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"I can't recommend the Roche biochemical pathways posters enough. (I have them, and they're gorgeous.) They'll actually send them to you for free: Click on the "contact Roche" link at the bottom of the Expasy page, and you'll be taken to..." [
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6 days ago
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"Several observations:
-If you are switching formulation as well as brand, that's a recipe for screwing things up. Different hormone formulations work different ways - Ortho TriCyclen, for example, has different levels of hormones every week,..." [
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8 days ago
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"If you were responding to demonstrated curiosity on the kids' part (when I was their age, I read a lot about divorce so that I could understand what was going on in my family, and thus had some understanding of alimony and child support), that might..." [
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Last month
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"This isn't the first time Vatican astronomers have spoken out on the topic, or that Metafilter has discussed it. Ignoring the LOLXTIANS stuff (which is always especially frustrating when the basic facts are wrong - Catholics are pretty damn far from..." [
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3 months ago
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"I do think creasy boy is incorrect regarding your ability to work: I know that my Aufenthaltserlaubnis is dependent on my being a student, and has precisely the work limitations you mention above. Note that these do not apply to things like..." [
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4 months ago
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"Get out. Don't spend most of your time alone in your room: that only gives you more time to mope and obsess over your problems. Become a regular at a local coffeehouse, develop a book habit, wander around the city a little - not the busy center,..." [
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5 months ago
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"I tend to think that SSRIs probably don't do much but allow the depression suffers and those around them sleep easier knowing they are being "proactive" in the problem.
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5 months ago
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"Whatever you do, don't decide to delay dealing with the problem because now you're feeling fine. I did that for quite a long time with my depression and panic attacks: "Oh, well, obviously _this_ time I've pulled myself together." Which..." [
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6 months ago
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"A few of the better authors and books I can think of off the top of my head:
Ursula LeGuin (The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, The Lathe of Heaven).
Joan D. Vinge (Winter Queen/Summer Queen, the Cat books).
Maria Doria Russell (The..." [
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6 months ago
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"When I first heard the Shaggs, I thought "Wow, this is like rock played by people who've only read about rock." As Joseph Gurl says, they were very good at what they did. A great anecdote: the sound engineer reported that while being..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by GalaxieFiveHundred, GaelFC
7 months ago
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"I...
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Wow. I'm glad I'm not the guy holding up the PCR machine though; last time we moved things around in the lab, ours were fairly heavy.
(I do have to say: more spontaneous expressions of science geekery, like the classic Protein..." [
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7 months ago
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"Is it a good idea? As long as you like it. It certainly isn't hurting anyone else, and if people socially shun you because of your choice of clothes, were they really worthwhile to begin with? Is it going to make you look like a poseur or..." [
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7 months ago
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"Like BuddhaInABucket, I've been using it [and similar-sounding 'words' like gah, bah, feh, bleh, blah, nargh, blargh and pleh] with friends for years. I sporadically try out new variations. Because everyone needs more words that express..." [
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8 months ago
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"maryh - no, no, that's St. Anthony. Though I've always preferred St. Jude (patron saint of lost causes.)" [
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9 months ago
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"There are a lot of threads regarding what to do in Boston; most of them aren't aimed specifically at "falling in love" with the city, but most of them do offer a lot of things to do that might help. These are just the first I dug up; check..." [
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10 months ago
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"Speaking of hurdy-gurdies and authentic medieval sounds, groups like Corvus Corax, Cornix Maledictum, Schelmish, Varius Coloribus, and Wolfenmond play primarily medieval secular music ["Mittelaltermusik"], often constructing their own..." [
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10 months ago
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"Because the pain of physical harm is simpler than emotional pain, and more immediate. When you're in pain, the answer is simple: stop it, and the pain goes away in the end. Compared to psychological pain, it makes much more sense, and is much..." [
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11 months ago
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"The most - the most - it makes any sense to do is say "Hey, I heard this stuff can affect your blood pressure, have you and your doctor discussed that?"
