Posts by Amy Gale
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Or searched Google Scholar for any citations
Excuse me, I just have to pop away and do something....
"How I learned that my most significant contribution to science was being people's friend in grad school, with 'offering useful feedback' a close second", by Amy Gale aged thirty*mumble*
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There are probably students that did the entire first year of University maths, and came out knowing less than what you've told me.
In fairness, I don't recall that being in the first year maths curriculum (second year, yes). Then again, since a) I took the Keller method versions of the first year papers, and b) beer is yummy, I suppose it could have been there somewhere.
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So am I the only person thus far who has owned up to having a science degree? Yes, I think I am.
Oh, I have one, several even. Somewhere. In the filing cabinet I think.
To answer someone's earlier question: I think we started calling it 'uni' when we started watching Neighbours.
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Oh, and you know how in NZ having lots of prescription costs in one year means you qualify for a special lower rate? In the US, it means that you exhaust your "prescription drug benefit" and have to pay the full price for everything until the end of the financial year.
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The last thing healthcare over here needs is more direct govt involvement with a public option, there are very good and viable ways of helping those who need med insurance but can’t afford it without actual govt involvement in the marketplace.
The framing of the debate in this country is literally sickening.
They don't need "med insurance". They need HEALTH CARE. Med insurance is just a mechanism - a failed, expensive[*], disgusting mechanism - for possibly achieving health care if you're lucky enough.
[*] Some numbers, for those back in the old country: my health insurance costs somewhat north of 7k/year. It imposes copays on absolutely everything, at varying rates. For one example, my ongoing prescription costs $300-350/month, of which my copay is $40. New Zealand, via Pharmac, pays a bit over $53 all up for the same thing. (All prices in USD). This is Blue Cross/Blue Shield, mind - it insures an order of magnitude more people than the population of New Zealand. Private companies are more efficient? Pfft.Nonetheless, you'd better believe that I am one of the lucky ones. Until I get sick and my insurance company boots me, anyway.
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True. Well, they kinda admitted to a mistake, in a quite laughable way:
Editor's Note: This version corrects the original editorial which implied that physicist Stephen Hawking, a professor at the University of Cambridge, did not live in the UK.
They're probably holding off on making a full apology until they see his UK birth certificate. The long form.
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And yes, it might well be cheaper for me to buy the raincoats myself and pop down to the school and hand them out, but seriously, how many people are going to do that? Surely one organisation to centralise it is better.
I absolutely disagree. Compare it to a food bank. You can give food to food banks, or you can give money. They are pleased to get either, but they can buy more food per dollar than you can so you get more bang for your buck by giving them cash.
If a food bank had less buying power than I had, I'd give them food instead. If they only wanted money and not food at all, I'd find someone else to give my money to.
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Here is my question:
Can a person who gives money to KidsCan expect it to go further than it would if the person just spent that money buying some raincoats and gave them to the local decile 1 school for distribution?
(disclaimer: I don't currently live in NZ and I don't expect to be donating to KidsCan either way.) -
Also, I think Rutherford made such a contribution that NZ is in credit on "producing great physicists" for the next couple of hundred years.
Pfft, anyone would think that there wasn't at least one young kiwi physics star right here talking to us.
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Us ice hockey people care about socks.
Yeah, but when you hang them on the washing line your flatmates are all "ooo, Amy's got legwarmers".