"But that hypothesis doesn't hold, to any relevant degree. A widely-cited 1996 study from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology sampled over 4,000 women and found that the rape-related pregnancy rate was 5.0 percent and studies from other countries have reported the percentage to be even greater."
A more likely explanation is that the women were already using some form of birth control or that they simply were not in the fertile period of their cycle.
The three books composing the Second Commonwealth War series are the most depressing stories I have read in over 60 years of reading science fiction.
I fought in Viet Nam, and then went freelance, fighting for various groups and causes through Africa and Asia. On occasion I've read the same book several times in succession simply because it was the only damned book I had or could get. I know war fairly well from a ground-level perspective.
Rick Shelley appears to know war quite well, himself. He has certainly captured the essence of war in these books. The whole "we won, but at what a cost" syndrome is laid out for everyone to see.
You can "win" any war. But at what cost to your own side?
I've taught in the military, public schools, and private industry. As a teacher, I know that evaluations of my technique can help me hone my skills and become more effective. The public teachers in NYC should take the critique and act upon it to make them better at their jobs.
Being a westerner, and being a geek, you probably wouldn't be toting any protection beyond a cellphone. That places you in a very precarious position. You'd be a prime target for kidnapping and easy meat for a drive-by or casual sniping.
You wouldn't really be safe outside of a compound, and possibly not even there. I spent most of 40 years in combat zones. It's a damned hard place to live if you aren't armed and don't have team mates to cover your ass. IMHO, people who like "daily excitement" don't generally need to worry about having piles of money for later. Mainly because they don't get a "later," just dead.
Our particular form of government is past it's prime and is too big to work as it stands. The American government was designed to support the needs of widely-spread agrarian society with little or no access to news and discussions of current issues, but were fortunate to have personal trust in the people elected as representatives.
All of those conditions disappeared long ago. All we have left now is a corrupt collection of power-hungry gits.
"We The People" is an ingenious device to let the American subjects think that they have some effect on government's actions, when in actuality, this is yet another method for Obama to jerk you off.
Change you can believe in: Say hello to the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss.Credits:
The largest difference, now, being that those doing the uprising already have decent training courtesy of Uncle Sam. Have you ever wondered how many SF veterans there are?
Not being ironic or sarcastic here, not even defending your president's answer, just an honest question: is marijuana really proved to be totally non-addictive? Or is it something still up for debate and research?
Marijuana is addictive in the same manner as is enjoying a scone with your tea every morning. Once you are accustomed to that scone, if it's taken away you experience an annoyance that slightly disrupts your mental well being. How disruptive is not having that joint after work? Not enough to measure. Physical addiction? LOL. There is none. Even government studies have refuted that theory.
As for the rest of the letter's statements, well, charitably, it was well written. It was all lies and 1930's-style FUD (a la "Reefer Madness").
It is in Obama's best interest to lie his way out of having any serious discussion on the legalization issue because he knows that he'll have his ass handed to him in a debate on the subject. He has no ammunition and no way to find any because it doesn't exist unless he has it manufactured.
Perhaps Michelle or one of his kids will be stricken with Multiple Sclerosis. It would be a very Dickens-esque ending.
I'm hoping it happens soon. Kilns aren't crazy expensive. You can score used kilns for $500 or so. I haven't been able to find anything about how they pump hydrogen into the kiln without blowing up, so I haven't tried it yet. BUt I"m still looking:-)
When a government hinders the communications of the citizens of their country, the citizens lose the very important ability to organize towards the overthrow of an oppressive government. Without communications, there can be no organization. Without the ability to organize, there is no chance to overthrow the government if that should become necessary.
A Government has no inherent right to exist except at the pleasure of its citizenry. Governments can benefit the governed in may ways. However, the variety of ways that a government can hurt the populace are innumerable. If a government refuses to abide by the wishes of the governed, then is that government not a tyranny? Should an elected official be permitted to ignore the wishes of the people he supposedly represents? I understand that a government should protect the citizenry from harm as much as possible and not act rashly and jump to every whim expressed by a voter. However, when a representative acts against the wishes of the majority of voters, that representative should be removed from power. Because that power is all that matters to that representative, besides the money, that is. Power and money are what drive politics. Don't fool yourself into believing that a politician has any interest in you beyond your money and subservience, because you will be wrong. Likewise, government has only a mindless collective desire to grow, to gather to itself power, and to control day-to-day lives of the populace.
If you feel otherwise, such is your right. I wouldn't force you to think the way I do. Unlike your government...
I have a 25/25Mbps FiOs line. I run a server and often run the BW monitor to get an idea of the current load. I regularly get uploads and downloads hitting as high as 42Mbps.
Quite true. With the procedure being this easy, it's almost something I can do in my garage. I can get argon and hydrogen from the welding supplier. I already have a kiln that hits 2000F degrees.
Making graphene could become a cottage industry:-)
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"But that hypothesis doesn't hold, to any relevant degree. A widely-cited 1996 study from the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology sampled over 4,000 women and found that the rape-related pregnancy rate was 5.0 percent and studies from other countries have reported the percentage to be even greater."
A more likely explanation is that the women were already using some form of birth control or that they simply were not in the fertile period of their cycle.
The only voting that will help are those votes made from the rooftops.
The three books composing the Second Commonwealth War series are the most depressing stories I have read in over 60 years of reading science fiction.
