Education backgrounds of members?

Just got my S.Si (equivalent to B.Sc.) in Biology three months ago, with specialization in Animal Taxonomy. Currently trying to stick to my old taxonomy professor, hoping that he would pass his chair to me when he retires. (He's like, one of a half dozen or so taxonomists in this country)Planning to go to England to study Taxonomy at the Natural History Museum, in order to teach that stuff here in Indonesia where people sometimes can't tell between species, genus, and family even though there are lots of it here. But my main reason is to try to take a look at the supposed icons of evolution like the fossils of Acanthostega and Archaeopteryx to make sure that I haven't been fooled by evilutionists.[grins]

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I thought all E.E.s were Creationists - well that's the rumor, anyways.

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Hehe! I'd heard that rumor too. But I'm not a real hardcore EE. I'll be doing something else within a few years, most likely.

Wow, that's some interesting stuff! Well, the fossil stuff, at least.

You would think it would be interesting...but most days it is mind numbing and tedious...mostly mind numbing...feel numb now...must stop typing....

I have a B. S. in Business Administration, which I believe in the UK would be equivalent to having a half-year subscription to Razzle. At least I can balance my checkbook. My library card allows me access to many entertaining pop-science and philosophy titles.I'm considerably prouder of my Fellowship at the Discovery Institute, which allows me to expound on subjects completely beyond my understanding. I also get a free appetizer at the 99's around the corner, weekends excluded. David Berlinski and I co-authored a paper entitled 'We'll Get Around To It: How Science Stigmatizes Theorists Who Can't Come Up With a Theory" but I lost it on the way to Copy Cop. Take my bean-counter word for it: it was paradigm-shifting dynamite.------------------
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Very cool!What level are Mexx and your girlfriend at in dressage?

Hi Schraf,I don't know what the system is where you live but here we have categories B, L1, L2, M1, M2, Z1, Z2. From there on there are the international categories, starting with 'Prix St George'. (You probably know the rest.) We (I say 'we' because we are a team, Mexx, my girlfriend and I) are now at M2, having earned a few promotion points in that category already. Although I myself do not compete, I do all the dressage exercises of M2.Greetings, P.

I did a little research and figured out that M3 level is equivalent to the US third level. That's great! I have competed up to second level myself (that was years ago) but then concentrated more on eventing.Is Mexx a Dutch Warmblood?

I hate to disappoint you, but M3 does not exist. At least not where I am. But M2 could well be US third level I suppose, provided there are a level or two between third and 'Prix St George.'Mexx is indeed a Dutch Warmblood. A Royal Dutch Warmblood no less.

I must correct a mistake I made here. There are two more levels between M2 and Prix St George. It's B, L1, L2, M1, M2, Z1, Z2, ZZ "light", ZZ "heavy" and then Prix St George and the rest. ("Light" and "heavy" are literal translations of the Dutch terms, I can't think of the right terminology right now, but you get the drift, no doubt.)

I understand.There are fourth and fifth levels with I think 4 tests within levels in the US. After that there are the international levels.Anyway, what kinds of movements are you doing, and do you hope to advance all the way to Gand Prix, at least in training?

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Hello, Mec! I am not degreed, (High School diploma only, self taught networking/PC Support/Web Dev and some other computer based crap ) but I love to read. In all honesty, this forum has helped a great deal, in that I used to be a believer and aside from the anonymity, most of the time both sides (or more) of a debate are well thought out, structured and civil.

Ph.D in Geophysics, Wannabia UniversityWell ok, only in my dreams(edge, you may get back up off the floor now ), just give me about 10 years and all the money I don't have and that'll be me. Until then(or at least for the remainder of the year), I'll still be struggling for my high school diploma.

The movements? Mainly up and down in the saddle.No, just kidding. The most advanced movements we are working on right now are travers, turns on the haunches, countercanter and simple changes of lead.I have no hope at all ever to achieve Grand Prix level. If I did, I wouldn't be sitting here typing this, I'd be on my horse right now. The problem is that horses are very much like people, in that only very few of them are top athletes. And that is what's required for a horse to perform on Grand Prix level."He flung himself on his horse and rode off madly in all directions." - Stephen Leacock