May 03, 2008 - Terre Haute IN
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Google Maps is not always right
Maybe I'll begin calling it Goofle Maps, the typo I just made. Today I found for the second time on my way back east that Google has some Wal-Marts located incorrectly on their map. This time they missed by 10 miles, placing Wal-Mart's Terre Haute store about 5 miles north of I-70 rather than 5 miles south of I-70 which I think is correct. But I don't know for sure - I gave up the search and settled in at the local Cracker Barrel for the night.
Night camp:
Cracker Barrel Restaurant parking lot, Terre Haute, Indiana
Messing Up Their Results
... Jack Panksepp found that laboratory-reared rats who've never seen or smelled a cat stop playing the instant you put a tuft of cat hair in their play space. Since frightened animals don't play, that's a good indication that those rats are afraid. ... This experience got Dr Panksepp to thinking about how many research laboratories might be messing up their results due to researchers' coming to work smelling like their pet cats.