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The following is a livescience.com article posted July 30 by staff writer Tanya Lewis with the title “Odd Cause of Gaping Siberian Holes Possibly Found”: A trio of mysterious gaping holes in northern Siberia has spawned many theories about the craters’ origin, but scientists have suggested some concrete explanations. In mid-July, reindeer herders stumbled across a crater that was approximately 260 feet (80 meters)...

The following is an article by Nathan Masters, posted July 28, 2014 on kcet.org’s Social Focus page, L.A. as Subject, with the title above: Today, Pacific Coast Highway passes effortlessly through Point Mugu between Oxnard and Malibu. But when highway engineers began plotting the route in 1919, the rocky promontory presented a colossal challenge. Then, Point Mugu was a near-vertical ridge of resistant volcanic rock — an...

“Two things I hate: graffiti and hypocrites” (graffiti on the door of a men’s room in Ellison Hall, UCSB). Graffiti is writing or drawings that have been scribbled, scratched, or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface, often in a public place. Graffiti ranges from simple written words to elaborate wall paintings, and it has existed since ancient times, with examples dating back to Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece,...