OT..OT.. MPB (Missing Person Bulletin) ...OT..OT

johnmitchell

Haven't seen @JohnInCarolina around for a while...Hoping he wasn't caught up in the latest University dragnet..

hoosier_egger

If I recall correctly, he made a post about traveling this week, perhaps a conference somewhere.

fishlessman

i want to say doe meeting in ny?

HeavyG

I believe he said he was in New York this week on a super secret government work trip.

On the other hand, his trip to that area did coincide with the university fraud indictments announcement. Maybe he was a key undercover witness - snitches get stitches...

fishlessman

HeavyG said:

I believe he said he was in New York this week on a super secret government work trip.

On the other hand, his trip to that area did coincide with the university fraud indictments announcement. Maybe he was a key undercover witness - snitches get stitches...

my thought was who paid for the audi

jad

there was a suspected mob hit of the leader of the Gambino crime family, yesterday in NY ?

lkapigian

1-800-save-jic

DoubleEgger

If you’ll notice, there are a lot of well known folks that aren’t frequenting the forum much anymore.

frazzdaddy

I noticed that Duke was conspicuously not mentioned in the pending Lawsuits, and now the professor is missing. Perhaps a damage control mission. 

dmchicago

DoubleEgger said:

If you’ll notice, there are a lot of well known folks that aren’t frequenting the forum much anymore.

This forum used to be a much friendlier place.

fishlessman

#slowforum  just wonder how that happened

lousubcap

The professor is alive and well based on the recent (3/13) post here:

Butt Blast 2019  Perhaps in celebration of today (and not the pi day version) he is relaxing 

alaskanassasin

The troll accounts are seemingly quiet too... coincidence?

nolaegghead

He is staying at a Trump hotel in NYC because he wants to get a gubment job and heard that really helps.

HogFather

alaskanassasin said:

The troll accounts are seemingly quiet too... coincidence?

What are you try to say, pal.

thetrim

Getting a massage in Jupiter Fl

JohnnyTarheel

Getting the petting zoo organized....

bgebrent

JohnnyTarheel said:

Getting the petting zoo organized....

No.  That’s on me.  Texted with him tonight.  Word is his tenure, while fragile, remains intact.

JohnInCarolina

Ha!  No worries lads, I'm totally fine.  Although it's somehow comforting to know that when I die the assumption here on the forum will be that I've probably been caught up in some massive bribery scandal and am in jail.

I've been working in NYC all week on behalf of the DOE.  I'm on both the selection and steering committees for their PhD fellowship program in computational science.  The program provides full tuition and four years of stipend support to US citizens with exceptional qualifications to study at our best schools in STEM areas.  The awards are valued somewhere around $250k each, and we give about 20 of them out each year from a pool of over 400 applicants.  This is taxpayer money so it's something we all take exceptionally seriously.

  Most of the students who receive the awards have perfect GPAs and have done a lot of research.  One of the people we discussed had a single-author paper published in astrophysics when they were in high school.  And I think they were one of the ones who will likely not receive a fellowship, just to give you some sense of the caliber of people we're discussing here.  This is probably one of the most important and rewarding things I do on this planet (with apologies to Butt Blast) so it tends to get my full attention.  I've been working from  8 to 11pm straight since Monday, with occasional breaks for meals.  

Steering committee meeting today starts in about 15 minutes here, so I've got to run.  My best to all of you from NYC.   

northGAcock

JohnInCarolina said:

Ha!  No worries lads, I'm totally fine.  Although it's somehow comforting to know that when I die the assumption here on the forum will be that I've probably been caught up in some massive bribery scandal and am in jail.

I've been working in NYC all week on behalf of the DOE.  I'm on both the selection and steering committees for their PhD fellowship program in computational science.  The program provides full tuition and four years of stipend support to US citizens with exceptional qualifications to study at our best schools in STEM areas.  The awards are valued somewhere around $250k each, and we give about 20 of them out each year from a pool of over 400 applicants.  This is taxpayer money so it's something we all take exceptionally seriously.

  Most of the students who receive the awards have perfect GPAs and have done a lot of research.  One of the people we discussed had a single-author paper published in astrophysics when they were in high school.  And I think they were one of the ones who will likely not receive a fellowship, just to give you some sense of the caliber of people we're discussing here.  This is probably one of the most important and rewarding things I do on this planet (with apologies to Butt Blast) so it tends to get my full attention.  I've been working from  8 to 11pm straight since Monday, with occasional breaks for meals.  

Steering committee meeting today starts in about 15 minutes here, so I've got to run.  My best to all of you from NYC.   

John, I would like to take some culinary classes down at the local tech school. Is this something you can help me out with?

northGAcock

On a serious note....good stuff John.

fishlessman

meanwhile, while back on the ranch

thetrim

8 to 11pm?  Those are @bgebrent hours.

northGAcock

thetrim said:

8 to 11pm?  Those are @bgebrent hours.

Brent don’t work on Fridays.

TN_Egger

Didn't Aunt Becky's daughter get accepted to that program?

thetrim

True, Brent is a three hour day, one day a week.

nolaegghead

JohnInCarolina said:

Ha!  No worries lads, I'm totally fine.  Although it's somehow comforting to know that when I die the assumption here on the forum will be that I've probably been caught up in some massive bribery scandal and am in jail.

I've been working in NYC all week on behalf of the DOE.  I'm on both the selection and steering committees for their PhD fellowship program in computational science.  The program provides full tuition and four years of stipend support to US citizens with exceptional qualifications to study at our best schools in STEM areas.  The awards are valued somewhere around $250k each, and we give about 20 of them out each year from a pool of over 400 applicants.  This is taxpayer money so it's something we all take exceptionally seriously.

  Most of the students who receive the awards have perfect GPAs and have done a lot of research.  One of the people we discussed had a single-author paper published in astrophysics when they were in high school.  And I think they were one of the ones who will likely not receive a fellowship, just to give you some sense of the caliber of people we're discussing here.  This is probably one of the most important and rewarding things I do on this planet (with apologies to Butt Blast) so it tends to get my full attention.  I've been working from  8 to 11pm straight since Monday, with occasional breaks for meals.  

Steering committee meeting today starts in about 15 minutes here, so I've got to run.  My best to all of you from NYC.   

Didn't you guys give a full ride to that bro who's the son from that yenta celeb from Jersey Housewives last year?

fishlessman

money talks, a paper published in astrophysics ....walks

Botch

nolaegghead said:
Didn't you guys give a full ride to that bro who's the son from that yenta celeb from Jersey Housewives last year?

 

MaskedMarvel

thetrim said:

8 to 11pm?  Those are @bgebrent hours.

He meant 8 PM to 11 pm .... three hours, not including breaks and meals, of course...

go DUKE!