Random Thoughts
- Childhood Obesity And Parental Responsibility: Not As Easy As Some Would Have It
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Huffington Post has a piece up on whether parents of obese children are in denial. Of course, the comments are typical for Huff; there are the usual close-minded asses who assume that all obesity is a result of fat parents "sharing the misery" ...
Article - Kim Wombles - Dec 7 2011 - 6:32pm
- Blame Game: When a Parent Kills and Autism is Involved in Some Way
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More than a year ago, after yet another horrifying story about a parent killing her autistic child, I wrote a post on how scientific research shows that filicide is almost always accompanied by mental illness. ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Dec 8 2011 - 9:42am
- Dior, Caviar And Occupy Wall Street
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You know you are culturally hip when magazines want to do their photo shoots with you in them- the poor Tea Party folks clearly have to get some representation in midtown Manhattan if they want to get haute couture coverage. Until then, Occupy Wall Street ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Dec 9 2011 - 6:21pm
- Squeeze and Release: The Joys of Teaching
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The pressure that's squeezed me for months has loosened. It had gotten progressively stronger, more forceful, wringing me exhausted even before the morning started. It's loosened, but it's not gone, and I know that it won't ever fully l ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Dec 12 2011 - 9:58am
- We Three Science Gifts For Christmas
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It's two weeks until Christmas and if you are a Science 2.0 reader, that means it is at least time to think about shopping for a Christmas gift. Demographically, not a lot of you were lining up to gratefully overpay for Apple's latest offering o ...
Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 16 2011 - 6:07pm
- Jolly Holly
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Christmas is one week away, and so here, for all Science 2.0 readers, is a picture of variegated Holly (Ilex aquifolium). I took it on the 10th of December this year, just as the weather was turning cold. The full-size picture is 1632 x 1224, and if you w ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Dec 18 2011 - 1:55pm
- When does Christmas start?
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Some thoughts from G.K.Chesterton, with tomorrow in view: ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Dec 24 2011 - 12:13pm
- Abuse, Restraints, And An Uphill Battle
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Article - Kim Wombles - Dec 30 2011 - 11:44am
- The Flying Professor- Part I: Don't leave home without these
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Courses, speeches, and client meetings take me to faraway places, sometimes on short notice. Here are some hard-won tips about this kind of traveling. Google "packing lists" to find advice on how to fill your suitcase. I won't go there. Ins ...
Blog Post - Fred Phillips - Jan 2 2012 - 10:58pm
- It's The Daily "Science" Show- Circa MIT
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MIT physicist Cesar Hidalgo is experimenting with a new television program that gets scientists talking about their research and the wonders of discovery. He's not really like Jon Stewart, much more like TED, but his vision is to make the physical sci ...
Blog Post - Aimee Stern - Jan 10 2012 - 8:04pm
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