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Archive for July 31st, 2010

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

In which I make a rattling departure from the libertarian reservation

By Thoreau
Reading about the earthquakes in Iran, I see extensive damage from earthquakes below magnitude 6, and the article notes 5 digit casualties from a magnitude 6.6 in 2003.  Living in California, with very different building codes, I’ve experienced a magnitude 5.5 earthquake pretty close to the epicenter and I was never in any danger.  [...]

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Who will grade the graders?

By Thoreau
As some context, while most raises at my school are either cost of living increases (given to all faculty across the board) or promotion increases (given when promoted to Associate Professor or full Professor) there are small merit increases given to full Professors.  They aren’t very big, and I don’t know if they’re still [...]