tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-119574942011-07-07T17:09:03.793-07:00"In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations." Great Law of the Iroquois ConfederacyCameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13154416587758361401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3111100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11957494.post-3267283493672187802010-06-09T19:38:00.000-07:002010-06-09T19:38:05.519-07:00

Yeah, because too much liberalism is the Catholic Church's primary problem.New Vatican campaign to clamp down on 'liberal opinion' - National News, Frontpage - Independent.ie

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An important short video of astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson discussing the importance of scientific literacy.Hat tip to Larry Moran of Sandwalk.

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Christopher Monckton is a climate denier and a contemptible human being in general. For some time now he has been traveling the globe giving climate presentations that distort the science, misrepresent the positions of scientists and otherwise mislead the public on a serious issue. Fortunately, a professor engineering, John Abraham, put together a devastating critique of Monckton's slideshow,

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Here's a great graphic that illuminates how laws are made in our country. Honestly, its amazing anything gets passed at all.

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Via Jesus & Mo

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I've been spending a fair amount of time lately reading about the history of the Supreme Court and two articles appeared that provide some insight on the current Justices. One is an argument that John Paul Stevens is the most important Associate Justice in Supreme Court history based on his jurisprudence and the significance of his opinions in important cases. Another observes a recent

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Peter Orszag, Director of the OMB, presents some reality regarding the new law:OMB - Blog Post - The Affordable Care Act and the DeficitSomething to keep in mind.

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Here's how the Republican's plan on winning:

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I'm going to see if I can get myself to start writing again. I've relied on Facebook to bring up issues that I find of interest or important, but I think that annoys people who are mostly expecting news about family and friends. So, here goes!

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This morning a Gary, Indiana kindergarten teacher explains to her classthat she is an Indianapolis Colts fan. She asks her students to raise their hands if they are Colts fans, too. Not really knowing what a Colts fan was, but wanting to be liked by their teacher, their hands flew into the air.There is, however, one exception. Susie has not gonealong with the crowd. The teacher asks her why she

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One of my 5th grade boys wrote this number story on a homework assignment.I jumped off a cliff and was 3/4 down when a bird chopped off 3/8 of me. 1/8 more [I think he means falling] and I hit a rock sticking out of the cliff, and 1/4 fell off of me. How much of me got chopped off?Before you get the wrong idea, he's actually a very well adjusted boy, who just happens to be very creative and

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(Via XKCD)

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I turned 30 today and decided it was time to become an aristocrat. My full title is: My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: The Very Reverend Cameron the Cosmopolitan of Chignall Duntisbourne Get your Peculiar Aristocratic Title (Via Pharyngula)

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Not being a Christian I sometimes feel guilty about celebrating Christmas. I love the holiday cheer, Santa Clause, evergreen trees in your living room, and the overall sense of warmth and compassion that most people exude. Turns out, I've been worrying unnecessarily. Massimo Pigliucci has straightened me out. There are many pre-Christian traditions that are a cause for celebration. To find

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Good thing I'm also an Irish citizen in case I get deported for lacking patriotism. What do you rate?Your 'Do You Want the Terrorists to Win' Score: 100% You are a terrorist-loving, Bush-bashing, "blame America first"-crowd traitor. You are in league with evil-doers who hate our freedoms. By all counts you are a liberal, and as such cleary desire the terrorists to succeed and impose their

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Nintendo has put together a six-part video chronicling the history of Zelda. I don't think I've played the game since the original Nintendo, but watching the video brought back a lot of good memories. Makes me wish I'd kept my Nintendo so I could play again for old times sake. Have a look if you're feeling nostalgic. I've embedded Part 1 below.

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I learned today that the National Science Teachers Association, of whom I'm a member, recently turned down 50,000 free copies of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth. Their reason was simple: they didn't want to risk the millions of dollars they get from Exxon-Mobil or the American Petroleum Institute. Doesn't exactly make me proud to be a member. I wrote them a letter today and if you would like

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Sweet photo. This superconducting magnet is being used by the Large Hadron Collider, which is set to start operating next year.

