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5/13/2013

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1. For the 3% of the population that gets these jokes (though slightly higher in this community), this is hysterical.

2. The fascinating realism of academic fraud:

“There are scarce resources, you need grants, you need money, there is competition,” he said. “Normal people go to the edge to get that money. Science is of course about discovery, about digging to discover the truth. But it is also communication, persuasion, marketing. I am a salesman."

3. On GDP metric improvements:

But the head of a statistics agency would choose to invest in different things if his outside financial incentives tilted towards getting external donors and academics the GDP and MDG measures they want for their big reports. That’s not necessarily the information governments need to govern well.

4. Does saving the Isle Royale wolves undermine the nonintervention principle of wilderness?

5. Threats of politicians involved in academic peer-review? Not cool.

Hat tips: CB, NAJ, LCN, CP
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Camp meets coal

8/15/2012

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How far will Leave No Trace go? As a camp-for-lifer, I'm very much in favor of protecting the secluded environment around Camp Pennyroyal, but this position is easier to have because my livelihood does not depend on coal mining.
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The Supertrip

6/13/2009

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I'm now up in the woods of northern Wisconsin at my summer camp.  I'm surviving the cold June temperatures and persistent mosquitos in favor of planning my upcoming trip this summer. The Supertrip is a month-long advanced trip for the oldest campers.  It's only been done twice before , so we have the chance to invent the majority of the trip ourselves.  Here is a map of our route and sections. 

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The essence of Isle Royale National Park
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    Aine Seitz McCarthy

    International development, economics and some pretty ambitious ideas from a stubborn graduate student clinging to her sense of adventure.


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