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Friday, September 1st, 2006

Manatees

Manatees (family Trichechidae, genus Trichechus) are large aquatic mammals sometimes known as sea cows. Manatee is the English respelling of the Spanish manatí; the word itself is of Carib Indian origin meaning ‘breast.’
The Trichechidae differ from the Dugongidae in the shape of the skull and the shape of the tail. Dugongs have a forked tail, […]

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Friday, September 1st, 2006

Technology

There is no easy button for flying an airplane.
People assume that with technology comes safety. To a point this is true. What people don’t think about is that with technology comes more workload - albeit a different kind of workload.
When airliners had a side saddle you had three trained professionals doing their job to make […]

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