Recess sets another record!

Tuesday the Hub set a new record during 3rd recess–89 student visitors! Our students particularly love the board games, the cartoons, and the computers–and most have done an incredible job of only speaking English and asking for help to say anything they do not know how to translate.20150313_142111

Students love the board game Clue.

20150313_142129The Disney channel show “Gravity Falls” is a big hit with the elementary school boys. They come back to see another episode (in English of course) every afternoon, even though there are no subtitles! Continue reading Recess sets another record!

Two Vampire Crab Species Found, Are Already Popular Pets

 National Geographics said…

“Vampire crabs, so named because of their glowing yellow eyes, have become popular as pets, but the origin of some of these spooky-looking crustaceans has been cloaked in mystery.

Until now.

Now researchers have traced the freshwater crabs back to their wild source in Southeast Asia—and report that the two most sought-after species are new to science.

The newly described species, Geosesarma dennerle and Geosesarma hagen, were found in separate river valleys on the Indonesian island of Java

“These crabs are kind of special because they’ve been around in the pet trade for ten years, but no one knew where they come from,” said study co-author and professional aquarist Christian Lukhaup of Waiblingen, Germany.”

For more information visit http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/03/150316-vampire-crabs-animals-new-species-science-pets/

 

Plane crash in France

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A plane that was flying between Barcelona and Dusseldorf crashed on Tuesday in the region of the Alps Haute Provence, near Marseille, as confirmed the General Director of the Civil Aviation of France.

The plane was an Airbus A320, the German company was Germanwings, that was traveling with 142 passengers and six members of the company, according to the information that was reported by the nacional news.

The plane disappeared around 11:00 French time (07:00 in Chile) and, according to the research, the accident happend because the co-pilot have “depression”. All the people die, because the impact was so hard, about 148 people.

Audio from the plane’s cockpit voice recorder reveals one of the pilots trying to smash down the cockpit door in the minutes before impact, The New York Times reported, citing an official involved in the investigation.  The idea that the door was locked carries a “very sinister overtone,” an aviation analyst says.