Crop Circle

Crop circles found in Yogya rice field

YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - A large circle and geometric pattern local residents say were created by a UFO have been found in a rice field in Krasakan hamlet in Sleman, Yogyakarta. (News Source: AsiaOne - 09:03:27)

Rock Bridge learning fast, finishes second at Hickman invite

Throughout his match, Rock Bridge senior Josh Braselton kept looking up at the clock. After giving up four points at the end of the first two periods in the 215-pound championship of the Hickman Invitational against Hickman’s J’den Cox, he knew he had to make his move. (News Source: Columbia Daily Tribune - 14:02:03)

The circle of life at Virginia Zoo

NORFOLK MORE THAN 400 residents call a quiet enclave on the Lafayette River home. And as in most neighborhoods, each year brings changes to its population. New faces arrive; longtime residents move. Babies are born. And sometimes neighbors die. This is the circle of life at the Virginia Zoo. (News Source: The Virginian-Pilot - 05:10:43)

Conservation practices include cover crops

Conservation practices are a constant learning game for Bill Buessing. “I keep learning all the time, and there have been some failures, but I enjoy trying,” he said. (News Source: The Marysville Advocate - 14:50:35)

This Year’s Annoying Film Prize Faves (in Arts and Culture)

Here come the Oscar nomination announcements. Sheesh. (News Source: The Tyee - 19:36:06)

Refuge Notebook: 111th Annual Christmas Bird Count: Soldotna results

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is an early-winter continental bird census where volunteers count and identify to species all birds they see or hear within a 15-mile diameter count circle, within a 24-hour period, during the designated December 14 to January 5 period. (News Source: Peninsula Clarion - 17:51:30)

Bowman Radar

Meteorologists have many options for viewing weather to predict a forecast. And now there is even more help, and another tool that can be used to keep you safe. Here’s Jared Piepenburg. After a summer of late nights with severe weather…and now (News Source: KX TV North Dakota - 05:00:48)

Waiting for the cranes

Until last year there was no electricity in the valley because of the fear cranes would become tangled in the wires. Electric light and other mod cons have finally arrived now, but via underground lines. (News Source: Timaru Herald - 03:26:51)

Breakout stars lining up for CU’s sports programs

Columbia needs match-winners. I’ve often heard people talking about Columbia sports teams never winning. While that’s a generalization that has stuck around for a while, a case can be made how it’s wholeheartedly untrue. (News Source: Columbia Daily Spectator - 14:10:43)

Ivory Coast Leader, Gbagbo, Scours Businesses for Cash

Diplomats and businessman say Laurent Gbagbo is squeezing cocoa exporters and banks to pay soldiers and civil servants. (News Source: New York Times - 14:21:55)

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