Fixing the Model …. Halstead Harrison Thursday’s Departmental Colloquium was given by J. David Neelin, prof and chair or the atmospheric sciences department at UCLA. [I think.] He was chosen to visit here by our grad students, paid for by a fund I’ve contributed to. Which gives[...]
Archive for May, 2011
How Apple Destroyed Democracy
from RealClearPolitics Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-IL), who admits to owning an iPad, blames the Apple Inc. product for “eliminating thousands of American jobs.” “A few short weeks ago I came to the House floor after having purchased an iPad and said that I happened to believe, Mr. S[...]
May 8th, 2011 - 6:49 am § in Uncategorized
Sunday Revelations: Aetheist Sing Out For Mothers Day
CLICK on Steve Martin to celebrate Sunday with Steve Martin.[...]
May 8th, 2011 - 1:48 am § in America
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY
CLICKME for music! to Betty, Barbi and Havi from a grateful son, husband, zayda ……..[...]
May 7th, 2011 - 11:00 pm § in Misc.
Foreign Born Diet Member Tsurunen Utters the F-word
from JAPAN NEWS by DEBITO ARUDOU In Dec. 28’s Japan Times, Charles Lewis wrote a respectful Zeit Gist column asking three fellow wise men (sumo wrestler Konishiki, musicologist Peter Barakan and Diet member Marutei Tsurunen) about their successful lives as “foreigners” in [...]
May 7th, 2011 - 3:28 pm § in America
How to OPTOUT of Junk Paper Mail!
A new website, sponsored by the City of Seattle, lets you opt out of PAPER junk mails! You have to go to the site and indicate which company you want to ban from your mailbox. As a start, I recommend getting rid of phone books. To do this, after signing up for the service, you […][...]
Release of Faculty-Productivity Data Roils U. of Texas
from the Chronicle of Higher Education. How much professors in the University of Texas system earn and how many courses and students they teach were parts of a vast data file that system officials compiled at the request of a newly formed task force on productivity and excellence and released public[...]
May 7th, 2011 - 12:28 pm § in America
Peter Rhee, graduate of UWSOM Trauma Program, speaks out for gun control
“All at once, we were treating eleven patients with gunshot wounds. Despite the best efforts of everyone, six innocent people died that day at the scene and no treatment could have saved those innocent people as they were killed instantly. …. they don’t have gunshot wounds in Europ[...]
May 7th, 2011 - 7:02 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
for Mother’s Day: A Professor’s Tribute to His Mother’s Commitment to Education
Mothers Who Understand the Importance of Education, Kam Wing Chan, Department of Geography Many mothers understand the importance of education. Some pushy ones, like the “tiger mom” who has ignited a firestorm of debate about parenting, have given mom a bad name. Many others, gentler and far[...]
May 6th, 2011 - 7:43 pm § in Uncategorized
Officials, citizens celebrate their leaders
JEDDAH: Saudi officials and citizens have expressed their joy and satisfaction over the imminent return of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah to the Kingdom following a medical trip abroad. Pyongyang, (KCNA) — General Secretary Kim Jong Il was presented with floral baskets and gif[...]