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I've seen a few articles on the subject. At the moment it is speculative, but there is some concern that the implied information transfer (the "entanglement" part) operates too fast. I.e. faster than the speed of light - and that's the "spooky" part. But since that fact is very tricky to...

Here's my three words: Sense of belonging. Human life is often characterized by loneliness and a sense of isolation. Some of the nut-case shooters and bombers do what they do because they feel isolated and alone. Terrorists see themselves as isolated in their little sub-groups, vying for...

In this case, the topic of your question was familiar to me - because I live here and HAVE lived here since I was "knee-high to a short duck" - as the Cajuns would say.

Bee, I have watched televised rugby and it translates very well in some specific ways. Obviously, the forward pass in American football is not mirrored in rugby, but I can see the roots of the game. You are right, the amateur or professional status makes a difference. However, the USMNT and...

Thanks for asking, but ... At the moment, Tropical Storm Barry is ill-formed and is more of a rain-maker than a wind-maker. We have a dry air mass feeding northeast to southwest from Alabama (where a high-pressure cell is currently centered), which kills what is normally the strongest side of...

The problem with "jobs" as athletes is that sporting events are part of the entertainment industry. That industry is noted for total screw-jobs so that the agents and the team owners get all the money they can. However, I don't believe that USA soccer for the national team falls in that exact...

I can't find the "huge disparity" article at the moment, but here is a link to the points being made in the women's team lawsuit. It's not a super-quick read but it is quite clear...

I saw an article elsewhere that I cannot reference for this discussion that suggests that the top men's starts in soccer get 100 million dollars whereas the top women's starts don't quite make it to 1 million dollars. Two orders of magnitude difference? They are not THAT good. They are not...

I think that perhaps 20 years ago there might have been some merit to the "limited talent pool" part of your argument, but I believe that argument has vanished over time. Rose Lavelle (who scored the 2nd goal in the finals match) is a member of the younger generation and a very strong addition...

New information (that was available only after the World Cup event was complete) is that the women's team had 20-30% more viewers than the men's team, which means that they brought in more revenue. Therefore, the counter-argument about the relative sizes of each viewing audience (which...

The FIFA World Cup Women's Final this weekend was a really good game. I don't claim to know a lot about the game of Soccer that you folks call Football, but I watched the USA women's team grind down the Netherlands team for a 2-0 win. The announcers often tossed up graphics like "shots on...

Glad to hear that has settled in a bit. Don't mess around with that exam. If you really have a DVT then that can be serious. Sounds like you have taken the job by the reins and led your department in a direction they weren't sure they wanted to go. It has been a while since I led a...

So another couple of months have passed. How's the job and how are your living arrangements? I would hope that by now, this part of your life has settled back down closer to a routine.

Could be worse... we could be French. What's that line from My Fair Lady? "The French don't care what they say as long as they pronounce it properly." Some of us actually do drink tea now and then. I guarantee that what I drink was never in Boston Harbor.

All of them, of course. I can assure you that the Continental Army left no airports in the hands of any non-Continental forces. :giggle:

For what it is worth, this development has now occurred. https://news.yahoo.com/manslaughter-charge-dropped-against-woman-065612597.html The local DA finally realized that it wasn't a good idea to pursue the charges. As he put it, "There are no winners, only losers in this sad ordeal." The...

I honestly think that in this specific case, if he had been ANY type of politician at all, he would never been elected. His "charm" (???????) comes from the fact that he was / is clearly a political outsider. I think the country was tired of the "same-old same-old" political shenanigans that...

Obama was an appeaser; Trump is not. That's the biggest difference that jumps out at me.

At some point, this situation will reach a court test where the Alabama law is recognized as an excessive burden (the current standard, if I recall the phrase correctly) on a woman's ability to obtain an abortion. SCOTUS does not, however, normally make original rulings, so a case will have to...

After thinking about this for a while, I realized what must REALLY be at play from the strict legal viewpoint. Note that this is NOT from any kind of morality or fairness viewpoint. The woman apparently attacked someone and persisted to the point that her victim feared for her life or feared...