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I've read the human brain described as the most complex thing in the universe and I am not surprised that the scientists and therapists do not completely understand it and how to make it operate "correctly" when the human in charge of it goes off in some non-normal direction.
Each new scientific discovery gets tried and sometimes works and the media and business folks jump on the current fad-bandwagon; electroshock, gene therapy, drugs, frontal lobotomies, talk therapy, FMRI, on and on. I have huge respect for the people who are compassionate and try to do whatever they can to help the human in need.
I hope that some day the causes become well understood and effective steps are taken to prevent problems if possible, cured if possible, and/or adjusted for if possible.
Humans seem to be the best challenge for anyone who wants to work at a challenge, to do good in this world.
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rethomas
Hmm, eliminating the rich would bring stability. Well, I never thought of it that way but that is an interesting point.
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"Do know-it-all Oregonians think all other states must compete on terms dictated by Oregon?"
I suggest that the terms are dictated by the wealthy and they set the non-wealthy Americans against each other, state by state in the race to the bottom.
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Sally
I don't know who that is.
I consider myself a friend of the wildlife. Horses are cool, in their place, but their place is not in the wild, they just do not belong there.
And considering all those overly romanticized shows like "Cloud" and the other feral horse programs that only show the beauty of feral horses and completely ignore their downside effects on the deer, antelope, sage hens, and other wildlife that actually belong out there, well, I have no realistic hope that the problem of invasive feral horses will ever be addressed.
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That's a good idea!
Create the job and then get the break, like Reagan said "Trust but verify." Provide the evidence.
And that's about the only thing the "Amiable Dunce" said that I agree with.
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- Tim Freeman: Oregon state representative (R-Roseberg) and sponsor of HCR 14
Oh, he says he wants to rewrite the history and ignore the downside. Obviously he is a Conservative.
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Marilyn Monroe in the Misfits, what a great movie. I think I got that title right.
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Oh yeah and there is the idea of "cowboy" like Bush lying to Americans and wrecklessly conning us into that war on Iraq.
Cowboy as drunken wreckless obnoxious nutcase.
That's a big part of "Cowboy Ethics", in real life, the traditional Saturday night get drunk and fight.
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The extremely wealthy don't create jobs, they buy up small companies and consolidate them into giant corporations while firing the owner-managers and laying off workers for "efficiency". So giving them tax cuts is the wrong way to go.
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We should be raising the capital gains taxes, not lowering them.
Thirty some years of tax cuts for the wealthy is a root cause of our problems.
Reganomics is a Conservative mythological "unicorn"! It never has worked.
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That was back when the invasive feral horses still were used for dog food. I'd like to see wild horse meat brought back into use for both human and dog food and allow the range to be reblanced towards the wildlife, the deer, antelope, sage hens, etc. That would be "wise use" of an invasive species.
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Oh yes, and there is a Horse Whisperer over by Prineville who knows far more about how to treat living beings than that "Wall Street Rexall Ranger", James P Owen.
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"Do you plan to live by the Code of the West?"
Whatever happened to "Remember to wash behind your ears"? And "Keep your nose clean"? And all those old timey Ben Franklin sayings?
And they get paid to legislate that stuff?
The idea of "cowboys" is a very highly idealized and romanticized thing. Those of us who have read the history of them have a far more realistic view.Sheep wars, indian wars, land grabs, rustling, "running iron" re-branding, etc.
And how about that great old movie "Shane", and others?
And I have spent time in a "line shack" out between Crane and Princeton, OR while re-roofing it and doing some repair carpentry. Those guys did some hard living and working for their rich corporate bosses.
I recommend the Louis L'Amour books for folks interested in what reviewers and historians call pretty realistic cowboy stories. And there are a lot of them. Tony Hillerman is great for modern day Native American stories.
Reub Long on the high desert.
Ok, that must be the line for now. ;)
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Have at it, folks:
(1) Live each day with courage;
(2) Take pride in your work;
(3) Always finish what you start;
(4) Do what has to be done;
(5) Be tough, but fair;
(6) When you make a promise, keep it;
(7) Ride for the brand;
(8) Talk less, say more;
(9) Remember that some things are not for sale; and
(10) Know where to draw the line.
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on Rebroadcast: Math Appeal
"I love story problems, the problem here is in defining the terms. For example to me a "commute" would include both directions of travel."
I agree.
There an old engineer slogan that "When you define the problem, you define the solution". One of the hardest things to do is figure out the right question to ask. And that is the main task in story problems, where words can be obfuscating and confusing, like the Car Talk guys do with their Puzzlers.
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"I want her to think of math problems as puzzles waiting to be solved."
I think you are right. Nobody likes to have "problems" but most people love mysteries and puzzles, just look at how popular Jeopardy is and all of the other puzzle, game, and mystery shows.
Math teachers ought to reframe the words describing math like you have.
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Sata
What an ironic comment.
The Germans used to be the world standard in math, science, and engineering and people had to learn German in order to learn those subjects.
That was still true back in the late 1960s.
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