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Curious as to where science will go in the next 50 years? The magazine New Scientists asked 70 of the world's leading scientists what they thought. You can find their answers here.(Via Cosmic Variance)

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There's been a lot of stories about the Neadertal genome lately, due to a couple of papers in Science and Nature. If you'd like a clearer understanding of what is being reported. check out John Hawk's FAQ. You can't get a much better explanation.

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The genome of a sea urchin (Strongylocentrotus purpuratus) was published this week in the journal Science. While the papers themselves are subscription only, there is a really cool interactive poster that explains the significance of these studies, including video of the researchers and their explanations. Check it out here.

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US News & World Report has a quiz to see if you retained anything from your education. Once you've finished taking it, you can find the answers here.

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Brad DeLong points to an excellent article in Newsweek concerning present conditions in Iraq and the numerous problems and obstacles the U.S faces in achieving anything over there. Many will probably complain that the media is again focusing on the negative while ignoring the positive. Perhaps. But ignoring the serious problems will not make them go away. A taste:From the beginning of the

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Call for Change is a chance for you to help reach out to voters about this year's election. You can do it from your home phone or computer and it is relatively straight forward. A little bit can go a long way.

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From CNN: Researchers fear more than half the world's coral reefs could die in less than 25 years and say global warming may at least partly to blame.Sea temperatures are rising, weakening the reefs' resistance to increased pollutants, such as runoff from construction sites and toxins from boat paints. The fragile reefs are hosts to countless marine plants and animals."Think of it as a high

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I won my first poker tournament over the weekend. Twelve players (a group of friends) with a five dollar buy-in. Nothing spectacular, although it was a lot of fun. My wife got second, which was cool. If you want to read a good account of some really high stakes poker, go here. Andy Beal and Phil Ivey had quite a showdown a few months ago.

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Ed Brayton points to a Yahoo News article where General Peter Pace says that Rumsfeld receives his insights from God himself. Considering Rumsfeld's crappy track record on pretty much everything he has done, I'd say the message is getting garbled somewhere. It also makes me much less confident in Peter Pace.

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This is bound to stir up some controversy. A professor at the University of Washington, Eric Cheney, claims the idea that we are running out of oil is one of the seven myths concerning resource geology. Why? Changing economics, technological advances and efforts such as recycling and substitution make the world's mineral resources virtually infinite, said Cheney, a UW professor emeritus of

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One of my favorite science writers, Carl Zimmer, has a couple of great new articles available. One, found on his blog, explores what mycologists are starting to discover about the evolutionary history of fungi. Fungi have to be some of the weirdest organisms on the planet and its been very difficult to tease out their origins and subsequent evolution. Scientists are making headway

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(HT to Razib)

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Click on the picture to get a bigger view. What you're looking at is a snapshot from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter of the rover Opportunity at Victoria Crater. The Mars Rovers only had a 90 day mission life; they are nearing day 1,000. It's pretty cool to see two very successful space missions interact like this.

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If you're like me and wished you owned a hybrid vehicle and wondered what you can do to offset the CO2 emitted from you're standard vehicle, well, you now have an answer: TerraPass. This organization gives you a chance to offset your carbon emissions due to driving or flying. A yearly pass costs anywhere from $9.95/year (41+ mpg and up) to $79.95/year (for cars getting between 10-18 mpg).

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A few weeks ago I posted a video that takes an inner view of the cell. Now, thanks to Wayne of the blog Niches, we have a shot by shot explanation of what we are actually seeing. The animation is much more fascinating with a little knowledge.

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Geoff Stone of UC Law Blog has drafted ten propositions that he feels define a liberal. He invites a debate, so go read and think about them here.

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One of the advantages of working in a private school is options for professional development. Many public schools simply don't have the money to send their teachers to major conferences or workshops. My Head of School really advocates teachers getting out there and learning new ideas and methods and thus always has a healthy budget for development. So far I'm scheduled to take a NOAA/Seattle

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The Nobel for Chemistry has gone to Roger Kornberg, of Stanford University, "for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription." Transcription is the process by which our DNA is copied into a single strand of RNA, later followed by translation. A 5-page PDF file for the lay person can be found here.

