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It's USincognito's 39 birthday this week tomorrow!!



Happy Birthday Old Man!

*waves to all*

*snuggles all*

gonebowling said:

Happy Birthday Old Man!

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Thanks, and you're right behind me buddy.

USincognito said:

Thanks, and you're right behind me buddy.

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Perhaps, but you'll always be closer to getting that senior discount than me.

Let's not talk about the fact that because of my gray hair I'm already regularly offered the senior discount.

*snuggles*

Happy Birthday, US! w00t!

Nightson said:

*waves to all*

*snuggles all*

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*waves and snuggles*

USincognito said:

Thanks, and you're right behind me buddy.

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*sigh* alas so am I US... It is coming quicker than I would like too... YIKES!!!

BigToe said:

*snuggles*

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*snuggles*

Where's the cake?

Willtor said:

Happy Birthday, US! w00t!

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Lilandra said:

Where's the cake?

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i eated it.

i want to eated it

But you can't had your cake and eated it too!

I got this in my e-mail and thought I'd share it with you guys. And there's plenty of cake left. I ordered a full sheet, but only had a few people take a piece. Get some before it goes stale!
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From the National Center for Science Education:

Dear Friends of NCSE,

Project Steve breaks the 800 barrier. Plus: a belated addendum to
last week's discussion of the global expansion of creationism, and a
problem with a few copies of the latest issue of Reports of the NCSE.

PROJECT STEVE: N > 800

With the addition of Steve Russell on April 24, 2007, NCSE's Project
Steve attained its 800th signatory. A tongue-in-cheek parody of a
long-standing creationist tradition of amassing lists of "scientists
who doubt evolution" or "scientists who dissent from Darwinism,"
Project Steve mocks such lists by restricting its signatories to
scientists whose first name is Steve (or a cognate, such as Stephanie,
Esteban, Istvan, Stefano, or even Tapani -- the Finnish equivalent).
About 1% of the United States population possesses such a first name,
so each signatory represents about 100 potential signatories. ("Steve"
was selected in honor of the late Stephen Jay Gould, a Supporter of
NCSE and a dauntless defender of evolution education.)

Although the idea of Project Steve is frivolous, the statement is
serious. It reads, "Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying
principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is
overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a
common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the
patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific
doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major
mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and
pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including
but not limited to 'intelligent design,' to be introduced into the
science curricula of our nation's public schools."

Highlights from the history of Project Steve include the original
press release, Glenn Branch and Skip Evans's description of the
project for Geotimes, the announcement that Steven W. Hawking was
Steve #300, the announcement (on St. Stephen's Day!) of Steve #400,
the publication of a front-page story on Project Steve in a leading
Canadian newspaper, the announcement of Steve #600, and the
announcement of Steve #700. And, of course, Project Steve proved to be
scientifically fruitful in its own right. "The Morphology of Steve,"
by Eugenie C. Scott, Glenn Branch, Nick Matzke, and several hundred
Steves, appeared in the prestigious Annals of Improbable Research; the
paper provided "the first scientific analysis of the sex, geographic
location, and body size of scientists named Steve."

For information about Project Steve, visit:
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ articles/ 3541_project_ steve_2_16_ 2003.asp

For the various highlights, visit:
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ articles/ 4023_the_ press_release_ 2_16_2003. asp
http://www.geotimes .org/may03/ column.html
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2003/ ZZ/751_hawking_ is_steve_ 300_4_21_ 2003.asp
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2003/ ZZ/244_project_ steve_update_ 12_26_2003. asp
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2005/ ZZ/154_project_ steve_in_ ottawa_2_ 24_2005.asp
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2005/ ZZ/657_project_ steve_n__ 600_9_16_ 2005.asp
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2006/ ZZ/634_announcin g_the_ncse_ 700_club_ 2_16_2006. asp

And for "The Morphology of Steve" (PDF), visit:
http://www.improb. com/airchives/ paperair/ volume10/ v10i4/morph- steve-10- 4.pdf

CREATIONISM GOING GLOBAL -- ADDENDUM

In the April 20, 2007, update's description of The Economist's article
on creationism' s global expansion, a somewhat misleading passage from
the article was quoted. The Economist referred to attempts of "school
boards in other parts of America to mandate curbs on the teaching of
evolution." Such attempts are rare, although informal pressures to
curtail the teaching of evolution are unfortunately common, as the
National Science Teachers Association noted in 2005. In the recent
past, most formal antievolution policies, proposed or implemented,
have instead either required or allowed a form of creationism to be
taught alongside evolution or attempted to instill scientifically
unwarranted doubts about evolution by, for example, describing it as
"just a theory." In the Kitzmiller disclaimer, both strategies were
visible.

For the story in The Economist, visit:
http://www.economis t.com/world/ displaystory. cfm?story_ id=9036706

For the NSTA's press release about its survey, visit:
http://www.nsta. org/pressroom& news_story_ ID=50377

For NCSE's previous story, supplemented with the foregoing addendum,
visit:
http://www.ncseweb. org/resources/ news/2007/ XX/394_creationi sm_going_ global_4_ 20_2007.asp

OOPS: RNCSE 26:4

A few copies of Reports of the NCSE, volume 26, number 4 -- with the
mudskipper on the cover -- were miscollated by the printer. Please
check your copy to make sure that all 48 pages appear in order and
with no repetitions. If you have a faulty copy, please let NCSE know,
ideally by e-mailing oops@ncseweb. org with your name and address, and
we will send you a replacement copy staightaway. And if you don't
subscribe to Reports --what are you waiting for?

For subscriptions to Reports of the NCSE, visit:
http://www.ncseweb. org/membership. asp

Thanks for reading! And as always, be sure to consult NCSE's web
site: http://www.ncseweb. org
where you can always find the latest news on evolution education and
threats to it.

So, 800 Steves represents about 80,000 total research scientists. Do they restrict the Steves to the related fields?

Willtor said:

So, 800 Steves represents about 80,000 total research scientists. Do they restrict the Steves to the related fields?

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LOL Willtor.. you crack me up...
and U.S.? pass the cake!

Willtor said:

So, 800 Steves represents about 80,000 total research scientists. Do they restrict the Steves to the related fields?

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From the Project Steve website:

NCSE said:

To see if you qualify, just answer the following simple questions:

• Are you named Steve, Stephen, Steven, Esteban, Etienne, or Stephanie?
• Do you have a Ph.D. in biology, geology, paleontology, or a related scientific field?
• Do you want the kind of success in life you always thought was reserved for the "other Steves"?

If you answered yes to all three of these questions, then you have what it takes to become an NCSE Steve!

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I bolded the part you were interested in.

Hmm. I don't have a Christian name yet.

Hmm.

Very nice. That's quite a lot.

/me vacuums and gets rid of the cobwebs.

Hey everyone! *snuggles*

*Achoo!*

I'll get coffee.