Math in Daily Life: "When you buy a car, follow a recipe, or decorate your home, you're using math principles. People have been using these same principles for thousands-even millions-of years, across countries and continents. Whether you're sailing a boat off the coast of Japan or building a house in Peru, you're using math to get things done."
The top 100 books of all time: "Full list of the 100 best works of fiction, alphabetically by author, as determined from a vote by 100 noted writers from 54 countries as released by the Norwegian Book Clubs. Don Quixote was named as the top book in history but otherwise no ranking was provided."
Remains in Park Are Missing Intern: "Bones found in a Washington park Wednesday are the remains of Chandra Levy, a law enforcement source said."
U.N.: World at Environmental Crossroads: "The world is facing a critical choice between greed and humanity that will decide the fate of millions of people for decades to come, the United Nations Environment Program said on Wednesday."
My wife is pregnant! We're due on the 23rd of December, 2002!
I was in downtown Modesto today and the news media was camped out across the street from Gary Condit's office.
Remains Found in DC Could Be Levy's: "A skull and other human bones were found in a park early Wednesday and police are trying to determine whether they are the remains of Chandra Levy, the 24-year-old former intern who disappeared more than a year ago."
Swollen Yangtze causes flood alert: "Floods on China's Yangtze River have arrived a month earlier than normal following weeks of continuous rain, says state-run media."
Drought prompts pool owners to fill up early: "Spring was only 2 weeks old when Susan Sterling of Weston, Conn., filled her swimming pool for the summer. It was cold enough to snow the week before she got the water delivered, but that didn't matter."
