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Author Archives: Apoorva Sharma
May
31
2010
What WebM means for the web
With the arrival of the iPad, the web has become even more readily available. However, Apple decided not to support Adobe Flash, a popular tool used to deliver dynamic content on the web, and rather pledged their support of HTML5 technology, which also has support for dynamic content, for the iPad. Most of the major [...]
More than a year ago, in February 2009, British Petroleum plc (BP) filed a plan for possible problems for its Deepwater Horizon oil rig. It concluded that problems would be unlikely, and, as stated in the plan, “due to the distance to shore (48 miles) and the response capabilities that would be implemented, no significant [...]
Apr
9
2010
iPad Review
The tablet computer is a fairly old idea. In fact, Bill Gates presented his Tablet PC to the public almost 10 years ago, in 2001. HP, Dell, and other computer manufacturers have been selling many different models of tablet computers since then. However, none of them have really caught the public’s attention. The iPad, on [...]
Weeks of preparation and out of school practices culminated on Friday, March 12, and Saturday, March 13, at the University of Missouri in St. Louis. No, this wasn’t a sports game. This was the American Chemical Society’s annual Chemistry Olympiad. Many students from Clayton High School participated in this contest, which judges one’s skills in [...]
Jan
19
2010
Pro-Con Afghanistan troop surge – CON
There is a saying, derived from Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War” that goes, “If you know both yourself and your enemy, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.” President Obama recently announced that he would be sending in more troops to Afghanistan. Allegedly, this decision is to help General Stanley McChrystal [...]
Dec
17
2009
One Laptop per Child in Uruguay
Unlike many of its neighbors, Uruguay puts a lot of stress on education. All education – even college and post-graduate studies – is free. However, Uruguay doesn’t come close to having amounts of resources comparable to those of the U.S. It comes as no surprise, then, that it is there that the One Laptop per [...]
Sep
27
2009
New Politics Club a place for debate and donuts
About 15 students were sitting in a circle in room 23, talking among themselves and enjoying donuts at 7:35 a.m. on Sept.23. After waiting a few more minutes for more people to trickle in, sophomore Jonathan Shumway stood up, and walked to the dull green chalkboard. Shumway stood by the words “Health care” written in [...]
Sep
17
2009
Obama’s Health Care: Pro
The phrase “health care” is seen and heard everywhere these days, and rightly so. The current situation of health care in the United States is dire, to say the least. The United States census reports that in 2007, 18 percent of the population under 65 was lacking health insurance. Although a thorough census report of [...]