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One of the great technological feats to be constructed in the 21st century is the Square Kilometer Array. Imagine thousands of small antennas spread out over 3,000 kilometers with a total collecting area of a million square feet. This radio telescope will be able to spot active galactic nuclei to within a billion years of the universe's formation. The leading contenders of where the site will be

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The winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics are two Americans, John Mather and George Smoot. As described on the Nobel website:This year the Physics Prize is awarded for work that looks back into the infancy of the Universe and attempts to gain some understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars. It is based on measurements made with the help of the COBE satellite launched by NASA in

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From CNN:Parents now have science to back them up when they say, "Turn off the TV. It's a school night."Middle school students who watch TV or play video games during the week do worse in school, a new study finds, but weekend viewing and gaming doesn't affect school performance much."On weekdays, the more they watched, the worse they did," said study co-author Dr. Iman Sharif of Children's

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The winners of this years Nobel Prize in Physiology & Medicine are Andrew Fire and Craig Mello for their work on RNA interference (RNAi). Their discovery was a revolution in cell biology and genetics. For a cool animation click here.UPDATE: Carl Zimmer has a nice post on their work here.UPDATE II: Here's another article from the New York Times.

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UPDATE: It's been confirmed.If there is any truth to this then we should have a new Secretary of State:Members of the Sept. 11 commission said today that they were alarmed that they were told nothing about a White House meeting in July 2001 at which George J. Tenet, then the director of central intelligence, is reported to have warned Condoleezza Rice, then the national security adviser, about

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http://xkcd.com/c155.html

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As seen on XKCD.

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The Senate once again shames itself. At least my two Senators voted against the torture bill (S3930), although it is dissapointing that a filibuster was not at least attempted. Go read Glenn Greenwald for some of the moronic and backwards reasoning that some Senators used to rationalize a yes vote (including some Democrats).

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Tonight the entire city of Reykjavik, Iceland will turn off their lights at 10 pm and sit in the dark for half-an-hour. Why? To look at the stars of course! And while families are star gazing an astronomer will describe what they are looking at over the national radio. If they're really lucky they'll see the Northern Lights. What a great idea.(Via Bad Astronomy)

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Keith Olbermann is quickly becoming the Edward R. Murrow of our time. Intelligent, articulate, and blistering in his analysis. It's nice to see someone who is willing to be brutally honest. Take the time to watch this, it is important.

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The announcement of this years Nobel Prizes will begin next week. Keep a look out!

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Woody Allen had an amusing short essay in the New Yorker about string theory. If you have a couple of minutes it is worth the read.(Via Not Even Wrong)

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From DailyKos:Seattle Times--A stark assessment of terrorism trends by U.S. intelligence agencies has found that the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks. LA Daily News--The U.S. military is likely to maintain and may even increase its force of more than 140,000

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One of my students dad is a doctor. He works an absolutely insane schedule. Once a year, he takes one of his three kids on a five day trip for some bonding. This year he took his 5th grade son K backpacking around Four Corners National Monument. As they were driving north in New Mexico, an ominous thundercloud was approaching, lighting forking out all around them. K was getting nervous as

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I like this quote from Chet Raymo, professor emeritus at Stonehill college. He says:The purpose of science -- and indeed all education -- is to arrive at a state of ignorance, but an ignorance that is aware of itself.

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I've always thought that I was a bit of a nerd ( my wife assures me that this is not idle speculation). Whatever level of nerdiness I thought I had achieved I am comlpletely and utterly outmatched by the folks at Scienceblogs.

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Deciding to swallow a pregnant sheep while in the middle of a road may not be the greatest idea. This 18 foot python had to be removed by Malaysian villagers so that it would not get run over by oncoming traffic. The snake later regurgitated its meal. It just looks painful.

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Geoffrey Stone, UC Law Professor, has a post concerning the Bush administrations attempt to rewrite the law concerning torture, interrogation, the courts and their Constitutional implications. Here are the first couple of paragraphs; go read the rest.A good deal has been made in recent days of the objections raised by Senators Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Olympia Snowe, and John Warner to

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I just had my new digital phone service installed by Comcast! No more crappy answering machine; straight to voicemail. Caller ID and Call Waiting with Caller ID. Three Way Calls. I can check my voicemail online. It's a brave new world.

