Science education in the UK

2009-10-05 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
From the UK comes this: School lab health and safety rules 'could stop future scientists' - Times Online - http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/school_league_tables/article6861136.ece I was about to mention that as a scientist and educator I have long be

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-08 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > > > And one other unintended consequence of the Fairness Doctrine is that the > "expert" for the "other viewpoint" is often given the illusion of a level of > legitimacy that he/she would never have had without that national media > exposure,

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-08 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On May 7, 2009, at 12:41 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce Bostwick > wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 5:57 PM, William Goodall wrote: Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: &qu

RE: Texan Education

2009-05-08 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan M. wrote: > > But, big media is dying. Well, at least parts of it are. Think of > the main sources of news 40 years ago: network TV and newspapers. > We see that the Grey Lady is in terrible shape, and other newspapers > are not far behind. The free news and fast blogging of the internet

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-08 Thread Charlie Bell
On 08/05/2009, at 12:05 PM, Dan M wrote: Bloody po-mo all opinions are equally valid crap. Really gets up my nose, along with the "everyone has to pass" rubbish some school systems push. Gr. I hope you aren't too insulted by this Charlie, but you've summed up two of my pet peeves rath

RE: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Dan M
> -Original Message- > From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On > Behalf Of Charlie Bell > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 5:13 PM > To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion > Subject: Re: Texan Education > > > Bloody po-

RE: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:39 PM Thursday 5/7/2009, Dan M wrote: And, there are now a lot of different TV channels, with several all news channels. It's not as it was when I was I kid where Huntley & Brinkley or Cronkite were the only news sources we got on TV (ABC hadn't made it to Duluth until the late '60s, and

RE: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Dan M
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:42 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Texan Education On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce Bostwick

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Charlie Bell
On 08/05/2009, at 3:41 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce Bostwick > wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 5:57 PM, William Goodall wrote: Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: &qu

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > On May 6, 2009, at 5:57 PM, William Goodall wrote: > > Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State >> Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: "I disagree with these >> ex

Re: Texan Education

2009-05-07 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On May 6, 2009, at 5:57 PM, William Goodall wrote: Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: "I disagree with these experts. Someone has got to stand up to experts." Especially people who .. you k

Texan Education

2009-05-06 Thread William Goodall
groups in the fossil record." These issues are commonly held up by creationists as arguments against evolution, even though the scientific community disagrees. Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: &quo

Re: No education in Florida

2008-02-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > William T Goodall quoth: > >* 54 percent of men said humans evolved over > millions of years compared with 35 percent of women. > The difference being those women who have experience > with men who > they are very sure haven't evolved at all . . . I didn't thin

Re: No education in Florida

2008-02-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:10 AM Monday 2/18/2008, William T Goodall wrote: >* 54 percent of men said humans evolved over millions of years >compared with 35 percent of women. The difference being those women who have experience with men who they are very sure haven't evolved at all . . . Put The Seat Down When Y

No education in Florida

2008-02-18 Thread William T Goodall
ot include alternative theories. If the state Board of Education approves them Tuesday, the new standards will guide what Florida students are taught and tested on. The Times survey - which included questions about evolution and a host of other education issues was administered to 702 registe

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: of course, fungal infection of the brain is just a tad more serious than that of the toenail, and you can't do without a brain, unlike pretty feet... You might want to forward this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwar

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At Monday 04:38 PM 1/3/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: Lamisil is much less toxic than frex Amphotericin B, which we nicknamed 'amphoterrible' b/c of its many nasty side effects (of course, fungal infection of the brain is just a tad more serious than that of the toenail, and you can't do without a br

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
>I wrote: > > Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > Toenail fungus. > > You lost me at "Toenail fungus". Are we being > given > > a test, which one of > > these does not belong? :-) My best guess is that > > referring to the > > FDA's warning in 2001 about L

