Nightingale

I'd like to see Badnarik run again. I don't think I could bring myself to vote for Hillary or Jeb. Actually, I know I couldn't.

Your question seemed like you were just curious about why someone would go through IVF and egg donation when there are quite a few kids waiting to be adopted.

I think with regards to the death penalty, there is really no way to completely remove human emotion and conscience from the jurors, and it's that humanity that plays a large part in the unequal application of capital punishment. I don't think it's something that can ever be applied completely fairly and without emotion. It's the nature of capital punishment itself that inserts flaws in the system.

If it was strictly about protecting society from him and not about him at all, we wouldn't have a penalty phase where families of accused and victims are allowed to make emotional statements. The structure of the process itself seems to counter your argument.

That is exactly the reason why we have two different phases of a death penalty trial. The guilt phase and the penalty phase. Jurors do not have to consider that the person might be executed when they agree on a verdict, because if jurors had no option, if guilty = death, many people would be tempted to hege the verdict to not guilty because they don't want someone's death on their own conscience. Regardless of my personal feelings on the death penalty, in Moussaoui's case, I'd recommend life, because he WANTS to die. If you want something, and society gives it to you, that's not a punishment. We make him a martyr and potentially set ourselves up for more attacks. If we throw him in a jail cell away from reporters and cameras, he'll simply be forgotten, which seems to be his greatest fear.

I was adopted, and I've heard about everything my parents had to go through to get my brother and me. Adoption can be a major legal can of worms and hoops that people don't want to jump through. They have to go through several home visits, depending on the agency, sometimes wait years for a child, and sometimes even have the heartbreak of having a child placed with them and then reclaimed by the birth parents, especially in cases where the birth mother did not inform the father that he had fathered a child. I think many people remember the case of Jessica DeBoer/Anna Schmidt. Couples struggling with fertility issues have many stressful problems already, and I completely understand not wanting to risk adoption. Personally, I'd probably adopt, but as an adoptee, my perspective is different than that of many prospective parents. There are many complex legal and emotional issues involved, and in some cases, the cost of lawyers can be higher than the cost of invitro, depending on the couple's individual circumstances. Also, many couples try invirto first, and if that doesn't work (and many times it doesn't), they then consider adoption. The choice of whether to have a child, and how to have that child, is a very personal one that each individual couple must make for themselves.

No, I don't think it's ethically wrong at all (unless you have issues with invitro in general, which it doesn't sound like you do). I was adopted, so, from my perspective, genetics aren't important at all. What makes a family is love and caring, not DNA. Doesn't matter if there's kids out there with your DNA, as long as they're happy, well cared for and wanted. If someone is going through all the trauma of fertility treatment, usually, that kid is REALLY wanted. My friend donated her eggs to her aunt, and her aunt had a beautiful little girl. My friend's take on it was "biologically, I guess she's my daughter, but really, she's only my cousin." I guess the way to look at is that a child conceived with your eggs is a child you helped another woman to have, not your child that another woman carried. It's her child; you're just providing a bit of valuable assistance.

If you were getting in earlier, you could take the bus, but the last one leaves riverside transit (you'd need a taxi to get there) at 7:28. Bus drops off about two blocks from the dropzone. Other than that or bribing a local jumper into coming to get you, I don't know. if you get really stuck you can take a taxi, but that'll probably be pretty pricey.

Can't go wrong with nikon. Find out what she wants. Chances are she already knows. Take her birdwatching and ask "what kind of camera and lens would you need to take a picture of that bird?"

Ignore the professor and learn the material from the book. Find some people in your class and form a study group. Give the professor the lousy review he deserves on the course evaluations. Don't ever take his class again.

Have a teddy bear (vermont teddy bears are good) delivered to the hotel room while you're there, or have it sent to the hotel and get management to put it on the bed before you arrive. Going somewhere is really nice, but it's also nice to have something to hang on to, even if it's just a little something.

