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Richard Holbrooke, 1941-2010

In 1995 Richard Holbrooke, a man that I had never heard of before, became one of my personal heroes. Why? Because he had played an instrumental role in achieving what everyone had said was impossible: negotiating the Dayton Peace Accords… Continue reading

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Barca 5 – Real 0

That's right. Yesterday's El Clasico was a game to remember. Real Madrid entered Camp Nou as the top team in La Liga. Not even one loss to blemish their record. They had the top goal scorer (Ronaldo) in their front… Continue reading

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Where will your imagination take you?

Cambodia, home to some of SE Asia's poorest people, a history of warfare and mass graves, and undiscovered minefields, can now lay claim to one of the cheapest space projects of all time. The space-borne payload, named Preah Atet ("The… Continue reading

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Why I don't work too hard on my blog

Pearls Before Swine, Nov 16, 2008… Continue reading

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The Whole World is Watching

And so am I. Are you? Who are you rooting for in World Cup 2010?It all starts tomorrow. 3 ways to follow the actionESPNFIFANY TimesAdded 7/7/10: Joy. My favorite team, Barcelona, I mean Spain, beat Germany 1-0 today on a… Continue reading

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Hypnotizing Chickens (with PowerPoint)

One of my favorite Dilbert cartoons (Aug 16, 2000) deals with the dark consequences of PowerPoint:According to a recent NY Times story, PowerPoint poisoning has begun cutting a deadly swath through the US military, leveling the top brass one bullet… Continue reading

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Award-winning online science education

The pundits keep telling us that traditional textbooks will be replaced any day now by online resources, but science textbooks seem like a particularly tough nut for online authors to crack. Students don't like modern textbook prices and they don't… Continue reading

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Campus Rape – An Uncomfortable Reality

As I prepped myself for work this morning, a mind-rattling story, "Campus Rape Victims: A Struggle For Justice" (NPR Morning Edition, Feb 24, 2010), came over the radio. (Note: this is the first installment in a longer series. I plan… Continue reading

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Reversal of Zeeba Fortune

Fans of Pearls Before Swine are all too aware of "Zeeba's" sad story. By nature, a peaceful creature, vegetarian, and good neighbor, the zebra is endlessly pursued by Larry, the insanely ravenous (but dangerously stupid) crocodile next door. Larry makes… Continue reading

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Commentary from an unknown Reedie

Last night, Emily, one of my Chem 201 students found this heartfelt commentary scratched into one of the old wooden chairs in Eliot 314:"If I had one hour to live, I would spend it here because it would last forever"… Continue reading

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