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Earned my Ph.D.
Became a Professor.
Got Married.
Bought a House.

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In only two weeks I've surpassed my funding goal! Wow - thanks to anybody who donated from here and just a note - I still would love donations of any amount - as mentioned above the total number of contributors is important for me as I "sell" this result to my school and to external fundin...

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Yeah, I think it's a twitter thing. No idea really, didn't come up with the title.

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Hi everybody, Thought I'd drop a line on something I'm participating in that I think is fairly interesting. It's called #Scifund challenge, and here's a little blurb about it. The #SciFund Challenge is a grand experiment in science funding. Can scientists raise money for their research by convincing...

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I'm in - forgot last year and was sorry about it.

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Midnyte was wrong!

http://green.yahoo.com/blog/the_conscio ... usted.html

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Hey, look at this!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/ ... index.html

Scientific consensus is grand, isn't it.

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32/33. Missed #33, it tricksied me! Most of it was pretty straightforward, although I'd say that #27 wasn't exactly a "civics" test but more a statement of economic policy opinion. This was also true for #30, and 31. Also, the FDR supreme court answer was somewhat deceiving, as it didn't s...

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I've given a little bit of money to the "No on 8" folks, and since I live in S.F. the opinion of folks here is pretty overwhelmingly against the proposition. That being said, the TV ads from the "Yes on 8" folks are crazy - hopefully using the tired old "won't somebody PLEAS...

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For a relaxed bar try the Homestead.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/homestead-san-francisco

It's a pretty chill place. Might be a bit out of your way though if you are down in SoMa.

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Kerry has twice the balls you do you cowardly child. Google "last man to die for a mistake" you nitwit. Maybe later in life he became more measured and careful, but calling Kerry weak minded as you are implying... ugh. Animale So I just read what you mentioned.. And it had absolutely noth...

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Jesus christ you're worse than the fucking commercials on a television! *Removes soap box* McCain flipping on de-regulation doesn't pass the laugh test and is a fair point to discuss. Is he abandoning his de-regulation position or is McCain trying to sell voters a bill of goods? He is sounding more...

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Some bullet points on his resume look to be affirmative action appointments. I'm sure having an African American as "President of the Harvard Law Review" didn't hurt the public image of Harvard. Sounds like a position a nerd takes just to make their resume look better. What next? Presiden...

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Damn... I work about 5-10 minutes from that spot and have ran and biked both up and down the thing. Can't imagine doing it on a board (although I have seen either this crew or somebody very similar to them doing rides down Strawberry Canyon, which is shorter but a bit steeper and curvier). Crazy. An...

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Obama getting elected might set the tone, reality says the people behind he scenes (Biden, Pelosi, etc..) will be calling the shots. He's a puppet to draw in the young and disaffected. Which means you aren't going to see much change, if any. Unfortunately. Ok, time for some reality here. To know wh...

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Was looking for a McCain ad I saw in Idaho (claiming he'd "fight against big oil",

) and ran across this gem from the 1999 campaign.

http://www.mtexpress.com/1999/12-29-99/12-29murphy.htm

My guess is this stuff will come out more and more as the fall progresses.

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<shrug> Wouldn't be surprised if it's true. Afghanistan has a pretty long history of war by proxy on both sides. Of course, they always end up doing whatever the hell they feel like in the end - we'll see how long it'll take for it to start biting Russia in the ass.

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Scared of inroads Obama is making with evangelicals, the McCain campaign starts to subtly call Obama the anti-Christ! http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1830590,00.html?cnn=yes Now, I haven't read the drivel that is the "Left Behind" books, although I have heard a bit of the ...

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The folks at football outsiders don't love this trade for the Jets. http://www.footballoutsiders.com/2008/08/07/ramblings/audibles/6430/ Here's the pertinent quote. Aaron Schatz: I just ran the numbers, and all did was improve their mean expected wins from 7.2 to 7.6. The question is how much you as...

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I'd wager that most times when the media holds a position that you don't think is right Mid, it isn't because they are biased... it's because you are wrong.

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So you don't think unions/companies should work with each other to make their members/workers happier in the workplace? Or only when you don't agree with the concessions necessary to make that work. This is just good business for Tyson - they get a cheaper immigrant labor force at the tiny price of ...

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Answer my question first... why do you think this is disgusting? If it went through the union and company via good faith negotiation I'd have no problem with it. That being said, you and I both know that negotiating a change from MLK day would be harder (from a PR standpoint for the union and compan...

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Care to elaborate why you think this is disgusting? Sounds like the vast majority of workers asked (and voted) for their union to alter a holiday schedule to greater meet their particular needs, and the company agreed to assist with that in its agreements with the workers and their union. Labor day ...

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My brother is taking the bar test this week down in Ontario, Cali (about 5 miles from the epicenter). He had enough time to look up at a few ceiling tiles falling, then think to himself "Oh my God they are going to cancel the test and I won't be able to finish... oh, it's over!" Apparently...

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The shit eating grin that is the average american like Winnow and Midnyte didn't last too long on 911. No, 911 was horrible and the U.S. mobilized quickly to steamroll a few countries in the Middle East in an attempt to prevent it from happening again. If America didn't care so much about collatera...

