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Justin7 said:
Yeah, ok, in all likely-hood Romney isn't going to win MA, so that vote may not amount to much, but the senatorial race could decide control of the senate.
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Over 500,000 vote gap in the recent polls, which is just fantastic. I wish the rest of the nation would just listen to us. We've experienced Romney's destructive tyranny first-hand. There's a clear reason why we are not voting for him.

The Senate is really the crucial issue. We've gotta get Brown's obstructionism out.
 
Justin7 said:
^ It is kind of important.

The US is going to move in one of two very distinct directions over the next four years. You have a chance to help decide which one.* Why would you not take a few minutes out of your day to do that?
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I said in my initial post on this subject that, "I'm going to cast my vote for whichever d-bag pisses me off less over the course of the next two months." I never said I wouldn't.

I'm just done with the whole getting into hysterics thing over one candidate or another. I did that in 2004, convinced the world would end if Bush got reelected, and heyyyy--the world DIDN'T come to an end in 2006. The doomsday drum getting banged every damn day by Fox News, the New York Times as well as various Facebook "friends" is one I refuse to listen to now.
 
kz1000ps said:
I did that in 2004, convinced the world would end if Bush got reelected, and heyyyy--the world DIDN'T come to an end in 2006.
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Nah the world didn't end. The economy just completely collapsed. NBD.
 
Datadyne, the mechanics behind the crash were in place long before Bush got back in.
 
Look what I just picked up on the train tonight!

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Ron Newman said:
is that a plate, to eat from?
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A commemorative deck of Amtrak playing cards.

I suppose I should have made that more clear in my impromptu photography.

...on the other hand, as I've been informed that they're being phased out, I can't decide whether I want to open them or keep them as a collectable...
 
Commuting Boston Student said:
A commemorative deck of Amtrak playing cards.

I suppose I should have made that more clear in my impromptu photography.

...on the other hand, as I've been informed that they're being phased out, I can't decide whether I want to open them or keep them as a collectable...
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I'd probably keep them, and see if I could get a second deck to play with.

How exactly did you get it?
 
Wow that looks like an old shot on the cover.....seeing an Amtrak F40 makes me think of the 1990s, back when they still had a few FL-9s in service. Ah, the good old days.
 
Maybe not what was meant by "walkable neighborhoods"... but good effort.

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kz1000ps said:
I said in my initial post on this subject that, "I'm going to cast my vote for whichever d-bag pisses me off less over the course of the next two months." I never said I wouldn't.

I'm just done with the whole getting into hysterics thing over one candidate or another. I did that in 2004, convinced the world would end if Bush got reelected, and heyyyy--the world DIDN'T come to an end in 2006. The doomsday drum getting banged every damn day by Fox News, the New York Times as well as various Facebook "friends" is one I refuse to listen to now.
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I agree with you, more or less. I'm voting for Obama, but if Romney wins, it probably won't be the end of the world. With Bush it was a different story. Maybe the world didn't end here (excluding the economy I guess), but ask the Iraqis what they think about his presidency.
 
Shep, it's a start.

A sad, pathetic start, but at least 'walkabilty' is starting to be used as a selling point.

Maybe if people like they will start demanding more things be built in walking distance or even move to a place that is already walkable.
 
Has anyone taken any of those online course offered by EdX, Coursera, Udacity, etc?

Thoughts, opinions, theories(fad vs end of college as we know it, etc)?
 
I am currently doing a program at northeastern that has a large online component. It def has its pros and cons, and I was skeptical but the pros largely outway the cons, for me.

1) I am able to keep doing my full time job that does require occasional travel (extra important b/c my company reimburses most of my tuition)
2) I am able to watch lectures at my convenience (before work, lunch break, evening)
3) I am able to go to the campus, utilize facilities (library, study groups, office hours) if needed (obviously not a feature of every online program).
4) I figure most of my undergrad workload was spent outside the classroom- reading, writing, etc. The actual in class lectures were the least time consuming part of most classes. If the prof. is a great lecturer than I think you do miss that component in an online course, if they are average, than it's the same thing.
 
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