- "Potential side effects" doesn't mean "side effects that she will..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by ilsa, gaspode
Last year
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"Seconding what others have said: it may be drama, but it may be depression. If the former, yeah, that's rather a pain to deal with, and it'd be a good idea to tell them that it's bothering you a little - in a compassionate way. But I'd ask that..." [
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favorited 2 times, recently by lunachic, Serena
Last year
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"Edgewise: Sorry, the JSTOR articles might not be visible unless you're at an institution with subscriptions - forgot about that. The key's to look at the conclusions - for example, in the last one [the masculine/feminine woman one], they said that..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by klangklangston, BrotherCaine, kensanway
Last year
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"Edgewise: As I've said before here, it's not that we're not willing to admit that "men and women may have some innate behavioral and cognitive differences, just as we have physical ones." Rather, because of the fact that there are..." [
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Last year
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"valentinepig: Several of those proposed adulterants are pretty unlikely: ether is a [very flammable] solvent that evaporates pretty quickly and has a very noticeable odor. Plus, given its anaesthetic history, it's unlikely to be the cause of..." [
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"dragonsi55: regarding chirality, it's not the case that "chemical vat products tend to produce equal amounts of both twists." Truth is that for many compounds, chiral syntheses are available; even if they aren't, there are often ways that..." [
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Last year
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"I Foody, it's pretty well-accepted that bias plays a role in the hiring disparity between genders. There's a good paper that I can't seem to find right now, wherein identical apps were sent to psychology depts. under male or female names, for..." [
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favorited 3 times, recently by cytherea, cybercoitus interruptus, jb
Last year
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"Listen to everyone else above. Their advice is right on:
1. Take a medical leave now. It's pointless spending time and money sitting in your room and being suicidal. Get your therapist to help, talk to counselors/counseling deans at your..." [
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Last year
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"When entering college, I could have described myself rather similarly - very very shy, uncomfortable in large crowds, easily depressed, too apologetic, some asperger's-like characteristics. I decided to present myself differently - I created a..." [
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"Baby_Balrog: recommendations to take a withdrawal don't necessarily come because they're a way for anonymous to save his/her GPA. We're also not suggesting that they waste their chance at higher ed. Far from it. The problem is that fighting..." [
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"It also sounds like your friend thinks that mutations consist [solely or at least primarily] of changes in chromosome number. Those changes do occur [and they occur with some frequency in certain kinds of plants] but much of evolution consists of..." [
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"Not all stepfamilies become happy, successful new families, unfortunately, but you don't want to be stumbling around in a fog of resentment for the next ten years. From the point of view of someone who was a kid in a similar situation:
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"I have a hard fought conviction that one should work through these sorts of problems on one's own, that learning how to regulate your emotions and stabilize your life is a central part of what it means to be human.
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favorited 5 times, recently by Adelwolf, melorama, jeanmari, Space Kitty, damn dirty ape
Last year
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"1) Make sure you do something while you're at home. Take some classes - maybe classes at a nearby art school, or community college classes. Consider having a minor part-time job on the side, if you can. Basically, you want to make sure you still..." [
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"Man, whether or not the people you're dealing with deserve to be "brutally bitch-slapped", you're planning to do something very stupid. Can she fail you for being an asshole over email? No, and if she does, you can complain to the..." [
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"As with everyone else, very visible changes made a difference. Way back during high school, words like "meek" and "nerdy" described me very well. I spent the summer before college doing research in another city; during that time,..." [
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Last year
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"You need to get yourself to a real piercer and quite possibly a doctor. I've had some piercings that had trouble healing [including double cartilage piercings in an ear], but infection and pain that spreads as far as my mouth?! Find some real body..." [
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Last year
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"zaebiz: while use of psychedelics does run the risk of resulting in a bad trip, people who use them regularly [or start to use them under the guidance of someone else who does] tend to be able to set things up in such a way that they can minimize..." [
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Last year
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"A note on spraying versus silkscreening - you may have find that you're more limited color-wise with spraypaint. I've found it very difficult to get light colors to show up on a dark shirt. With silkscreen, you can do a layer of white and then a..." [
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favorited 1 time, recently by somethingclever
Two years ago
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"Previous threads about screenprinting and silkscreening. I listed a bunch of basic tips here;
if you don't find enough information in those threads and their external links, feel free to email me [address in profile] for further..." [
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Two years ago
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"A question - is the "Contributions from [username] have been saved as favorites [foo] times" line not supposed to appear if no one has saved any of your comments as favorites? I'm not seeing it in my profile. The other categories..." [
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