I am thankful for Stephen Colbert, a bear that ate Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Feist, John Legend, and yes, even Toby Keith. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c A Colbert Christmas: Peace, Love and Understanding Colbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVD Green ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview Full Post
Last night the St. Louis Crisis Nursery Young Professional Board hosted its first event, Party with a Purpose, at Bar Napoli in Clayton. The evening was a big success: it sold out, everyone had a great time, and, most importantly, we raised a lot of money for the Nursery. Thanks to everyone who came, including Olympic Gold Medal winner Lori Chalupny and St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, and special thanks to our sponsors Stephen... Full Post
Yesterday, Missouri was called for Sen. McCain. He has won Missouri 1,445,812 to 1,442,180; a margin of 3,632 or 0.126%. When taken at face value, it appears Sen. Obama made up a lot of ground compared to the previous Democratic presidential nominee who lost by 8%. However, when compared to the results of this year's Missouri gubernatorial race where Democrat Jay Nixon defeated Republican Kenny Hulshof 1,680,611 to 1,136,363, a margin of over 19%, one... Full Post
The New York Times has a good article, Now - The Rest of the Genome, on the latest research on genes and the non-protein-encoding parts of the genome. As reported in our recent AML paper, while we found many somatic variants (i.e., variants specific to the cancer genome) throughout the genome, at present we are really only able to interpret those variants that fall in genes. Research such as that described in the New York... Full Post
Around election time, there is always a lot of talk about red states and blue states, but as with most things presented by the media, the true picture is less strident than reality. Here is a map from Mark Newman, Paul Dirac Collegiate Professor of Physics at the University of Michigan, showing electoral college results with each state resized according to its share of the electoral college vote. While the map clearly shows that Sen.... Full Post