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Name: Claudia
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User ID: 36
User since: September 10, 2004
User last visit: 02:20PM on August 27
E-mail: cnavarro10@hotmail.com
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TheClaw has posted 13 links and 59 comments on Alkaline Earth since September 10, 2004.
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2008 Feb 12 11:54 (#3736): In anticipation, here's a thanks.
2006 Oct 01 04:03 (#2970):
2006 Sep 24 11:46 (#2955):
2006 Sep 22 03:44 (#2953):
2006 Sep 20 01:32 (#2949): Waffles:
2005 Sep 15 10:43 (#2009):
2005 Aug 24 06:20 (#1946):
2005 Jun 28 02:53 (#1774): Where the White Women at?
2005 Feb 15 05:58 (#1334): Ronaldinho videos.
2004 Dec 16 01:21 (#1096): The poor man
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2008 Aug 21 11:46 (#3970.11800):I agree natedogg, Bolt is amazing. Good name too. I was disappointed he stopped trying in the last 20 m of the 100 m dash, but he left himself plenty of room for improvement.
My other favorite is Michael Phelps and his 7th gold medal photo finish (and his mom's reaction to that).
NBC Olympics is actually pretty good with the videos (easy to find what you are looking for) but you do have install a little script and I couldn't get it to work on my work laptop with Firefox (but it might be a work thing).
2008 Jul 16 02:50 (#3925.11618):I was one of the Fink female students. I was actually a PhD track engineer that had a lab in the physics department. I never really felt like I was biased against because I was a girl. There were always the finkisms: “She’s part of my harem” and “how would you explain this to your wife”. At the same time, I was in physics in a time when there were a lot of women around me so I didn’t feel like I was alone. I was the only female in my engineering group but I was used to hanging out with the guys (and they were all great) and that didn’t bother me. I decided to get out with a masters because I failed the quals (but so did all the guys who took them with me) and because I knew I was never going to be a good researcher because I always preferred to do something else besides work in the lab. I didn’t mind putting in my 8 hours a day but I wasn’t about to give up evenings and weekends. I have a feeling that has something to do with being a female and my desire to want to have time to do more than just be a good researcher (be a good mom, wife, friend, etc.). But this also is probably why I wouldn’t be a good doctor, lawyer, anything that requires a lot of time.
In retrospect, when I quit the program, I did feel as if I let my gender down. I was one of the few women in both of the departments and I stereotypically cut out early. So I always felt as if my ex-advisors would think twice about taking on another female student.
2008 May 12 03:32 (#3839.11278):I agree that proper training and weight lifting are essential for injury prevention. I tore my ACL during an evening game after a day full of outdoor activities. It wasn't an impact, my legs were just fatigued. And before post-surgery therapy, I rarely weight-trained. When I started coaching soccer this year, I emphasized the importance of warming-up and stretching and made sure my girls had a good warm-up. I am now an assistant coach and the head coach (male) rarely has the girls stretch or warm-up. That's a bad habit.
2008 May 09 04:24 (#3839.11264):Because Valatan, unless you play in competitive leagues and do all the summer camps, you'll never make the high school team. Most of the girls on the soccer team in my high school were club players (require lots of time and money) and some were even ODP (junior Olympics).
I feel like a senior citizen right now. My back is very achy (I can pinpoint a soccer injury about 15 years ago that causes my back to sideline me from everyday stuff about once or twice a year). Despite that, I can't give up soccer and sports. I try to take it easier (be less competitive) and keep my core strong and stretch, but I don't want to give up being athletic. I think without the sports foundation in my youth, I would have other health problems (there are a lot of overweight people in my family). Oh yeah, and I've had ACL reconstruction.
I too agree that more effort/money should be spent on womens' sports research. Unfortunately I don't see that happening anytime soon.
2007 Nov 15 06:19 (#3621.10548):I've heard a little bit about it. There are a couple of jobs in Austin that Andy and I were thinking of applying to in this area. It'll be a bit of a stretch for us, but it sounds like a cool job/area.
2007 Aug 01 11:22 (#3466.10094):Our internet is super slow when it's hot during the summer. We used to have a splitter downstairs that routed the cable upstairs along the outside wall. That cable got sun most of the day and our internet never worked upstairs when it was really hot (by CA standards) during the summer (cable tv was fine downstairs). We had a couple of cable repairmen come out to check out the problem and the second guy suggested that we get a wireless router to avoid the hot cable issues. That mostly solved our problem. Sometimes when it's really hot the internet will still be fussy.
2007 Jul 26 05:40 (#3463.10076):I am going to keep an eye out for the Mountain View The Eye.
2007 Jun 29 12:59 (#3424.9988):Is Mr. Sparklypants' name going to change to Sparklypants after his surgery?
Having 488 cats sounds more like crazy than "cat crazy". Buying $400 worth of cat toys for your new kitten while your wife is away on a business trip is "cat crazy".
Good luck Mr. Sparklypants!!
2007 Jun 05 05:41 (#3401.9924):Or guys can just pee sitting down.
2007 Jun 04 11:43 (#3390.9907):I'll contribute Costa Rica.