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Comment on: 'New UMass president, like predecessor, in line for sabbatical at full pay'
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Comment on: 'It wasn't supposed to end this way for Paterno'
Paterno was not "forced to resign" as the story states. He was fired. These are two different things. more »
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Forum Post: February 2011 Scavanger Hunt Contest?
I could be wrong but I'm almost certain that Teresa Hanafin is a PAID employee of boston.com. She is listed as "Director of User Engagement and Social Media." This is not a volunteer position. She do more »
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Forum Post: February 2011 Scavanger Hunt Contest?
It's been nearly a year since the February 2011 RAW contest. This was the first RAW contest I entered and I enjoyed it a lot. I worked on the project with my 12 year old son (who's almost 14 now). He more »
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Comment on: Are you taking too much vitamin D? - Boston.com
Another poorly-written hyperbolic story about health. This story contains two of the most common errors in this type of medical reporting. 1. Concluding from statements like "no studies exist to prove more »
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Comment on: 'Supermarkets start bagging self-serve checkouts'
This is unfortunate. The reason I shop at Stop & Shop and not Big Y is the self-serve checkout, coupled with handheld scanners. I can scan products as I buy them, toss them in my cart or bag and check more »
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Comment on: 'Biden: Flight 93 passengers, crew citizen-patriots'
Also, after hearing the officials today, including former presidents from both parties, endlessly further the illogical myth that the passengers purposely crashed the plane, I think the idea that 93 w more »
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Comment on: 'Biden: Flight 93 passengers, crew citizen-patriots'
Biggest myth now being solidified in history is that the passengers purposely crashed the plane to avoid it hitting Washington, D.C. It's a nice romantic idea, but goes against logic. They weren't try more »
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Comment on: 'One woman's reflections on going back to gray hair'
In the gallery of silver-haired celebrities John Stewart does not distinguished, he looks ill. Is he a smoker? His odd skin color and dark under eye circles give him the look of someone with lung canc more »
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Comment on: 'Framingham woman dies a day after cosmetic surgery'
A lot of things seem fishy here. A strip mall surgery "spa" run by a doctor not board certified in surgery with god knows what kind of staff and facilities. And now the MetroDaily News is reporting th more »
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Comment on: Red meat raises diabetes risk: how to lower it from Daily Dose
This is a deeply flawed study that by its own admission draws conclusions based on âobserved associations [that] do not necessarily mean causation.â There is no sound scientific study that shows t more »
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Comment on: 'Anne Hathaway, 30 next year, fearless about aging'
Seriously? She's 28 and a poster child for aging. What is wrong with this picture? more »
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Comment on: 'Northeastern takes offense at Forbes ranking'
The Forbes ratings are obviously deeply flawed. In addition to applying a four-year graduation standard, it depends on student comments from RateMyProfessors which is about as scientific as the web si more »
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Comment on: 'UMass health plan riles students'
A few facts might be enlightening. 1) Mass state law requires all college students at all schools, public and private, to have health insurance. They can provide their own or they can buy the insuranc more »
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Comment on: Clever alias, Whitey Bulger! - Creative Type's blog - Boston.com
Well aren't you brilliant. Get yourself a baby naming book. There are hundreds of names that are said to mean "free man." more »
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Comment on: 'Girl, 6, killed in rollover on turnpike'
mtcboston wrote: "Let alone seatbelts, those girls should have been in carseats." ===== Car seats are not used at age 5 or 6. Booster seats may be used to allow the regular car seat belt to fit better more »
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Comment on: 'Girl, 6, killed in rollover on turnpike'
Charged with "marked lanes violation and for not wearing a seat belt?" She should be charged with murder for putting two kids in the car without seat belts. I'm not "praying for her" because murderers more »
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Comment on: 'Embattled UMass chancellor demands inquiry into leak'
Celticpole -- The one thing a chancellor or president should do for his $375,000 a year his raise private money for the college from alumni and other private sources, like corporations. In the 21st ce more »
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Comment on: 'Tornadoes hit Western, Central Mass.'
This should be a lesson to people to take Watches and Warnings seriously. There were Tornado Watches posted for Western Mass. beginning around 1 p.m. and the first Warning, I believe, at about 3 p.m. more »
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Comment on: Losing Holub would be a blow to school,state - The Boston Globe
Wake up! Holub has almost no support on the UMass Amherst campus. Those coming to his defense are either 1) Anti-UMass on principle 2) Believing Holub's defense without knowing the facts or 3) Basing more »
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Comment on: 'UMass may cut Amherst chancellor loose'
People have asked what Holub did that was so bad. It's not really about race. That's just trotted out as an answer that was intended to be more palatable than saying the truth which is "he is a terrib more »
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Comment on: 'UMass may cut Amherst chancellor loose'
MassMaroon's post from 5/22 at 11:43 AM EDT is exactly accurate. This is the most accurate description of what is happening at UMASS and with the current Chancellor that has yet to appear. The people more »
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Comment on: 'UMass may cut Amherst chancellor loose'
Robert Holub was doomed from the start. He was brought in as the anti-John Lombardi, his wildly popular and successful predecessor who was axed when he didn't cow-tow to Jack Wilson. Where Lombardi wa more »
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Comment on: Now%20it%26%2339%3Bs%20time%20to%20say%20goodbye...
America's Next Great Restaurant was a miserable failure in a TV landscape where any reality show about America's next great something or chefs or restaurants competing for greatness seems to succeed. more »
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Comment on: 'Earned vs. honorary: Acquiring doctorate takes different avenues'
As usual Tracy Jan's facts are more than a little off. There was a protest in 2007 when Andrew Card was awarded an honorary degree at the UMass Amherst graduate school commencement. However, the prote more »
Hard-working staff at UMass are being refused tiny raises that are written into contracts because the state, supported by Caret, is not honoring the contracts. The same political hacks who cater to th more »