Bill Moorier

course not ... "mother of all sports moms" http://www.miamiherald.com/opi..." 09092008 - Scott Moskowitz via twhirl

Well, it's very cold there, so we can negate the conclusion of the title outright. Nonetheless, I take their point. - j1m

Well the punchline was about Icelanders being *Africans* at heart. Interestingly the World Values Survey doesn't seem to get to much of Africa, but in 2003, Nigeria was at the top of the list of happiest countries, though lower in the list on the "subjective well-being" question. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/afr..., http://thehappinessshow.com/Ha..., etc. I don't suppose we'll see an ad campaign for Nigeria saying that it's "like Iceland - but WARMER!" - Karim

maybe the equation must be read backwards? e.g. highest birth rate is not the cause of being happy, but a consequence. - 9000

"One of the related videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Um... wow. I really didn't expect her voice to sound like that." - Bill Moorier

"One of the related videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Um... wow. I really didn't expect her voice to sound like that." - Bill Moorier

"One of the related videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v... Um... wow. I really didn't expect her voice to sound like that." - Bill Moorier

"I do - I'm British. I don't recall ever having to fill-out any medical paperwork until I moved to the US." - Bill Moorier

"I do - I'm British. I don't recall ever having to fill-out any medical paperwork until I moved to the US." - Bill Moorier

"I do - I'm British. I don't recall ever having to fill-out any medical paperwork until I moved to the US." - Bill Moorier

"I have used both systems many times, having lived in Britain (27 years) and in the US (5 years). My wife has too - she's half French, half American. Grew up in France and now lives here in the US. Take it from me, compared to the healthcare systems of both Britain and France, the healthcare "system" in the US *sucks*." - Bill Moorier

"I have used both systems many times, having lived in Britain (27 years) and in the US (5 years). My wife has too - she's half French, half American. Grew up in France and now lives here in the US. Take it from me, compared to the healthcare systems of both Britain and France, the healthcare "system" in the US *sucks*." - Bill Moorier

"I have used both systems many times, having lived in Britain (27 years) and in the US (5 years). My wife has too - she's half French, half American. Grew up in France and now lives here in the US. Take it from me, compared to the healthcare systems of both Britain and France, the healthcare "system" in the US *sucks*." - Bill Moorier

"I'm British, living in America with my wife, who's spent about half her life in France and half in the US. Healthcare sucks *much* worse in the US than either Britain or France." - Bill Moorier

"I'm British, living in America with my wife, who's spent about half her life in France and half in the US. Healthcare sucks *much* worse in the US than either Britain or France." - Bill Moorier

"I'm British, living in America with my wife, who's spent about half her life in France and half in the US. Healthcare sucks *much* worse in the US than either Britain or France." - Bill Moorier

"> What if that guy was on his way to the doctor's office and > only had enough cash in his account to cover the visit? Pay to visit a doctor? In the UK? Strange idea." - Bill Moorier

"> What if that guy was on his way to the doctor's office and > only had enough cash in his account to cover the visit? Pay to visit a doctor? In the UK? Strange idea." - Bill Moorier

"> What if that guy was on his way to the doctor's office and > only had enough cash in his account to cover the visit? Pay to visit a doctor? In the UK? Strange idea." - Bill Moorier

"If I was building a system like Google Maps, I would have some code that would send me an alert for any search being run where the length of the computed route was greater than some multiple of the Euclidean distance between the start and end points. I wonder if Google do have a system like that, or if they had to wait for someone to email them with the problem." - Bill Moorier

"If I was building a system like Google Maps, I would have some code that would send me an alert for any search being run where the length of the computed route was greater than some multiple of the Euclidean distance between the start and end points. I wonder if Google do have a system like that, or if they had to wait for someone to email them with the problem." - Bill Moorier

"If I was building a system like Google Maps, I would have some code that would send me an alert for any search being run where the length of the computed route was greater than some multiple of the Euclidean distance between the start and end points. I wonder if Google do have a system like that, or if they had to wait for someone to email them with the problem." - Bill Moorier

"Evidence is also pretty clear that standardized test measure nothing useful. When kids perform poorly on any given test, year after year, even through multiple curriculum reforms, we have to start taking our attention to the test itself as part of the problem. Kids who are taught using understanding-based instruction (what you call "new math") are shown to perform exceptionally better on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, such as the MAC, for instance. However, they do less well on tests, like the STAR test, that measure rote skills (memorization, and robot-like thinking, what you call "standard methods"). So, which test do you want your kids to out-perform on?" - Bill Moorier

"Evidence is also pretty clear that standardized test measure nothing useful. When kids perform poorly on any given test, year after year, even through multiple curriculum reforms, we have to start taking our attention to the test itself as part of the problem. Kids who are taught using understanding-based instruction (what you call "new math") are shown to perform exceptionally better on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, such as the MAC, for instance. However, they do less well on tests, like the STAR test, that measure rote skills (memorization, and robot-like thinking, what you call "standard methods"). So, which test do you want your kids to out-perform on?" - Bill Moorier

"Evidence is also pretty clear that standardized test measure nothing useful. When kids perform poorly on any given test, year after year, even through multiple curriculum reforms, we have to start taking our attention to the test itself as part of the problem. Kids who are taught using understanding-based instruction (what you call "new math") are shown to perform exceptionally better on tests that measure mathematical reasoning, such as the MAC, for instance. However, they do less well on tests, like the STAR test, that measure rote skills (memorization, and robot-like thinking, what you call "standard methods"). So, which test do you want your kids to out-perform on?" - Bill Moorier

"[Disclaimer: I have a PhD in math and my girlfriend is a 4th grade math teacher] Teaching kids to multiply as fast as calculators will neither help them pick up chicks, nor get jobs. Teaching kids how numbers actually work will at least get them jobs. In any case, anyone who thinks that curriculum design is at the root of public school problems needs to give me some of what they've been smoking." - Bill Moorier

"[Disclaimer: I have a PhD in math and my girlfriend is a 4th grade math teacher] Teaching kids to multiply as fast as calculators will neither help them pick up chicks, nor get jobs. Teaching kids how numbers actually work will at least get them jobs. In any case, anyone who thinks that curriculum design is at the root of public school problems needs to give me some of what they've been smoking." - Bill Moorier

"[Disclaimer: I have a PhD in math and my girlfriend is a 4th grade math teacher] Teaching kids to multiply as fast as calculators will neither help them pick up chicks, nor get jobs. Teaching kids how numbers actually work will at least get them jobs. In any case, anyone who thinks that curriculum design is at the root of public school problems needs to give me some of what they've been smoking." - Bill Moorier

"I'm originally from the UK, and have lived in the US for three years. I have to agree with dogger. Before I came to the US I hadn't written a check in almost a decade. Now there are a bunch of things for which I have no alternative. Particularly annoying is the water company. They will let you pay online rather than with a check, but if you pay online they charge you a $2.50 "convenience fee"! When I opened my account with Washington Mutual the teller asked me how many checks I would require. I said I didn't think I would need any, but he replied that that wasn't an option. I had to order a minimum number of checks to open the account, and I had to *pay* for the checks." - Bill Moorier