Tag: dabester
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December 20, 2008 04:16 PM EST --
As I prepare to spend Christmas here in Brussels away from family in friends, I want to wish all of my Gather friends a happy and joyful holiday season and all the best for a productive and prosperous . . .
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January 15, 2009 10:11 AM EST --
1. Do you like blue cheese Dressing? Only on my salad
2. Have you ever done something you regretted? Besides this?
3. Do you own a gun? I feel safe (if you catch my drift)
4. What . . .
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February 07, 2009 07:59 AM EST --
A recent study published in the journal Environmental Science and Policy (see full citation at end) calls for greater efforts to enhance the use of scientific evidence in environmental policy decisions. . . .
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December 17, 2008 03:41 PM EST --
Lots of energy has been focused on filling Senate (and House) seats as President-elect Obama fills his cabinet positions, which has opened up several vacancies. Governor (perhaps soon to be ex-Governor) . . .
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December 21, 2008 11:05 AM EST --
There is no secret that the US has lagged behind on science, math, and geography. It seems every month there is someone doing a survey in which Americans can't identify whether names given . . .
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December 31, 2008 02:30 PM EST --
My 2009 resolutions are the same as 2008, only this year I will actually do them!
1) Finish the you-know-what
2) Travel, travel, travel
3) Photograph #2
4) Write, write, write (about . . .
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February 01, 2009 09:58 AM EST --
All eyes in the United States have been on the $813 billion economic stimulus package passed last week by the US House of Representatives. One line item that many may have missed is an amendment that . . .
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February 09, 2009 02:36 PM EST --
A doctor in the UK "changed and misreported results" in his research, "creating the appearance of a possible link" between the MMR vaccine and autism, according to an investigation . . .
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November 11, 2008 03:04 PM EST --
A while back Sandy Knauer started a new group called Icons in which people would explain the origins of their Gather icons. Well, now I'm finally getting to doing mine.
My . . .
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January 03, 2009 12:20 PM EST --
On November 25, 2008 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its " Proposed Approach for the Inorganic High Production Volume (IHPV) Challenge Program ." This new IHPV . . .
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February 05, 2009 03:32 PM EST --
Scientists have a love/hate relationship with policy makers. We want to "do our science" but not necessarily get all into the whole political rangling thing. On the other hand, it displeases . . .
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February 12, 2009 09:41 AM EST --
Today is the 200th birthday of Abraham Lincoln, our 16th and perhaps most well known President (okay, perhaps just as many people have heard of George Washington).
Those who know me already understand . . .
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February 16, 2009 01:49 PM EST --
This past week, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore urged scientists to exert their influence on global climate change. In short, he said that scientists must play a more active role in how their science . . .
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January 18, 2009 08:00 AM EST --
I have written before on attempts to reform the way we manage chemicals in the United States ( Inorganic chemicals and Montebello, now called ChAMP ), as well as in Europe ( REACH ). With . . .
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February 03, 2009 02:52 PM EST --
Welcome to this week's Tuesday. Gather liked the post I spent an hour writing so much that it ate it, never to be seen again. We are not happy.
This week is a trip down into the Wieliczka . . .
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February 10, 2009 01:51 PM EST --
What city am I? I've given some hints (rather cryptic, I'm afraid), and the photos should give more hints. Some are easy, some are hard. [Answers are now just below the photo]
1. . . .
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November 07, 2008 04:36 PM EST --
And they aren't kidding.
Ever hear of peridotite? According to an article that is scheduled to appear in the November 11th edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [*see . . .
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February 15, 2009 09:14 AM EST --
I wrote a version of the following as a response to a comment on yesterday's political post: The Real True Reason the Republicans Voted Against the Stimulus - Shhhh, It's Supposed to be a Secret . . .
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November 09, 2008 08:06 AM EST --
The Executive isn't the only branch of government ordering up moving vans. A good number of long time members of Congress have retired, and of course there will be turnovers in seats . . .
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November 12, 2008 04:44 PM EST --
We've been in the War on Terror for over 7 years now, assuming it started on or about 9/11/2001. We've gone after al Qaeda (though didn't get bin Laden). We've fought wars . . .
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