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As I understand it, inflationary theory makes a similar statement about the initial picosecond of inflation. I'm more interested in exploring the characteristics of redshift because of coordinate expansion versus the characteristics of redshift because of recession. Imagine the sun and the earth suddenly moving away from each other because of coordinate expansion so that in just a few picoseconds they are hundreds of thousands of light years apart. What would the redshift of the sun's like be? Is there a way to calculate the impact on the wavelength of the hydrogen emissions? Now imagine the sun and the earth are receding more slowly but over the course of a billion years. Eventually we are a hundreds of thousand light years apart. Is there a way to delineate which type of expansion occurred (slow expansion for a long time, or rapid expansion for an extremely short time) based on the redshift?

A creationist friend of mine is claiming that the reason we see distant starlight is because there was a rapid expansion of the universe at creation. The universe expanded for about 2 picoseconds to its present size, and lightwaves along with everything else were stretched. This, he says, explains the redshift of distant galaxies. The farther the galaxy, the more expansion had to have occured, the more redshift (stretched light) we see. Is there a way to test this idea? I'd imagine there's got to be a way to measure the spectral emissions of distant elements, note the redshift, and calculate what kind of expansion could have created this redshift and see if it correlates with the star's known distance. Anyone?

Kevin Trudeau's advice has killed many people.

Until you get it.

The_simpsons is right, norepinephrine is both a hormone and a neurotransmitter. Norepinephrine is released from nerve terminals as soon as the signal is sent (sympathetic autonomics), thus the response is virtually instantaneous. Most of the circulatory norepinephrine is spillover from sympathetic nerve endings, rather than from the adrenal medulla. The adrenal medulla is mostly geared towards epinephrine release (though something like 20% is norepi). During sympathetic stimulation, the adrenal medulla releases predominantly epinephrine, but the immediate affect is from the instantaneous release of norepi from nerve terminals. Hope that helps.

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That was a really good post, thank you.

Good, I am happy to hear your son is receiving benefit from the treatment. I am just asking you to be careful.

"A Population Based Study of Measles, Mumps and Rubella Vaccination and Autism." The New England Journal of Medicine (vol 347, p 1477). This study involved half a million kids. The incidence of autism in vaccinated children was not statistically different than the incidence of autism in unvaccinated children. That's a big sample. I understand that as a parent you have an emotional tie to the subject, but I want to encourage you to be careful about leting your guard down. Excercise your sense of skepticism just as you would with other subjects that you are not as emotionally involved with. You need to be able to approach the situation rationally and realistically without falling into the trap of false hopes which will let you down time and time again--and that's better for you and your child. Good luck in your searches.

The biggest hurdle would be convincing people the laser ruler is better than a conventional 6" piece of plastic which is by far more durable.

I'm a Christian and I rather agree with Dawkins attitudes and disdain for organized religion in modern society. Religion was a powerful tool for ancient societies in that it provided means for leaders to control the masses while simultaneously lending powerful explanatory power which satisfied human curiosity. In modern times religion has become largely irrelevant and even detrimental to society on the whole. An interesting dichotomy, I suppose, but a position I hold nonetheless.

Exactly. The name needs to be something people can remember and thats vastly different than the others. Religionsforum would undoubtedly have people trying to come back but ending up at religionforum.

That leaves philosophy the bastard child, though. That's why I suggested making up a word or name that can include either ;/

Hi Martin, I'm not ready to poll or narrow it down to just two choices yet, I'd rather just talk it out a little bit with everyone first. What about picking a word or phrase that has nothing to do with theology or philosophy directly--like one martin suggested? Something catchy--doesn't even have to be a "real" word. One of my friends suggested "thememepool.com" or "memetank.com" (see: meme). I rather like the latter.

So theologyforums.net?

Usually something related. Some of my friends went to dental/pharm school, others went on to PhD, PA, or masters programs. It's also extremely competitive because there aren't that many spots. Most people who got into medical school wouldn't even qualify. Plus, the attrition rate is terrible--over half drop out of the PhD program and just finish their medical degree. The MSTP (medical scientist training programs: MD/PhD or DO/PhD) programs are structured like this: 4 years undergrad 2 years medical school 2-3 years PhD depending on when you finish your thesis and defend it 2 more years medical school 3-7 year residency _______________ That's 13-19 years of school before you're out and working as a medical scientist. If you started college when you're 18 (as I did) and went straight through, the bare minimum (highly unlikely) that you'd finish by is age 31. 16 years is more likely, which would put me at 34 before my career even got off the ground.

I don't think the system is being overloaded. Though many college students start out premed, something like 75-80% don't make it. There is actually a projected physician shortage in the near future--many schools all over the country are increasing class size to help meet the demand in the next few decades. But I strongly agree that there just isn't enough people in research and development in medicine. The problem is that R&D just doesn't pay enough unless you've got your MD/PhD or DO/PhD (who wants to spend that long in school?) or you teach and research.

If other people think this is reasonable then I am all for it. You guys will have to figure out how to implement it.

As many of you have read, we're going to open a separate forum on a separate domain for philosophy and religion. Why? 1) Moderators are spending way too much time (capn mentioned 7/10 reported posts) sorting out who said what and why in the philosophy and religion forums. 2) The primary purpose of this site is not to be a philosophy and religion forum, and we are not currently equipped to manage it as such. 3) The moderating team here (and the admins) are largely uninterested in trying to manage it as such. We are a science forum--that's it. There is no perfect solution. So what we decided to do was to split the sites, but keep the same usernames/passwords. Everyone who is currently registered here will have their usernames and passwords already reserved on the new forum. Everyone who registers here in the future will automatically have a username and password on both forums. However, PMS, warnings, post counts, etc, will all be site specific. The link to philosophy/religion will remain here on the forums as it is--maybe some subfora links will be added. However, instead of going into the forum here on SFN, it will link out to the new philosophy/religion site where your current username and password will work. The plan is to have a new leadership team (some cross-over perhaps, if current leaders are interested), new rules, and new forums. Since many here are very involved with the forums in question, I think its only fair if we ask for your input on the new forum. We're doing this for you, might as well have it like you want it. First, we need to decide on a domain name. Presently, I own theologyboard.com and theologyforums.net. If you guys don't like either of these, I am quite willing to take suggestions if the suggested name is available (please check it before suggesting). Once a domain is decided, we can set up a forum over there to sort out how the fora should be set up. Again, if you're interested in the new forum please help us develop it and make it into something enjoyable for everyone.

When I look in the mirror I can't believe what I see Tell me, who's that funky dude Staring back at me

But you're not just paying extra so they can pay their malpractice. Your paying for that CT scan & the radiologists opinion that your primary physician knows you don't need, but needs to cover his tail in case you decide to sue him. Your paying for that nephrologist consult the internist did not need but did it anyways so that if the case went to court he wouldn't get nailed for not consulting a specialist. Physicians call it "defensive medicine", and it costs patients a lot of money.

I don't know why US healthcare is so "bad", but I know why it's so expensive.

You both have a couple of loose screws?

ROFL Sayonara, why do I see my ugly mug in your blog's gallery. That pic was supposed to be our little secret.

I'll see if I can't get the avatars back up tomorrow morning.