Good take-away about the story there, but one should not omit the fact that her story is also about tons and tons of work. I mean, getting an engineering degree with an eye to law school? That's some ambition! She backed up all of her dreams with tremendous effort.
I hate having stuff in my pockets, and my keys kept wearing holes in them. I finally settled on a system that is similar to the CERN Lecture Belt, but my family calls it the "Geek Belt". It is a nylon web belt on which I clip carabiners for holding a key ring and a USB Flash drive with a number of useful utilities, files and a couple of operating systems (it's a bootable drive). There's a case for my phone and also a larger case to hold a palmtop, my ID and credit cards. I also keep a knife clipped to it.
I will attempt to clarify my earlier comment: 1. The behavior of the American who swallowed the pickled toe (shudder) reflects badly on the image of Americans traveling out-of-country. 2. The image that Americans project to the world has been in decline for many years, and so it is becoming more and more difficult to make Americans look worse. 3. The person in this story succeeded to make Americans look more boorish and uncivilized by his behavior, thus topping an already high performance bar. 4. This implies that his behavior was quite extreme in its offensiveness.
There is too much intervention during the experiment. Snails are sensitive to light, and so having people use flashlights on them during the night would change their behavior. Also, I don't know if snails are blind to ultraviolet light. If they are not, then their behavior will be quite atypical during the experiment. It is well known that the location of a snail or its velocity may be determined, but not both.
When I look at a document like this, with its complex formatting and columns, I am amazed at the ability of the typist, who had to compose and format the document, with vertical and horizontal writing in multiple columns, entirely by hand on a typewriter. It's a virtuoso piece to look at, and I know that some people would be hard pressed to do this using a modern computerized word processor.
I wonder if there are licensing issues with accepting a gift fish from a dolphin. Is it a game and fish violation, or does the onus fall to the dolphin?
At least it isn't a susrströmming sandwich. From the Wikipedia: "According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world . . ."
1. The behavior of the American who swallowed the pickled toe (shudder) reflects badly on the image of Americans traveling out-of-country.
2. The image that Americans project to the world has been in decline for many years, and so it is becoming more and more difficult to make Americans look worse.
3. The person in this story succeeded to make Americans look more boorish and uncivilized by his behavior, thus topping an already high performance bar.
4. This implies that his behavior was quite extreme in its offensiveness.
It's harder and harder to do that, too!
From the Wikipedia:
"According to a Japanese study, a newly opened can of surströmming has one of the most putrid food smells in the world . . ."