Seal with amputated flipper headed to Niagara Falls aquarium

From the San Francisco Chronicle: A harbor seal whose rear flipper had to be amputated after being struck by a boat has recovered and is headed to an upstate New York aquarium… The injuries make it nearly impossible for the seal to survive in the wild, so center staff arranged to send the animal to…

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Geekiness on the Niagara Falls Wine Trail

From Wired.com: If you had taken the Niagara Wine Trail tour several summers ago, the entrance to the Arrowhead Spring Vineyards would have presented an unexpected image: Lots of shiny CDs protecting the precious wine-yielding grapes. In a former life, the CDs were beta versions of programs that Robin Ross, co-owner of the winery, tested…

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