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Has it been proven (1) that humans are the cause of global warming....err I mean Global Climate Change...(2) are humans the cause of elevated CO2 levels....(3) that CO2 increases are a direct link to the rise in temperatures....err I mean the drop in temperatures....err I mean the normalization in ...

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Midnyte_Ragebringer wrote: The war in Iraq is part of the fight against terrorism.

You've drunk the Neo-Con Kool-Aid i see.

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How about this breakdown fuckwit. Joe Horn knew his neighbors house was broken into. He called the Police... they told him to stay inside to avoid danger to himself and others. He WENT OUTSIDE, creating a situation that resulted in him firing 3 shots in quick succession in a residential neighborhood...

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Actually, in one of the chapters I mentioned (chapter 10), it discusses changes in rainfall in many parts of the world. It just so happens that northern California (where Mt. Shasta is) has increased rainfall due to higher ocean temperatures. A related phenomena is seen in the recent flooding in the...

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I wouldn't assume to know whether or not he 'carelessly' fired without regard for what was behind his targets. We weren't there, so how the fuck would we know? "It was over within seconds. The detective never had time to say anything before the shots were fired," Corbett said. "At fi...

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I guess I took the wrong Gun Safety and Self Defense Courses... the most important rule that was taught to us was to avoid placing yourself in situations where the use of a gun or other physical force was needed. This fellow actively sought out a situation where his firearm use would be "justif...

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Loved the movie, although if it wasn't a Disney/ kid's flick it could have been a movie with much more emotional impact Think how hard of emotional hammer it would have been if Wall-E had remained brain dead after being reconstructed by EVE... cut to credits right after he starts crushing his collec...

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Roughly 3/4ths of the cost is related to the trial proceedings (see the California numbers in my original quote). The number varies from state to state of course.

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Contrawise, I think life imprisonment is fair. Fair in that it seems far more a punishment. Especially if you put them in with the general population, where what they do to rapists is kinda funny in a very ironic sort of way. A lifetime of that? Much more a punihsment than a quick death. Hell, even...

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I'm against the death penalty in all cases, so this really isn't a big deal to me. Although, if you follow the "eye for an eye" policy, then rape =/= death no matter what. <shrug> Not to belittle rape in any of its horrible implications, but the cruel and unusual exception made by our lega...

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Of course drilling here is a short term solution to the problem, I think everyone knows that. Animale, you are getting almost as bad as nick on the assumptions that you are always right. I think that drilling in the U.S. as a short term band-aid is a good idea. Start getting the processes moving to...

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080618.html Now, I understand the whole supply/demand dichotomy, but saying we need to drill to increase supply - while refusing to institute higher mpg standards on the nations auto fleet (the whole demand side) is just disingenuous. Tougher mpg sta...

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Based on your recent record of calling basketball series, I hope Obama buys you off to proclaim that McCain is unbeatable.

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Give it up Kill. These folks are too far gone. They blame everyone else for everything that goes wrong and make excuses for bad behavior. No one is responsible for anything they do anymore. They are incapable of seeing how destructive this mindset is. That is why I continue to talk about the big pi...

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The think about socialized medicine is that it is something we really HAVE to do so our companies can maintain competitiveness with companies based in countries that have socialized medicine. This is NOT a payout to the poor people, its actually a massive payout to small business, and a cost-contro...

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Oh you silly Democrat voters will never get it. They can't even run this, but you trust them to run your healthcare, regulate your temperature in your home, etc.? *sigh* To this? As did I. God forbid you point that out though. Sure sounds like you are against it in any form whatsoever. If you are j...

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Yes there are those who "grab themselves up the bootstraps" and overcome bad situations to succeed in life. My point is, that the situations that they had to overcome can become less dire by intelligent assistance, particularly in the areas of education and career opportunities/training. F...

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<shrug> If Canada, most of Europe, Japan, etc. can do socialized medicine successfully - then saying that the U.S.of A cannot do it is kind of putting ourselves down. My guess is that if/when it happens we'll find some new wrinkle that will make it more successful than those other countries. Unless,...

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Is it going to be Lakers in 7 after Tuesday's game Winnow?

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Always enjoy this, the Terrors will be on the loose.

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Ryan was brought up because Johnson was #2 in career K's, so that would lead to who is #1.....which isnt Johnson and never will be. Say what you will about Ryan sucking, being lucky, only a HoFer because his arm lasted a long time on Advil or whatever your gripe is about the guy, but its doubtful a...

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Thought only the NL ones counted for you Arizona folks

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Wow... someone using data to support a claim. I'm impressed. I would agree that Ryan does not make the top of my list for best pitchers of all time. There are just too many incredible pitchers that were/are better... Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Warren Spahn, Bob Gibson, Sandy Koufax, Satchel...

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I heard a story about the Ventura/Ryan incident the other day (no idea if its true). Apparently, Ventura knew when he charged the mound he was going to be beat as Ryan had a reputation for being a hardass, but he felt he had to do it anyway to keep up the machismo. After the game, Ventura asked him ...

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Of course the current administration has kept the budget of NASA pretty minimal over its tenure, while piling on "new" programs without increasing funding (moon, mars, etc.) forcing NASA to cut its lower budget scientific programs for the big-ticket Presidentially mandated engineering prog...

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