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Boeing has a new cargo superfreighter, the 847. It's an impressive beast. It was built in Taiwan and will be landing here in Seattle tonight. There is some fear by local groups that the construction of the plane, done overseas by groups from Japan and Italy, will lessen the need for Puget Sound workers. Boeing insists this is not the case.You can see a video of some take-offs and landings

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A paper published in Nature yesterday has provided evidence that the change in the sun's luminosity during its 11-year sun spot cycle has not contributed in any meaningful way to global climate change. Reasons to excuse human activity are dwindling fast. Global warming skeptics are going to have to look for new evidence to support them.

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Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA):In light of the rantings that went on for 30 minutes by two colleagues from the other side, I'd like to state for the record that America is not tired of fighting terrorism; America is tired of the wrongheaded and boneheaded leadership of the Republican party that has sent six and a half billion a month to Iraq while the front line was Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia

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From FactCheck.org: The pro-Bush group Progress for America is running a TV ad appealing directly to Americans' fear of terrorists, saying bluntly "These people want to kill us." That's true enough. But the ad falsely attributes the recent thwarting of a hijack plot to the President's warrantless NSA wiretaps, when it was actually British authorities who uncovered it. The ad also distorts the

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Would you like a tour of the cell? Of course you would. Click here to begin your fantastic voyage.(Via Pharyngula)

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Keith Olbermann gave an amazing and inspiring commentary on Rumsfeld's recent remarks. It is well worth watching and I encourage you to do so. (Via Pharygula)

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Via Asymptotia and Cosmic Variance.

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I've been on a YouTube kick lately. This short video is pretty cool. These gents are fortunate the silverback didn't feel like breaking them in half. What an experience though.

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Xerox has a great program that allows you to pick out a postcard, designed by a kid, and have it sent to a random soldier overseas. They have some preset messages to use or you can write a short note yourself. The whole process is free to the user. To send a card, click here.

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Ricky Gervais finally makes me understand.

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Do you know what the equation represent? To find out, read through the comments of Pharyngula.

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Representative Conyers has released his lengthy report detailing alleged violations by the Bush administration. A summary of the report is here. The full report is here.(Via Daily Kos)

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The LA Times has a five-part series of the crisis we're seeing in the oceans, regarding pollution, warming, changing habitats etc.... You can read it here. There are also links to video, photos, and some graphics.

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Bush creates tax cuts for the super rich. Republicans want to do away with the estate tax, deeming it unfair. And yet, according to a new report by the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, wealthy individuals are hiding trillions of dollars in assets in offshore banks to avoid paying 40-70 billion a year in taxes.Original press release here.Copy of official report (in pdf) here

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If you're looking for an alternative (and free) to Microsoft Office, give OpenOffice a try. It's completely compatible with Microsoft and works just as well as far as I can tell.

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From GroovyGreen:Now this is a little more like it. It’s amazing what can occur when an actual government gets behind renewable energy. In a step that’s sure to please environmentalists while making RE investors salivate, the ‘Government is proposing changes to the Building Regulations which will make the use of renewable energy compulsory in all new builds from 2008′ The new changes will apply

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You Passed 8th Grade ScienceCongratulations, you got 8/8 correct!Could You Pass 8th Grade Science?

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you buy a book by Kevin Trudeau. As soon as I saw his book title, "Natural Cures 'They' Don't Want You to Know About", I knew he was a joke. Yet people bought tons of it, despite the utter lack of scientific evidence to support any of this claims. He has another book out, "More Natural Cures", which is equally as bad. Both try to get you to pay for his website for more info. Trudeau is a

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It turns out my elf name is Huor Linwëlin. My hobbit name is Popo Boggy-Hillocks. Want to find your names? Click here.

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Check out these photos of insects up close. Amazing!(Via Evolgen)

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The North Kitsap Herald published my letter to the editor. You can read it here. Will I get any replies?

