers are flooding, mainly due to snow melt), the Weather Service says the actual amount of […] Continue Reading…
“This was not a normal case. The government was deciding who was going to be taken care of and who was not.”-David Skeel, University of Pennsylvania Law School
The recent bailout of General Motors and Chrysler, did not just include money, it included legal liability for defective vehicles that caused injuries and deaths.
The […] Continue Reading…
Reports saying Tokyo Electric Power Company now saying it is likely the damaged reactors at Fukushima Daiichi will not be stabilized by the end of the year, as first hoped.
Problems range from TEPCo’s own faulty assessments, to the Typhoon season now hitting Japan.
This means highly radioactive isotopes will continue to be emitted into the […] Continue Reading…
“NATO must learn that air strikes on Afghan homes are not allowed and that Afghan people have no tolerance for that anymore. If they don’t stop air strikes on Afghan homes, their presence in Afghanistan will be considered as an occupying force and against the will of the Afghani people.”-President of Afghanistan […] Continue Reading…
The planting season is way behind schedule in the U.S. state of Idaho; at least two to three weeks according to some farmers. The weather has been too cold, and too wet. Here in eastern Idaho the Snake and Portneuf rivers are flooding, making it worse.
The flooding Portneuf is hitting farmers in Inkom: “We’ll […] Continue Reading…
Sony says it will try, again, on May 31 to fully connect the U.S., and European markets with the PlayStation network.
Sony has tried before, but ran into trouble with its new security program, and even got hacked again.
Sony says its latest attempt will fully connect most of the world, except Japan, Hong Kong and […] Continue Reading…
The heavy rains from a tropical storm that hit Japan, are flooding the damaged reactor buildings with more water.
That is creating the potential for even more contaminated water getting into the Pacific Ocean. Radioactive water continues to pour from the reactors, TEPCo has failed to stop it..
According to NHK, to date only 40% of workers at the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, have been given radiation check ups.
Tokyo Electric Power Company didn’t start testing until 11 days after the 11 March disasters.
Japanese standard safe limits for radiation exposure is 100 millisieverts. So far two workers have been exposed to more […] Continue Reading…
The Hokkaido Railway Company has been raided by police, after one of their passenger trains jumped the tracks in a tunnel and caught fire. The police took all the company maintenance and operations records.
Investigators say they found a part that fell off before the train jumped the tracks. Also, the train conductor called HRC […] Continue Reading…