And if parents did teach them accurately and thoroughly, schools wouldn't have to.

Out of curiosity: Do pilot rigs contain ram airs or rounds? Do pilots have any training on how to fly and land a parachute, or just a plane? Is how to use a parachute included in the requirements for a pilot's license? Do they have mains and reserves like we do? or just one parachute like some BASE rigs? If they have a main and reserve, do they do cutaway drills like we do? I've seen a pilot's rig, but I didn't get a close look at it. The questions above probably seem pretty dumb, but your question got me wondering what kind of parachute training most pilots get and I really don't have a clue.

I think they probably get it; they just don't care.

Unfortunately, many parents aren't comfortable talking to their kids about sex, beyond "don't do it until you're married." In that situation, if kids aren't taught sex-ed properly and accurately by their school, they'll learn it from their friends in the locker room, and they'll probably learn it wrong. The problem with not teaching proper birth control in schools is that many kids will only get the abstinance message from schools and parents (remember that big push for "abstinance only" education?). The problem here is that some kids are going to have sex anyway. If they don't have accurate information about birth control, they usually end up pregnant, which can be a problem for society as a whole. When students are not educated about ways to prevent pregnancy, they hear stuff like this from their friends: # You can't get pregnant if it's your first time. # Jumping up and down immediately after intercourse will prevent conception. # Douching with Coca-Cola or 7-Up will kill whatever sperm the process doesn't wash away. # It's impossible to get pregnant if you have sex during your period. # After intercourse, a hot bath or a heating pad on the stomach prevents conception. # As long as neither party takes off their underpants, no babies will result. # Taking 20 Aspirin right after will halt conception from taking place. # Provided you do it standing up or with the girl on top, the sperm will never reach the egg. # As long as he pulls out before he ejaculates, the girl can't get pregnant # Sneezing after sex prevents pregnancy. Although the list is from a website, I heard most of this from other students when I was in high school. Of course, everything on the list is totally false. An interesting figure: out of every 100 women whose partners use withdrawal (including adults using the "rhythm method"), 19 will become pregnant during the first year. That's about 1 person out of 5.

For call ins, they have you call on friday night to find out if you have to report on monday morning. They can have you call back every day that week until thursday night and the last day you could have to show up (if you don't get picked for a jury that day, of course) is the friday morning the week after you made your first call-in. A lot of times they'll release you at some point during the week, though. I've been a call-in juror four or five times, and I've only had to call in all week twice.

Ugh. The only time I'll use speakerphone waiting for someone to pick up is when someone like Edison or SBC has me on hold. I don't want to sit there holding the phone to my ear for an hour waiting for a human to answer. Speakerphone lets you go about your business while waiting. Putting a call on speakerphone when it's ringing and you know the person is either going to pick up or send you to voice mail is just silly unless you have your hands full or something.

Well said. I don't support capital punishment, but I agree with the rest of what you said. The defendant's behavior in the courtroom should not affect the jurors' evaluation of the evidence. They need to draw a logical conclusion, not an emotional one.

5 business days, usually. I'm in the call-in program myself.

That's a really interesting proposal, and it might work. What I'm uncertain about is the requirements on the health insurance companies to provide insurance that the government agrees to be "affordable".

Sounds like you forgot to breathe. A full face helmet takes care of the cold and the wind, but you can't wear one until you're off student status. Honestly, if you do AFF, you'll have so much to think about you really won't notice the cold. Or, just wait until it's a bit warmer.

#2. More interesting than 1, and 3 looks like the guy's in trouble.

um... It looked to me like he was referring specifically to the people who try to legislate, not because something is harmful, but simply because they don't like it. I didn't see any reference to republicans, only to a specific group that tends to be right wing.

I don't get it either. I think it's coming from people being afraid/uncomfortable with what they don't understand, and because it makes them uncomfortable/afraid, they don't want to see it, so they outlaw it.

You too! maybe this time we'll actually get to jump together.