Having spent a couple of posts on the infamous Duke lacrosse case back in the early part of the year, I should make a note of the fact that the case against the lacrosse players has pretty much disintegrated. There's a piece in Inside Higher Ed today giving an overview of the situation, albeit with an annoyingly self-congratulatory tone.
I haven't been following this closely in the past several months, but since I was fairly quick to post about the allegations, I feel some obligation to make a public acknowledgement that many of the allegations now appear to be badly exaggerated.
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All I was doing yesterday was answering our webhost-wide "Ask A ScienceBlogger" query about the most notable local election races in our respective communities.
We've been out-of-town for a few days but the election day "Ask A ScienceBlogger" requested that we note a local election of special import.
As anybody who has read my comments on basketball knows, I have an intense dislike of the Duke men's basketball team, mostly due to their fans, who combine the arrogance typical of fans of a dominant program with a sort of snobbery regarding their own class and cleverness.
A baby weighing 9 lps, 9 oz, a 9 minutes after 0 on 9/9/09 was born ... in LaCrosse Wisconsin.
Clearly, this is the Dolly Llama.
Or, maybe it's the Beatles's Baby. Number 9, Number 9, Number 9 ....