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		<title>Ambassador for the engineers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 03:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After writing about my experience manning a booth at a conference (geez&#8230;even how you work a booth at a conference can be phrased in male-centric terms), it has slowly dawned on me that there is another way to view the experience.  I was rather frustrated that people seemed surprised when they found out I was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3610&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I only wear goggles when swimming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently chatting with an acquaintance when they mentioned they had seen me in the local paper a while back. You were wearing goggles, right? No. Well, you did have a lab coat&#8230; No, I was actually wearing a sweater. I have had articles on my work run in the paper a couple times [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3543&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Between a rock and a soft (money) place</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:17:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been cogitating on another comment that showed up on a proposal review.  The general complaint was that we were funding too many staff and not enough students. I could see this&#8230;except for the fact that all but one of the people involved is on soft money.  This proposal was already being trimmed left and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3509&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fargo Marathon &#8211; 10k redux</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 03:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As several of you know, I had been training to attempt my first half-marathon this spring. Unfortunately, sometime in February, I ended up with some nasty shin splints that took forever to heal. At first, I didn&#8217;t think I&#8217;d be able to run at all, but things improved enough so that I had enough time [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3515&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And I wah-wah-wonder why&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:28:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mareserinitatis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been getting comments back on proposals I wrote last fall.  Most of them are really helpful, but there are a couple major head scratchers. There was one comment, however, that was just plain funny and managed to make it into the project summary. One of the reviewers simply asked, &#8220;Why?!&#8221; As our group was [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3511&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spacing out</title>
		<link>http://cherishthescientist.net/2013/05/05/spacing-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2013 17:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, having never been to Florida, I had one day to go exploring.  While Universal Studios was awfully tempting, I chose another location: Kennedy Space Center.  Rather than bore you with explanations, I&#8217;ll give you the photo tour.  (My husband graciously consented to be the model for several of these pictures&#8230;) The entrance (if [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3500&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Booth Babe</title>
		<link>http://cherishthescientist.net/2013/05/03/booth-babe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 05:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mareserinitatis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, before leaving for a conference, I posted the following on Twitter: So if I&#8217;m working our booth at the conference, does that make me a booth babe?(That IS a joke, BTW.) Now that I&#8217;m back, I realize that comment should&#8217;ve been taken as a bad omen.  I actually didn&#8217;t expect there to be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3495&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>fortnights per furlong</title>
		<link>http://cherishthescientist.net/2013/04/24/fortnights-per-furlong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently talking to a non-technical person who was interested in some of my work.  As we were discussing some of the specifics, he asked about a distance between two pieces of equipment. &#8220;Oh, it&#8217;s about a meter,&#8221; I responded.  I was met with a blank stare.  I thought for a moment then added, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3492&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I almost speak Greek</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 23:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working on my thesis, trying to do some debugging, when I discovered a discrepancy between two pieces of code.  Mike was standing nearby, and when I made that noise one makes when they discover something is afoot, he asked what was up. &#8220;There&#8217;s a difference between kappa in these two programs.&#8221; &#8220;What&#8217;s kappa?&#8221; [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3487&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Grammar gripes</title>
		<link>http://cherishthescientist.net/2013/04/11/grammar-gripes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 02:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really try not to hound people for their grammar or spelling.  It&#8217;s obvious, if you&#8217;ve spent any time reading this blog, that I&#8217;m prone to making errors, even when I do proofread an entry before posting.  Commas will show up for no good reason, I&#8217;ll swap your and you&#8217;re, and sometimes words will just [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=cherishthescientist.net&#038;blog=14575764&#038;post=3484&#038;subd=fciwypsc&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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