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I think that the window should be behind the instructor, so that those whose attention might wander will at least be facing in the right direction.

You would prefer she took to bulimia to keep to the dangerously low body mass required of models and jockies?

Prehaps it led them to the anti-war movement.

Oh, right; I remember. It's just that I was using a solution last night, and, well, you confused me. But you're talking STP; now I curious, what happens under pressure?

As Hellbender has pointed out, removing 'under God' would be a return to the traditional recitation.

Non-action thrillers; especially with lots of dark, moody shots that one can imagine being filmed in black and white, like Blade Runner. Toss in a little dark comedy, and I'm in heaven. Good horror; not a lot out there. Alien was one; the original The Haunting was another. Anything with Vincent Price; most of his movies were dreadful, but I just love to watch him.

Ammonium hydroxide doesn't exit?

I would like to thank you for that clear and simple description. But what about the geometry? Isn't it so that elements with electrons in d orbitals can form bonds at a wider variety of angles, and so that a wider variety of stable lattice formations are available? Or did I completely misunderstand Inorganic?

Oh, for .... every-one is more closed-minded than they believe! Not many people admit, 'I'm going to rest on my ignorance and prejudice on this matter, and not listen to or engage in debate', but [i submit] that everyone does it about something. However, you seem to think that those who disagree with you are being sentimental or knee-jerk humanists. No, SD, they disagree with your definition of worth and burden. They think your brother might be worth knowing. You sneer at what you dismiss as 'pity'; Let's check the American Heritage ... "Pity: Sympathy and sorrow aroused by the misfortune or suffering of another." I don't see how any community could function without that. Why should pity be a more contemptible element of love than, say, lust? Yes, I pity your brother, your parents, and the poor of the Gulf Coast; hell, I pity every-one from the Gulf Coast. They have a much rougher road ahead than I. I would that I could offer meaningfull help. I also respect them for dealing with a misfortune I have never had to face. As for your place in this community, well, over time you may create one for yourself; but you do not exhibit any desire to belong to a community. You seem, both in your description of your family life and in the tone of the above post, to want to take all that a community has to offer, without fulfilling your responsibilities in return. If you were to focus more on fulfilling your responsibilites, including simple courtesy, and more on others's needs than on your own, your situation would improve. 'From all according to their abilities, to all according to their needs' may not have worked out as an economic system, but it's a damn good definition of a family.

and with very good reason ... I apologize directly to SD for my lack of consideration and understanding. And I apologize to the other posters for my breach of etiquette. I was completely out of line on that. Thank you for your patience.

It is obvious from the name that he would not consider it playing? If this is a real thread, and not just some game designed to fire up a few posters, there are two things SD needs to learn, real fast: 1. Life is a struggle; bad things happen; productive adults learn to cope constructively; those who just whine are the burdens on society. 2. Everyone goes through a period when they feel like an outcast and a social misfit; the love and acceptance of our family and friends are what helps us through. You and your brother have a rougher road than a lot of people, but your wishing him dead is not going to improve it. Have you considered that your rejection could be contributing to his depression? That your hostility could be poisoning the family atmosphere? That you are being as great, if not a greater, burden on your family as your brother?

I actually got out my Inorganic Chemistry text for this [i thought I'd shot that thing years ago], and my general chemistry text, and my P-Chem Lab text, and I still can't find what I am looking for. The d orbitals are actually of a higher enery level that the s orbitals of the next highest energy level; a 4s oribital is filled before the 3d orbital. And d orbital have more complex geometry. But I can not find a simple explanation of why this means the transitionals are comparatively less reactive.

This sounds like a great assignment. But bias in science might not be the best topic; compiling quantitative data would be time-consuming. Voting v. age? What percent of each age groups actually votes? What effect this has on allocation of resources and social policy? Then the next step could be to study why certain age groups do not vote? Accretion of wealth? Wealth has not be increasing a quickly as income among non-WMs in the past decades; there will be lots of data on that and theories about why. I can feel you yawn. Something in life must really piss you off; design a study about that.

Ouch. I suppose I could argue that your inference that I assumed you ignorant is unwarranted, because in the context of a light-hearted thread ... or I could just say, 'I'm sorry, that came out wrong; I did not mean to insult you.' Here's another evidence of extremism on my part: I don't cede my right of way to someone driving an SUV, which is completely illogical because it results in them burning even more gas.

I am not implying that because female lions hunt and don't cook, human females should hunt and not cook. That makes almost as little sense as the OP. Bias in science effects not only what we looks for but very much how we preceive what we do see.

I have to go to work, I'll explain later.

I turn into an absolute gibbering, frothing-at-the-mouth, wild-eyed, fang-baring maniac when people introduce beliefs and opinions into an argument, without stating them as such. [i swear I actually get larger.] What really sets me off? Undeclared premises and non-legitimate inferences; I can get really mean about them. Oh, and ignorance of history; for example, IMM, testing someone before allowing them to register to vote was a 'Jim Crow' tactic. Also, my favorite joke is, 'I just have no use for intolerant people.' Sigh, no-one gets it, because it is so true about me.

But bias in science is no where more obvious than in descriptions of and assumptions about group dynamics. Quick, off the top of your head, describe the social structure of a pride of lions.