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Here’s what caught our eye this week!
SPIRITUALITY
The Joys of Reading
Today, we still worry about the wildfire spread of disease but books are no longer the villain. In “Out of Touch: E-reading isn’t reading,” Andrew Piper laments the latest dark cloud in the history of reading. New technology has taken away the tactility of books…Read Full Article
RELIGION & POLITICS
Religious Freedom is About Rights, not Politics
Let the critics howl over the new Office of Religious Freedom – it’s about time we got a little more respect for religion in this country…Read Full Article
From The Globe and Mail
ANIMALS
‘Super-Pod’ of 100,000 Dolphins Spotted off California Coast (Video)
Wow. It’s not often one gets to witness a pod of dolphins numbering in the thousands! This “super-pod” of dolphins was spotted off the coast of California…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
BUSINESS
‘Reader’s Digest’ Parent Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection
Reader’s Digest, the venerable magazine that has battled declining readership, may be in trouble: Its parent company has filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in less than four years…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
LAW
Grad Who Sued Over C+ Grade Flunks in Court
As the Allentown, Pa., Morning Call reports, “a Northampton County judge on Thursday rejected the claims of a Lehigh University graduate suing over her C+ grade, a verdict that upheld the school’s insistence that she earned the mark she got”…Read Full Article
From NPR: The Two-Way
TECHNOLOGY
Draw 3D Sculptures With World’s First 3D Printing Pen
The 3Doodler is the latest craze on Kickstarter. A pen that takes the basic function of a 3D printer — the extruder and a heat source along with a steady stream of plastic ribbon — and turns it into pen-form, allowing you to hand-print your own 3D creations…Read Full Article
From Treehugger
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