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
Reggie wrote: The vet that we take our guinea pigs and pygmie hedgehog to see uses a Dremel to do their nails. Also, the long front teath of guinea pigs continue to grow their entire life, and when they are not in the wild they often grow long enough to become a problem. Our vet uses her Dremel

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have > > problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing > > them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I d

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Bryon Daly
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have > problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing > them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a D

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2004 6:53 PM Subject: Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage) > On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: > &

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: that said, I did get a Dremel mototool for Xmas The image that spawns -- you carving away at your toes with a small rotary power tool, toenail dust flying all over -- is a cross between hilarious and disgusting. Thanks! :D -- Warren Ockrassa, Pub

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Damon Agretto
My point is more that it's a cosmetic problem if you like to show off your feet (could be more serious for the severely immunosuppressed, of course), yet the advertising implies that because it's an infection (I prefer to call it an infestation since it's superficial, and perhaps b/c I've had a pr

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Or to emulate your choice of wording: > > When patients become customers, medicine is > doomed. > > > > Vioxx. > > Toenail fungus. > > Major medical centers that offer unproven > therapies as > > viable alternatives. > Yo

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 01:50:14PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Or to emulate your choice of wording: > When patients become customers, medicine is doomed. > > Vioxx. > Toenail fungus. > Major medical centers that offer unproven therapies as > viable alternatives. > > Wishful thinking does n

Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
r kids flunk. > > When students become customers, education is doomed. Or to emulate your choice of wording: When patients become customers, medicine is doomed. Vioxx. Toenail fungus. Major medical centers that offer unproven therapies as viable alternatives. Wishful thinking does not equa

One positive point on the state of education

2004-10-24 Thread Dan Minette
I was talking with my son in the car, and the conversation went from politics to economics...specifically my unease with Kerry's position on free trade. I was about to explain why I thought free trade was good, when Ted popped up with an explanation of why he thinks its good. I was going to talk

Re: Graduate Education Request

2004-09-26 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2004 7:31 PM Subject: Graduate Education Request > Hi guys, > I need to lean on you for research h

Graduate Education Request

2004-09-25 Thread Gautam Mukunda
Hi guys, I need to lean on you for research help again. I recall reading, in the relatively recent past, a study that said that the reason people don't go into the hard sciences is because, in economic terms, it sucks. You spend years in poverty as a grad student, then a post-grad which is little

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-19 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 8:58 AM Subject: Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31 > You are forgetting that JD

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-19 Thread The Fool
uch more frequent in the US than in > Europe, although teenage sex isn't. > > Since abortion is a great evil, and birth control isn't, isn't it best to > teach kids the dangers of having sex early, but tell them how they can > greatly decrease the chances of pregnan

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
> "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the allegation that I have previously posted > medical information > from dubious sources - I certainly have no > recollection of that. That is not what I said. What I wrote was: "...you have in the past several times used sites that cle

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > John, you have in the past several times used sites > that clearly have an agenda, WRT medical information, > without stating such; I make an effort to find > impartial sites, or state what I perceive to be a bias > in cites (frex a Planned Parenthood site stated > somethi

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 04:00 PM 3/17/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: >I am not sure why people seem to have the impression >that I am not in favor of teen abstinence; I cannot think of a single post on this List which has stated that impression. JDG ___ John D. G

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
First, let me clear that I consider the preceding article, which I posted, to be suspicious. I find it highly unlikely that 99% of non-pledging adolescents engage in premarital sex *and* 88% of pledgers. Secondly, to again repeat the conclusions of the article: -both pledgers and non-pledger

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
> "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >> JDG wrote > >> Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity > >> pledges" found that > >> abstinence-only education was successful in >

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31

2004-03-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/17/2004 5:01:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>[Of course, _incorrect_ use of condoms fails not > >only > >>at pregnancy prevention but STD prevention as > >well, > And, though I think I've said i

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31

2004-03-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
tiveness of > condoms is around 90% in > preventing pregnancy. If you > want cites, I'm sure I can pull them. See the above! > I've taught sex education courses that included the > following. > > "The only way to be 100% sure of not catching a STD > is abs

