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8-Year-Old Receives Patent 142

Posted by samzenpus on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:54AM from the young-inventor-society dept.

Knile writes "While not the youngest patent recipient ever (that would be a four year old in Texas), Bryce Gunderman has received a patent at age 8 for a space-saver that combines an outlet cover plate with a shelf. From the article: '"I thought how I was going to make a lot of money," Bryce said about what raced through his brain when he received the patent.'"

Students Banned From Bringing Pencils To School 426

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday November 24, 2010 @10:19AM from the watch-how-you-play dept.

mernilio writes "According to UPI: 'A Massachusetts school district superintendent said a memo banning sixth graders from carrying pencils was written without district approval. North Brookfield School District interim Superintendent Gordon Noseworthy said Wendy Scott, one of two sixth-grade teachers at North Brookfield Elementary School, did not get approval from administrators before sending the memo to all sixth-grade parents, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday. The memo said students would no longer be allowed to bring writing implements to school. It said pencils would be provided for students in class and any students caught with pencils or pens after Nov. 15 would face disciplinary action for having materials 'to build weapons.'"

Comment Re:Mod parent up! (Score 1) 1646

by Drifting on Monday December 27, 2004 @05:41PM (#11194554) Attached to: Most powerful wizard?

> then why do you still reaad them? not, I am not baiting, I just hear that a lot, and people keep reading...and complaining.

After what, 9000 pages, it's kind of hard to walk away. I, like many others I guess, have invested too much time into these books to give up now because there's always a chance that he'll FINALLY wrap it up in the next book. (Or resolve one of his million sub-plots).

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