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Something to ponder ...
Accumulated from multiple sources ...
If the world were a village comprised of only 100 people, there would be ...
60 Asians
14 Africans
12 Europeans
8 people from Central and South America, Mexico and the Caribbean
5 people from North America
1 person from Australia or New Zealand
These people would have a terrible time communicating with one another ....
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Pet Immigration
Good news for my pets!
Kenya has an open pet policy, so they will be able to travel with me in December w/o being quarantined, as well as travel back and forth with me in the coming years. This is great news because I'm tired of leaving them behind. Usually I am only away for 2 - 12 weeks and finding temporary accommodations for them with friends or ( Read more... ) -
Does Gender Matter?
From the Science Daily 14 July 2006, also see Nature Vol 442, 13 July 2006
Transgender Experience Led Stanford Scientist To Critique Gender Difference
Ben Barres has a distinct edge over the many others who have joined the debate about whether men’s brains are innately better suited for science than women’s. He doesn’t just make an abstract ( Read more... ) -
The real reason I'm getting a PhD
It's been approximately two weeks since I returned from Italy and it has taken me that long to gather all my receipts and prepare my expense report. Is this because I have never prepared an expense report? Oh no, it is because I don't even like to balance my checkbook. I did so one time back in 1989 or something like that and it appeared that I was ( Read more... ) -
What does it mean?!
Hmmmm ... I find this funny ... I have no idea why, but I do:
http://home.uchicago.edu/~nacecire/profs.html
Perhaps I need to get out more? -
The Vehicle Saga Begins
Now begins what will undoubtedly become known as the great vehicle saga.
In the past, in fact every year since 2003, we've made attempts to rent vehicles in Nairobi to use while we are in Kenya. Usually they were either too expensive or too challenging to acquire. Our research project does have a small pick-up that an NGO sold to the University ( Read more... ) -
Denied!
Wyoming’s Petition on Gray Wolves Is Denied!
Woooohoooo!
The federal government denied a petition from Wyoming that had sought the removal of gray wolves in the northern Rocky Mountains from the federal list of threatened and endangered species. The state has proposed classifying wolves as predators, which would allow their unregulated killing in ( Read more... ) -
storm chasin' and car swappin'
OK, so I just came in from a great run in the rain, save for the thunder and lightning ... I'm really not a fan of such things. However, with the Rim Rock Run in November and Chris talking smack ... I must conquer my fear of lightning and run more miles. Also, I think this will be the only decent race I have time to train for this year and it's ( Read more... )