Amentep

From what I understand, college tuition is up in the US. But a large part of that is state legislatures or private organizations decreasing their funding to them (either in real decreases, or effective decreases by not keeping up with inflations). I know there have been several severe cuts to the college system here over the years. Textbooks I don't have information on, but since there is, I believe an oligopoly within textbook production (while there are textbooks from multiple companies, I believe there are just three companies involved in the field and the multiple companies are just arms of one of these) they've always tended to be high. That said a number of universities are working to open source course materials to decrease this cost on students.

Old thread: Last few posts: There hasn't been any updates recently that i've seen (last was last year), but the official site says its due this year (my guess December if it doesn't slip).

G. Gordon Liddy

It's a problem- everyone loves a good party.

I imagine 30 min is a sweet spot for length in the recommendation algorithm.

I think most of the "Official State _________" are just publicity things Maryland's Official Dance is the square dance and sport is Jousting. My life didn't change knowing that. As for partisan politics, G. Washington probably had it right in his farewell address. "The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism." Although with limited communication choices in the late 1700s, a party was probably the only way to organize a coherent national platform for national elections.

I dunno, I think the European Badger's just have better press agents.

Ah, I thought he was the actor who played Rom.

THE PERFECT MATE (TNG)- Why can't the computer, which apparently can track every crewman, keep people who aren't part of the crew from traveling willy-nilly all over the ship? Why are there civilians on the ship (other than to have rowdys around for the one scene)? Tim O'Connor and Famke Jansen are good in their respective roles, and Picard and Beverly get some good scenes as well. One of the dramatic episodes that actually has some pretty decent drama in it.

<star trek>Nobody had a Beastie Boys CD with 'Sabotage' on it handy</star trek>

Maybe it'll be a Kaiju shooting skybeams out of its eyes. (Yes I know what it appears to be)

Beverly Cleary

Larry McMurtry

It's not a direct follow-up (only the actors for The Wall, Flagg, Quinn, and Boomerbutt return) and I think giving the mixed reputation of the original, the title is an attempt at a fresh start. I imagine ties to the original film will be few if not entirely non-existant.

I'm just a subscriber (I don't want to see him in court!)

There's an ad now by one of these stupid semi-anonymous PACs telling us we should be thanking our benevolent overlords elected officials for 'saving the integrity of the vote'. But, the Gov, Lt Gov and Secretary of State said there was no voter fraud. So why are we changing laws to "prevent the rampant voter fraud"? Well apparently its not because there *was* voter fraud, but because people *feel* there was fraud, so the laws need to be changed so that these people with the *feels* can return to confidence in the election process. Despite the fact that the only reason the *feel* there was fraud was that people lied to them and told them there was voter fraud. Which the Gove, Lt. Gov and Secretary of State said there wasn't. Its quite possibly the dumbest political theater I've seen. Its a solution searching for a problem, as one pundit here put it.

As I understand it (not lawyer/not legal advice) you have a legal right to ring a doorbell, and then a legal obligation to leave if no one answers or they ask you to leave in the US. So provided he didn't have to get behind a posted no trespassing sign or gate or something, I would doubt it could count as trespassing, even if the police ended up being called. Only time I had a package knowingly delivered to somewhere else, it ended up at an abandoned property(!) so it wasn't a big issue for us to retrieve it.

I just watched the film again not long ago. Transported me back to the 80s (alas, only figuratively).

Will the militia require them to learn how to use the gun and gun safety? What if a person doesn't perform to the expected level in the militia, can they be kicked out? Questions, questions...

George Segal