You think your college degree might be worthless, 13abc.com: Dog receives degree from Ohio Northern University 5/18/08 A well-trained golden retriever will receive a bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University today along with the rest of the graduating class.
Both Clinton and McCain’s call for a gas tax holiday would make a neglible impact on your wallet and is nothing more than an election year stunt to win votes. Clinton campaign spokesperson Geoff Garin said in a conference call this week that the proposal would save each driver $70. The Clinton campaign did not
I’m very happy to introduce you to the newest member of our familily, Nicholas Herbert, pictured here taking a nap with his proud dad. He was born in the early morning hours of April 8th. Since then he’s kept us busy between feedings, diaper changes, and one to two hour cat naps throughout the day.
It certainly couldn’t hurt to run your non-profit like a for-profit business with an eye on the bottom line. Trouble is, many organizations end up trying to own the solution and instead of cooperating with other groups on an issue, end up competing with them for publicity and donors. Some social entrepreneurs are looking at
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Beau Dure linked to a file containing a map of Major League Soccer players by the country of birth. Since PDF is about the most boring file format out there, I took the listings and transferred them to a more interactive flash map below. Enjoy!
The US beats Poland 3-0 yesterday. Color me a bit unimpressed that A) all 3 goals were off of set pieces and B) we are capable of beating just about anyone as long as its not the World Cup. I think I’m just as excited about this win as I was when we beat Austria.
In any field, people have heard that its better to spend the time to fix the root cause of a problem than to just address the symptoms. It’s not just common sense, but it costs lest in the long run too. You’d think the largest software maker in the world, would have this drummed into
Microsoft, The best protection it to fix security holes. Read More »
WaPo reports that RFK is in serious pursuit to host a World Cup qualifier this fall. I really hope this is true, its been a long time since I’ve been to a qualifier at RFK. The dates and potential opponents are: Sept. 10 vs. T&T Oct. 11 vs. Cuba (Carson was chasing this game aggressively)
Richard Dawkins, in reviewing the Intelligent Design film “Expelled”, states a positon on Darwinism that I’d never seen before, but it makes a heap of rational sense. As I have often said before, as a scientist I am a passionate Darwinian. But as a citizen and a human being, I want to construct a society
City planners aren’t very smart sometimes, or at least, don’t fully grasp the concepts of cause and effect… Dallas had anticipated an annual $14.8 million for red-light-running fines, money essential to keeping the cameras running — before people stopped running lights and reduced violations more than 50 percent at some locations.