VT and OR have so much in common on the hippie granola front. I went to grad school in VT and the state with the highest representation in our year was OR- my classmates from there and from WA said it was very similar to home. One of the first things I read about the town when I was considering my school was that was…
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That person is a rapist. He intends to be alone with the most intoxicated person at the party and just telling women not to drink doesn't change his predatory behaviour. People recognizing that he is a sexual predator and intervening in the situation prevents him from being able to act. Instead of advising women on…
Seconding the idea of this warped idea of valuing symbols over actual humans. it might symbolize missing soldiers but it is just an inanimate object. I kept thinking as I read this of the documentary the invisible war, specifically the biography of the woman who was severely assaulted and raped by her commanding…
Yeah, did you just take that picture this morning? That looks just like my car this morning after the snow overnight. I'm SO over this.
I've recently seen 10% and 15% on the debit machines. My Dad usually goes min 10% for lunch and min 15% for dinner though I usually go at least 15%.
Yes, we're still talking about the exam question, which capitalizes on a tragedy. You don't actually think you could get a useful predictable model from that question? While a diagnostic model could be very useful it certainly won't be created by a bunch of undergrads on an exam.
I work at one of the long established universities in a great international office and we have the support of another office that works with students on study skills/academic honesty/writing tutorials etc. Despite these great resources, it is still difficult to spend all the time with the students that is necessary.…
Yes and it's glorious. There are several excellent authors who write for that ship and this is the archive where all the good fics are. It was heavily moderated and all stories had to be screened before they were allowed to be posted. There was also a very active LJ community dedicated to the ship, though I have no…
You only think the feds are trying to get more money out of international students? They came out and basically said that in their new internationalization strategy. They are going to throw a little money at marketing and expect institutions to magically increase the numbers of students we take in (without displacing…
Forced chemistry is perfect to describe it. There was a theory making the rounds between books 6 and 7 about the disjointed and odd portrayal of Harry's sudden attraction to Ginny being caused by a love potion. (Chest monster, anyone?) There's an essay that explores the canon support for the theory that is incredibly…
I only wish it was that easy! When I was in grad school, I had Mt. TBR home, Mt. TBR apartment, Mt. TBR office to all contend with. Now I have bookcrossing books for two different city meet ups to contend with in addition to Mt. TBR parents home and Mt. TBR home. The only thing that saves me is signing up for release…
What's worse is this is very obviously a scenario about Rehtaeh Parsons - her name is Heather spelt backwards. How awful for her parents to learn that their daughter's suicide has prompted creation of programs to predict her likelihood of suicide. The Maritimes are a small place - it was bound to get back to them.
Yes, I finally retired my beloved Land's End down jacket in Kelley green that I bought in 2007. As in, I bought a new coat yesterday, but will probably keep my old one in the closet at my parents place as a backup. It was more I needed a longer coat in Winnipeg than I did in Calgary.
Wow, I'd hoped that I wouldn't ever again see the sort of mess that I cleaned up for three days after my dog ate a disposable diaper.
Now you could celebrate Thanksgiving with us Canucks, which has so many benefits not the least of which is a very well placed term break before midterms are even an issue!
http://www.poopsenders.com/ if we all took a day...?
I have a nickel allergy. My doctor mentioned one time that there's been an increase in nickel allergies with increased outsourcing as bad regulation in some countries of production meant that there was a much higher percentage of nickel and lead in costume jewellery. That meant people who were mildly sensitive would…
I love Studio Ghibli, but I wish that Miyazaki's son had more of the talent of his father. Earthsea was his work - he does seem to be aiming more at adult audiences without the whimsy that drew in kids as well.
This is often a problem in translations for diplomatic negotiations as well. Even if the translation is correct the semantic maps of the two words might not entirely match up. So the english semantic map for the word disfigure includes: change to the body, negative conotation to that change, and an assumption that the…