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jedwan on January 25th, 2010

It is hard to figure which kinds of group shows are most objectionable: patent space-fillers or shows that obviously consumed some time, effort and expense; grab-bag shows that make no point whatever—the current group show at the newly …

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Which in turn reminded me off a tight group of Somali Pirates by Jehad Nga. Eight Somali pirates sat at the Kenya Ports Authority Port Police station in Mombasa, where they are being held after being handed over to the Kenyan …

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Athena’s method enables the students to understand the concepts of within- and between- group selection more vividly than from a dry lecture. Altruism is locally disadvantageous, which I have called “the original problem” throughout the …

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Athena’s method enables the students to understand the concepts of within- and between- group selection more vividly than from a dry lecture. Altruism is locally disadvantageous, which I have called “the original problem” throughout the …

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Since Maynard Smith was trying to compare kin selection with group selection, it seems only fair to use Hamilton’s definition of altruism in the haystack model. This can be easily done.

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To be clear, and to correct some confusion that has arisen in a report about the survey published by The VAR Guy – which incorrectly states that it is a Digium survey being conducted by The 451 Group – this is not sponsored research.

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Social commentators once found it very useful to analyze the behavior of groups by the same expedient used in analyzing the behavior of individuals.

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Imagine you’re an insurance company making billions of dollars by charging people tons of money for health care.

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jedwan on July 18th, 2009

Teamwork – usually small leadership group , five or fewer the right people on the bus, in the right seats good to encourage disagreements. talk through them, be open, learn.

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… Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Center for Photovoltaics; Photovoltaics for Buildings; Photovoltaics Silicon Materials Research; Solar Decathlon; Amorphous Silicon ; NREL Solid State Theory Group and Solid State Spectroscopy.

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