I fought in Viet Nam, and then went freelance, fighting for various groups and causes through Africa and Asia. On occasion I've read the same book several times in succession simply because it was the only damned book I had or could get. I know war fairly well from a ground-level perspective.
Rick Shelley appears to know war quite well, himself. He has certainly captured the essence of war in these books. The whole "we won, but at what a cost" syndrome is laid out for everyone to see.
You can "win" any war. But at what cost to your own side?
That's still ten more NYT articles than I would bother to view.
I've taught in the military, public schools, and private industry. As a teacher, I know that evaluations of my technique can help me hone my skills and become more effective. The public teachers in NYC should take the critique and act upon it to make them better at their jobs.
People in the WebOS community are already running Ubuntu on HP TouchPads..
Being a westerner, and being a geek, you probably wouldn't be toting any protection beyond a cellphone. That places you in a very precarious position. You'd be a prime target for kidnapping and easy meat for a drive-by or casual sniping.
You wouldn't really be safe outside of a compound, and possibly not even there. I spent most of 40 years in combat zones. It's a damned hard place to live if you aren't armed and don't have team mates to cover your ass. IMHO, people who like "daily excitement" don't generally need to worry about having piles of money for later. Mainly because they don't get a "later," just dead.
people have been skinned.
Our particular form of government is past it's prime and is too big to work as it stands. The American government was designed to support the needs of widely-spread agrarian society with little or no access to news and discussions of current issues, but were fortunate to have personal trust in the people elected as representatives.
All of those conditions disappeared long ago. All we have left now is a corrupt collection of power-hungry gits.
I mean, he's been jacking us off for a few years now. He should be compensated.
Well, said.
The largest difference, now, being that those doing the uprising already have decent training courtesy of Uncle Sam. Have you ever wondered how many SF veterans there are?
Plenty ;-)
Not being ironic or sarcastic here, not even defending your president's answer, just an honest question: is marijuana really proved to be totally non-addictive? Or is it something still up for debate and research?
Marijuana is addictive in the same manner as is enjoying a scone with your tea every morning. Once you are accustomed to that scone, if it's taken away you experience an annoyance that slightly disrupts your mental well being. How disruptive is not having that joint after work? Not enough to measure. Physical addiction? LOL. There is none. Even government studies have refuted that theory.
As for the rest of the letter's statements, well, charitably, it was well written. It was all lies and 1930's-style FUD (a la "Reefer Madness").
It is in Obama's best interest to lie his way out of having any serious discussion on the legalization issue because he knows that he'll have his ass handed to him in a debate on the subject. He has no ammunition and no way to find any because it doesn't exist unless he has it manufactured.
Perhaps Michelle or one of his kids will be stricken with Multiple Sclerosis. It would be a very Dickens-esque ending.
They're behind seven proxies. The Zetas are phucked.
I see that I was mistaken. I started at the librarian tab and went to subscriptions.
Thanks for calling this to my attention. I've always wanted to be able to read some of the early natural philosophy journals.
The subscription prices place this material well out of reach of anyone but college libraries or those who are wealthy.
Way to go, Royal Society. Spur interest, inspire the young. Yeah, that's it, hook them on science. Ha!
You sodding gits.
The Royal Society has been publishing since 1655. They published papers from the earliest sorts of scientific discovery and exploration.
I don't mind that they'll cough up my "real" name so much. Just as long as it isn't available to casual browsing.
you beat me too it....
Damn, he was quick.
Reboots usually don't happen because of hardware, and certainly not because of the type of RAM you're running. It's Windows.
Fixed that for you....
I'm hoping it happens soon. Kilns aren't crazy expensive. You can score used kilns for $500 or so. I haven't been able to find anything about how they pump hydrogen into the kiln without blowing up, so I haven't tried it yet. BUt I"m still looking :-)
When a government hinders the communications of the citizens of their country, the citizens lose the very important ability to organize towards the overthrow of an oppressive government. Without communications, there can be no organization. Without the ability to organize, there is no chance to overthrow the government if that should become necessary.
A Government has no inherent right to exist except at the pleasure of its citizenry. Governments can benefit the governed in may ways. However, the variety of ways that a government can hurt the populace are innumerable. If a government refuses to abide by the wishes of the governed, then is that government not a tyranny? Should an elected official be permitted to ignore the wishes of the people he supposedly represents? I understand that a government should protect the citizenry from harm as much as possible and not act rashly and jump to every whim expressed by a voter. However, when a representative acts against the wishes of the majority of voters, that representative should be removed from power. Because that power is all that matters to that representative, besides the money, that is. Power and money are what drive politics. Don't fool yourself into believing that a politician has any interest in you beyond your money and subservience, because you will be wrong. Likewise, government has only a mindless collective desire to grow, to gather to itself power, and to control day-to-day lives of the populace.
If you feel otherwise, such is your right. I wouldn't force you to think the way I do. Unlike your government...
I have a 25/25Mbps FiOs line. I run a server and often run the BW monitor to get an idea of the current load. I regularly get uploads and downloads hitting as high as 42Mbps.
Quite true. With the procedure being this easy, it's almost something I can do in my garage. I can get argon and hydrogen from the welding supplier. I already have a kiln that hits 2000F degrees. Making graphene could become a cottage industry :-)