Re: [FRIAM] The coat hook of the mind

2010-05-08 Thread sarbajit roy
Is it just me ? I'm unable to extract any meaningful information from this quote which correlates to the subsequent analysis. Would the man on the Clapham omnibus start from Dr Suess's Fox in Socks on Knox in Box and end up postulating that Schroedingers Fox is half alive in a Box in Fort Knox,

Re: [FRIAM] The coat hook of the mind

2010-05-08 Thread lrudolph
Because there is safety in derision I talked about an apparition, I took no trouble to convince, Or seem plausible to a man of sense. Distrustful of thar popular eye Whether it be bold or sly. Fifteen apparitions have I seen; The worst a coat upon a coat-hanger. I have found nothing half so good

[FRIAM] needed: Microscope

2010-05-08 Thread Irene Lee
Eveli Abeyta, a young friend from Santo Domingo, is coming back to her pueblo this summer to work for her tribe's Natural Resource Branch as an environmental scientist. She has just finished her junior year at Georgetown University on a Gates Millennial Scholarship. She is looking for a simple

Re: [FRIAM] needed: Microscope

2010-05-08 Thread Nicholas Thompson
Irene, and others, For a much less worthy cause, I have been on the look out for one of these for years. So if somebody has a bunch, after Irene has hers, please let me know. Nick Nicholas S. Thompson Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Ethology, Clark University (nthomp...@clarku.edu)

[FRIAM] For the hands-on amongst us, a very cool+useful new material

2010-05-08 Thread Victoria Hughes
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Re: [FRIAM] Arizona meets the Facebook community

2010-05-08 Thread Roger Critchlow
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Russ Abbott russ.abb...@gmail.com wrote: It's not Arizona. Arizona was simply the first state to have the guts to act. More than 50% of Americans apparently approve the Arizona law. We should boycott the entire country--except perhaps enclaves like Sante Fe (?)

Re: [FRIAM] Arizona meets the Facebook community

2010-05-08 Thread Owen Densmore
Nicely said. It does seem to me that the nation itself is waiting for the immigration reform that should naturally be coming from the grid- locked congress/senate. I hope Arizona forces us to act in unity. Its fine to revert to don't ask, don't tell but it's dishonest. Clearly the endgame