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:08 PM Subject: Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31 > At 02:50 PM 3/

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
vocated in various posts. But >there certainly _is_ a connection to *abstinence only* >programs -- which are the ones I referred to. As I >clearly stated in my posts. But again, there is no a priori reason for it to be so. >> Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity >&

Re: Abstinence education

2004-03-16 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan Minette wrote: > > I've taught sex education courses that included the following. > And this is a falsehood. > "The only way to be 100% sure of not catching a STD is abstinence. Having > sex only with a single long term partner that you know did not have an STD >

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31

2004-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 4:50 PM Subject: Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31 > [Of course, _

RE: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network ToLaunchMarch 31

2004-03-16 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> > Deborah, how do you feel about Abstinence being > > included in sex ed as an _equal option_? > > I thought I made that clear Sorry, I was off email for 10 days and came back to 23k [sic] emails ^_^ > Off To Ride A Pony Now Maru ;D No fair! -- Off To Label Sketches Of 14th Century Itali

RE: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-16 Thread Deborah Harrell
I referred to. > I don't think there /has/ to be though, is there? I > can imagine an abstinence-only program that was > completely secular. I've never seen it, mind you, > but then, I've also never seen the Northern Lights, > but I believe that they exi

RE: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-16 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 02:50 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio > Network To LaunchMarch 31 >

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31

2004-03-16 Thread Deborah Harrell
udents - and younger, to not have sex. As I have clearly advocated in various posts. But there certainly _is_ a connection to *abstinence only* programs -- which are the ones I referred to. As I clearly stated in my posts. > Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity > pledges" f

Re: Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To LaunchMarch 31

2004-03-12 Thread The Fool
retend to fight HIV in afrika? They turn to Right-Wing Sugar-Daddy Moon. > Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity pledges" found that > abstinence-only education was successful in prolonging the first incident > of intercourse and had fewer sexual partners - which may well

Abstinence education Re: Liberal Talkradio Network To Launch March 31

2004-03-12 Thread John D. Giorgis
separation of church and state.' First, the is no a priori religious connection to abstinence. There are a number of very sound reasons for strongly advising high school students - and younger, to not have sex. Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity pledges" found

Study: ReptiliKlan 'Abstince Only' Sex Education Completely Fails

2004-03-11 Thread The Fool
<<http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=147-03092004>> Virginity Pledges Do Not Reduce Rates of Sexually Transmitted Diseases; More Evidence that Young People Need Comprehensive Sexuality Education NEW YORK, March 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A report released today at the

RE: U.S. government to Moonies: You're our only hope for HIV education!

2004-03-02 Thread Jon Gabriel
quot;The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "xBrin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: U.S. government to Moonies: You're our only hope for HIV education! Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2004 00:36:31 -0600 <<http://www

U.S. government to Moonies: You're our only hope for HIV education!

2004-03-01 Thread The Fool
<<http://www.gorenfeld.net/blog//2004_02_01_barchive.html#1077827456395731 36>> U.S. government to Moonies: You're our only hope for HIV education! Oh, wait, sorry. I've been looking into the mysterious case of why the Center For Disease Control, at one point in 2003,

Re: education bias

2004-02-25 Thread Reggie Bautista
nd successful a parent is and how educated and successful a child is. But even parents with bad educations can still have a positive impact on their kids by demonstrating how important education is to them. I wish I had the time right now to pull up citations for these things. > And are we missing t

Re: education bias

2004-02-17 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Kevin Tarr wrote: First questions: can a school make a kid smart? I think if she's a good enough parent the school shouldn't matter. I'm sure we could come up with a 3 x 3 truth table with good/medium/bad parents vs good/medium/bad schools and have percentages to see what matters more. Good

Re: education bias

2004-02-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 3:45 PM Subject: Re: education bias coasts? > > Well, I'm thinking of good schools not on the east c