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Chris Matthews is on target: MATTHEWS: I just wonder, Pat, about just the simple history. We know from looking at the Arab world as we've come to understand it, that there is this division there among the Shia who are on the outs and are becoming to be the ins, of course, in Iraq and certainly already control Iran. Taking on the Sunnis that's a world we are only vaguely understanding. That's

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I was promoted yesterday to Lead Teacher of the 5th/6th grades. What this means is that for a small increase in wage I'll have more meetings and administrative duties on top of my regular work. Yay me! It will be a little strange as I am the youngest teacher in my school. I'm going to be optimistic and say that I'll get a lot of good experience out of this, not to mention a nice notation in

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Our local newspaper, the North Kitsap Herald, published a letter to the editor with the typical misconceptions of a person who obtains her science information from a traveling pastor, Dr. Tony Hoyle. Her letter follows:India has its Sacred Cow. The United States has its Sacred Ape. Few people remember the Scopes Trial didn’t prohibit teaching about life origins from creation, merely allowed

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Michael Greco, President of the American Bar Association (which represents 400,000 lawyers and judges) gave a damning speech condemning the Bush administration's tactics on the war on terror. This is a pretty big deal and I hope it gets picked up by the mainstream media. (Via Daily Kos)

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What happens when you mix Diet Coke with Mentos? I'll be doing it with my students this fall.

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I've updated the ol' sidebar. New blogs added, some others updated. Give it a look over, you mind find something you like.

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My buddy Paul is on a two month work trip in Alaska. He feels inspired and has started a blog to record his travels and experiences. Should be very interesting. He's a geoengineer (among other things) so he gets to use lots of cool toys and equipment. Go visit and see what he is up to.

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A Christian archaeology team claims to have found the remains of Noah's Ark in the mountains of Iran. Why am I skeptical?

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Chinese biologists have made the first discovery of a plant that pollinates itself. Holcoglossum amesianum, a tree-dwelling orchid, works against gravity to place pollen from its male appendage (the anther) to the female cavity (stigma). Most flowers depend on natural forces (wind, gravity) or insects for pollination. K.W. Liu et al. 2006. Pollination: Self-fertilization strategy in an orchid

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I recently picked up a copy of Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. Once in a while I'll post his thoughts on a variety of subjects.Apply them constantly to everything that happens: Physics. Ethics. Logic. (pg. 103)

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Just got back from a trip to the Florida Keys; I hope to post something about that soon. In the mean time, heres a short essay I wrote for my class, where we have been discussing the evolution of sex and reproductive modes. I was examing a population of dandelions found in Europe. You might think them a dry subject, but they are really fascinating if you investigate a little.The common

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From BBC News:Prime Minister Halldor Asgrimsson of Iceland has announced he is stepping down following his party's poor performance in local elections.He said he would retain his seat in parliament, but would not hold a position in the cabinet."I take personal responsibility that the party lost," the prime minister said.Analysts say Mr Asgrimsson had also been under pressure to resign amid rising

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Kos points to a list that might better serve the protection of traditional marriage: 1. Raise the public's consciousnesas of the dignity and importance of women in our still deeply patriarchal society. 2. Provide every couple with a guarantee of health insurance that spares them the relational strains inflicted by devastating illness and an inability to pay for medical care. 3. Increase the

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Tonight begins a 13 part series on the American Revolution by the History Channel. Starts at 10:00 pm EST/PST.

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My posting has been erratic over the last few weeks, mostly due to a crazy schedule. School is winding down, however, so I hope to have more time to look at some interesting things. In addition, my last grad course started today, Evolutionary Biology, so I plan on posting on some of the more interesting topics we cover.I'll start with something basic: scientific theories, hypothesis, and laws.

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Firedoglake had an interersting post on whether there really is a "war on terror." At the same time, former UN weapons inspector Hans Blix has released a report that says the US war on terror is making things worse and will lead to a new arms race. Worth mulling over.

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10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours. 9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt. 8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in

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(Via Orac)

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PZ is rightfully enraptured by this latest find: The complete Calvin & Hobbes online. Let's hope it's legal and stays a while.

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