An exceptional number of interesting stories at Politicalwire.com [Click] this morning, I think none of them good news for TFG. The legacy press and political prognosticators seem to be waking up to (albeit not fully conscious of) the fact that polls have little predictive value. One thing of note is the length of Ms Harris’s speeches— typically about 20 minutes, which we were taught in our public speaking class is about right. Even her acceptance speech of 38 minutes was the shortest since Mondale’s in 1984. ——Alan
Perusing the Howard University catalogue, I see that public speaking is a significant part of the curriculum, with both lower and upper division classes. ——Alan
This Fusion Tech is Solving the Geothermal Energy Problem [Click] As memory serves me, research on such things was being carrie out at Los Alamos National Laboratory quite some time ago, although it seems that Los Alamos is currently working on geothermal power sources drilled by conventional means. [Click] ——Alan
I'm glad nordy wrote up something about the Dean call--I'm not sure I would have been able to remember that much. But I did think it was adorable to hear him say "idear" a few times. ;)
An exceptional number of interesting stories at Politicalwire.com [Click] this morning, I think none of them good news for TFG. The legacy press and political prognosticators seem to be waking up to (albeit not fully conscious of) the fact that polls have little predictive value. One thing of note is the length of Ms Harris’s speeches— typically about 20 minutes, which we were taught in our public speaking class is about right. Even her acceptance speech of 38 minutes was the shortest since Mondale’s in 1984.
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Perusing the Howard University catalogue, I see that public speaking is a significant part of the curriculum, with both lower and upper division classes.
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Olga Rudenko: I’m Ukrainian but my first words were Russian. It’s a legacy we’ve spent our whole lives trying to escape [Click] “Putin is attempting to wipe us off the map, but on this independence day it seems that he has inadvertently finalised the formation of our state”
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Video: For JD Vance donut shop visit, a double order of cringe, supersized by Tim Walz - Click
ReplyDeleteI had skipped over that report; after all, how could one screw up an order at a doughnut shop? But now I have an illustration.
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CNN video: Two very different views of the RFK Jr. factor - click
ReplyDeleteCBS: NASA rules out bringing astronauts home on Boeing's Starliner [Click]
ReplyDeleteI wonder if SpaceX will make custom suits for the returning Starliner astronauts, or adapters for the Boeing suits.
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This Fusion Tech is Solving the Geothermal Energy Problem [Click] As memory serves me, research on such things was being carrie out at Los Alamos National Laboratory quite some time ago, although it seems that Los Alamos is currently working on geothermal power sources drilled by conventional means. [Click]
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"was being carrieD out..."
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I'm glad nordy wrote up something about the Dean call--I'm not sure I would have been able to remember that much. But I did think it was adorable to hear him say "idear" a few times. ;)
ReplyDeleteNitroplasts! [Click] A newly discovered organelle that fixes nitrogen.
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