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Lest we Forget – BP Oil Spill 2010

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May 29, 2010 BP finally announces that Operation “Top Kill”, the effort to force drilling mud into the wellhead and seal it, has failed. August 25, 2011 Scientists report that oil surfacing a mile from the site of the sunken rig matches that of the oil from the Deep Horizon disaster site.

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Frogs and Toads of the World: A Book Review by a Fairy Tale Junkie

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Or, Pygmy leaf-folding frogs, Afrixalus brachycnemis, from Tanzania, tiny climbing frogs who lay their eggs in leaves and then fold the leaves over them for protection, sealing the nest with secretions. Princeton University Press, 2011, 192 pp. A book about all the frogs and toads of the world is an ambitious undertaking.

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