"Was That A Sasquatch?” The Misery Of Watching Canadian Super Bowl Ads [NFL Roundtable]

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Palestinians pay price of being on wrong side of Israel's wall

JERUSALEM _ With a fire extinguisher in his hand and a cellphone pressed to his ear, principal Sameeh abu Rameelh battled an electrical fire in his Jerusalem high school's computer lab while pleading with the fire department to come to his aid. But when the emergency dispatcher heard that the school was in Kafr Aqab, separated from the rest of Jerusalem by a 36-foot-high concrete wall, he told ...

Handmade skis pass the test for Colville teen - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 PST

Elise Loggers deserves an “A” simply for the idea she proposed to fulfill her required senior project at Colville High School. She could have stoked energy on an assignment destined for a teacher’s trash bin. Instead, she teamed with a Spokane ski maker to build custom alpine boards that will satisfy the school’s short-term criteria – and fulfill Loggers’ deep powder research for years to come.

Exhibit fights for drawing's life

Weeks before hosting a symposium titled “Is Drawing Dead?”, the Yale School of Architecture’s current student exhibition takes a step back to honor the basics of the craft. Composed of approximately 24 pieces hand-drawn by students last semester, “Visualizing Form” went up Jan. 17 on the third floor of Rudolph Hall. The show runs alongside the symposium taking place Feb. 9-11, which aims to ...

BLOG: Why Do You Play Pokemon? 

NWR talks about why they love the Pokemon franchise.  Why do you play Pokémon? I have given my answer and now some of the staff on NWR wants to give theirs! Is it all about becoming the best? Is it about catching them all? What makes Pokémon that great game that keeps us coming back for more? Why do YOU play Pokémon? Carmine Red - Well, duh, the POKéMON! The character design for these guys has ...