Jeremy Herndon

I was reading an article on a news website that I found called livescience.com that states that many schools have decided to stop supplying trays to their students.  They think that this will save energy, by not having to wash the trays.  The article indicated that they students are not very happy with the decision, as it makes carrying their food to their tables a lot more difficult.

Do you know what parthenogenesis means?  I didn’t until I read it in an article that was talking about how a second case of asexual reproduction in sharks was documented  in Virginia Beach in October of 2008.  It seems that a female blacktip shark, having been the only kind of her species in an aquarium, gave birth without benefit of having a mate.  The article also mentions that last year a hammerhead shark in a zoo in Omaha also gave birth without benefit of mating.

I found this to be quite fascinating!  I knew that there were some animals that could do that, but not sharks!  Considering how many people are afraid of sharks, this could be very scary news to some people.  I would not be surprised to see this story on the Colbert Report’s threat down!

So far there hasn’t been any phone calls or emails from any family members or friends with horror stories from the massive hurricane that threatened to cause such havoc to the east coast. A few folks lost power, most had generators that kept them being totally in the dark. A few trees are down here and there, but no serious damage or injuries have been reported and I’m am so grateful for that. We can all now stop and count our blessings and hopefully get things back to normal and enjoy what is left of the summer season.

I’m so glad that the recent 5.8 earthquake didn’t do more damage than it did yesterday. I am amazed that the injuries that have been reported aren’t as high as they certainly could have been with a 5.8 on the Richter Scale. Now we have to sit back and wait for the after shocks as well as the hurricane that is expected in a few days. Good grief, what has gotten Mother Nature so upset lately?

I was reading on a few Internet sites that the Royal Society’s education director Professor Michael Reiss resigned from his post due to a controversy that occurred when he was misquoted regarding creationism being taught in the classroom.  He claims that he said that if a student brings up creationism that the class should be encouraged to understand evolution.  He was misquoted as saying that creationism should be taught in the classroom.

This is a classic case of people being misquoted and the havoc it can wreak in their lives.  I can think of a few times that I’ve said something and I was misquoted and I ended up in unfortunate circumstances, such as losing a valued friend.

A lie that is believed can have the same consequence as if it were true.  It really is too bad.