Re: education bias

2004-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > I'm hearing a radio commercial; don't know if it's local or national. The > woman says "I want a house with good schools. Schools that will make my > sons smart. Like Socrates...but without the toga. Smart enough to get into > the best schools on the east or west coasts." I c

education bias

2004-02-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
I'm hearing a radio commercial; don't know if it's local or national. The woman says "I want a house with good schools. Schools that will make my sons smart. Like Socrates...but without the toga. Smart enough to get into the best schools on the east or west coasts." I can miss the gender bias,

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:40 PM 1/29/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: The Best Stuff Is Not On The Greatest Hits Album Maru One could argue that most "Greatest Hits" collections are not composed of the "best stuff" but the "most familiar" stuff, which may have made the frequent playlist for reasons other than being th

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:22:09 -0600, Robert Seeberger > &

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 20:22:09 -0600, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I just wrote it. You question my Yespertise? No not at all, but I wrote that post several weeks ago, I'm almost positive that not only was it posted to the list, but you responded to it back when it was sent too.

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:52 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > Robert wrote: > > > > > - Original Message

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Doug Pensinger
Robert wrote: - Original Message - From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:57:26 -0600, Robert Seeberger &

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2004 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:57:26 -0600, Robert Seeberger >

Re: Continuing Education

2004-01-29 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 20:57:26 -0600, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.csi.edu/ip/ce/yesology/ The power of devotion. I wouldn't be touting "Owner of a Lonely Heart" as a product of "arguably the most talented rock band of all time", but that's just me... -- Doug _

Re: The Texas Miracle Fraud and the Secretary of Education [L3]

2004-01-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "xBrin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 5:22 PM Subject: The Texas Miracle Fraud and the Secretary of Education [L3] > <<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/

The Texas Miracle Fraud and the Secretary of Education [L3]

2004-01-08 Thread The Fool
the “Texas Miracle,” and you may remember it because President Bush wanted everyone to know about it during his presidential campaign. It was about an approach to education that was showing amazing results, particularly in Houston, where dropout rates plunged and test scores soared. Houston Sch

Re: Education

2003-11-20 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Bryon Daly wrote: > My impressions: > - they're very focused on non-traditional students. It seems they can > give course credit for life experience and work experience. That might > be more for bachelor's-level degrees than MBA's, but I'm not sure. > - I kinda got the imp

Re: Education

2003-11-20 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> My job offers educational reimbursement that I am seriously considering to use to go for a Masters degree, in order to break the cycle of underemployment I'm in. We recently picked up a new person in our department that has an MBA from the University of Phoe

Re: Education

2003-11-20 Thread G. D. Akin
Damon Agretto wrote: > > I have a friend who works for the Nevada Department > > of Education whose job > > it is to research universities and make > > recommendations on accreditation. I > > asked him about the University of Phoenix a couple > > of months a

Re: Education

2003-11-19 Thread Damon Agretto
> I have a friend who works for the Nevada Department > of Education whose job > it is to research universities and make > recommendations on accreditation. I > asked him about the University of Phoenix a couple > of months ago. He said > UP is a good school and accredited.

Re: Education

2003-11-19 Thread G. D. Akin
MBA from the University of > Phoenix (the O-L people). Are there any opinions on > this sort of program? How is an MBA from them viewed > by potential employers? How legitimate is it? > -- I have a friend who works for the Nevada Department of

Education

2003-11-18 Thread Damon Agretto
Hi all, My job offers educational reimbursement that I am seriously considering to use to go for a Masters degree, in order to break the cycle of underemployment I'm in. We recently picked up a new person in our department that has an MBA from the University of Phoenix (the O-L people). Are there

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-12 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > Powell is not credited for any DP albums. If he toured with t

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-12 Thread Kevin Tarr
Answering more than one post here. Kingdom Come was the Led Zep rip-off band I was thinking of, thanks William. Powell is not credited for any DP albums. If he toured with them, I cannot find it. But that's been covered elsewhere Also covered: I'd consider Glam to be a small part of hair bands.

