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"This blog is for the Physics and Astronomy Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR, the sort of acronym that takes some real self esteem to embrace) to communicate with CUR members, the wider scientific community, and the general public."
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Note to self: talk to Matt M. about getting a good author photo.
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"I'd agree that Palin's appeal is essentially based on class resentment. She gets her biggest applause lines when she talks about liberal elites who look down on regular people; the mainstream media peddling lies and propaganda; government bureaucrats who think they know better than you; and big city intellectuals and their contempt for small town values. That's all heavily class based. And yet â"
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SteelyKid should be just under 5'7", according to Razib.
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"In the debate we are having here about science, religion, and accommodationism, I am clearly on deGrasse Tysonâs side, and a lot of other people are clearly on Dawkinsâ. As you can see from the 2006 video cited by Beattie above, both are very persuasive (within our pro-science circle, anyways). But I think that deGrasse Tysonâs very penetrating question to Dawkins ultimately demands far more than the joking reply that you see hereâfunny though it is."
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"Lecturers have reacted with dismay to a policy requiring them to spend the full 35 hours of the working week on campus unless they obtain formal permission to work off site.
The edict at Liverpool Hope University has been described by staff as a "shocking" example of micromanagement, an "insult" to their professionalism and an assault on the "autonomy of academic life"."
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