Clay Naff (claynaff@...) has sent you a news article. (Email address has not been verified.) ... Personal message: Plan your vacation now. Museum tells...
Regarding the Ugly American experience: Dave's sister just returned from Italy, where she said they were rewarded with hugs once they revealed their...
Dan; Yes, given the uncertainties, I too am surprised they went out on a limb. ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_equation Drake equation From Wikipedia,...
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I wonder if the museum has a stork fossil on display to prove where babies come from. ... From: Clay Naff To: reason-omaha@yahoogroups.com ;...
Hi, Dan & Jim. I wonder if the show distinguished between intelligent (civilizational) life and just life itself. To negate the possibility of life per se is...
My own opinion is also that the final term "L" in the Drake Equation -- the length of time a communicating civilization lasts compared to the liftime of its...
Chris Peters
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Aug 2, 2006 12:14 am
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... They'll always use radio, it's just too convenient for mobile communications. Might not have any high-power applications, though. ... From: "Chris Peters"...
A good thing we have the WH on our side in the "ongoing war against misinformation." Or is it? Does the editor know the difference between thousand and...
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 2, 2006 5:52 pm
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Reminder from the Calendar of Reason-Omaha http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Regular Meeting Saturday August 5, 2006 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm (This event...
Yeah, not surprising that the editor didn't catch that and likely couldn't grasp the gravitational consequences even if he did, but I bet that he values his...
Of all places, I ran across a favorable review of Michael Shermer's latest book, "Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent design," in the Omaha City...
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 2, 2006 9:28 pm
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These bumper stickers were compiled by Jerry Paull, a former Methodist minister in Lakeside, Ohio who writes: "The following actual bumper stickers are now on...
Let me make a proposal. My digital video projector arrived early this week. I'm anxious to try it and have worked up a presentation on fluoridation. While this...
OK with me, as long as we also include a few minutes to go over what we're doing to publicize next month's Forum. Best thing (in addition to discussing press...
Unless I haven't been kept in the loop, the Forum flyers are still awaiting approval from both the speaker, Chip, and from Cella for Americans United. Until we...
If they've had the flyer since the last meeting and have not commented, I would say we have tacit approval. Jim G ... awaiting approval from both the speaker,...
Harvard's Hoffmann makes clear how the U.S. is flunking Planetary Management 101, and suggests ways of raising our grade. I underlined some passages I liked,...
Jim Bechtel
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Aug 5, 2006 3:07 pm
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Published Saturday August 5, 2006 Fall of conservatism takes center stage BY E.J. DIONNE JR. WASHINGTON POST Is conservatism finished? What might have seemed...
Reminder from the Calendar of Reason-Omaha http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Reason Coffeehouse Wednesday August 9, 2006 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This...