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-12 Thread William T Goodall
On 12 Nov 2003, at 4:31 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education My head is going t

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-12 Thread Reggie Bautista
Kevin wrote: ... but glam has to first be pretty boys and stage presence before music. Whitesnake had neither, except David Coverdale. Bryon replied: You don't seem to care too much for David Coverdale, do you? He's no Ian Gillan, but I think he's alright. I think most people never heard of Whi

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Kevin wrote: Jimmy Page was the guitar player for Zep, unless you meant something else Reggie, about the music. I was referring to Robert Plant's singing. Jimmy Page certainly did make fairly extensive use of pitch-bending, but Plant has stated in interviews that one of his influences (among many

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I guess I've just been listening to too much Zamfir > (Master of the Pan Flute!), I...actually...still *have* 2 of his albums...somewhere in the recesses of a closet...Are you saying that there's something wrong with that? :} Debbi who loves marshmall

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Bryon Daly wrote: Since you know your Purple (much better than me), what would you say their best album was? Best Song? (My vote: album - Made in Japan (live), song - Child in Time (live version on Made in Japan). Yes I'm wierd). Machine Head/Lazy -- Doug ___

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 12:36 AM 11/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: I think Whitesnake had enough talent to rise above the "Zep wannabe" label. At least for their "Slide It In" album (my favorite), they had three Deep Purple band members on board. They did have that Zep sound though: t

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:15 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > My head is going to explode. > > Glam rock started at

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-11 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 12:36 AM 11/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan wrote: > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and R

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-10 Thread Bryon Daly
From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan wrote: > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of > this. Yes e

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > Dan wrote: > > > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Dan wrote: > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of > this. Yes explored the possibility of a more classical m

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-08 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >From: "Jim Sharkey" >>Robert Seeberger wrote: >>>I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love song ever. >> It's my favorite Clapton song too Maru >Powerful >Personal >Beautiful I have to clarify, while it's my favorite Clapton song, it's not the one that is the m

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert S

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2003-11-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > - Original Message - > From: "

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 8:06 AM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > >I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love so

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-08 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: >I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love song ever. Yes, but it was eventually, um, er, "quited." :) Not to mention it was for someone else's wife, as I recall. Jim It's my favorite Clapton song too Maru ___ Join

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2003-11-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:28 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > I'd rate Layla

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2003-11-07 Thread Doug Pensinger
Robert Seeberger wrote: I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love song ever. The intro is absolutely gut wrenching. Ok, without looking it up, who played the slide on Layla... -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

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2003-11-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >

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2003-11-07 Thread The Fool
> From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'd rate Layla as the most powerful unrequited love song ever. The intro is > absolutely gut wrenching. > All those Clapton bands from that time were great. You are wrong. 'Alone' by Heart. ___ http://ww

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert S

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-07 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:38 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > > - Original Message - > From: "Regg

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-07 Thread Damon Agretto
> I think Catherine would really like Enya, but we > haven't played a bunch of > it for her yet. (This is based on Enya having > features of some other > music that she seems to like.) If she likes Enya, > is there something else > that anyone would recommend? She settles down > better to the

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-07 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, William T Goodall wrote: > > On 7 Nov 2003, at 3:10 am, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > > And I love Motorhead, but I don't know that it's exactly "good" > > music. > > > > If you love it, it's good :) Anything else is thinking too much, and > may cause your head to explode. Tha

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Nov 2003, at 3:10 am, Jim Sharkey wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Early 70's - Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, then AC/DC, and at the end of the decade, Motorhead! Stiff competition :) From a arrangement and composition standpoint, none of these bands are even close to Yes' sheer virtuosity. Ah,

Re: Continuing Education

2003-11-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: >Early 70's - Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, then AC/DC, and at the end >of the decade, Motorhead! Stiff competition :) >From a arrangement and composition standpoint, none of these bands are even close to >Yes' sheer virtuosity. And I love Motorhead, but I don't know that

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