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Although I would certainly welcome an extra quarter of a million dollars, that amount would be extraordinarily excessive for the type of research I do.

And not all chemists would need the same amount of start-up money; the amount would be dictated by the nature of their research.

Multiply such disparities across colleges, and they become even more pronounced.

The start-up money for a new faculty member in a college of engineering or a medical school may seem astronomical when compared to that required by our senior chemist.

And start-up money is only one of countless other differences.

A sociology department with a doctoral program requires substantially greater resources than a department without one; a school of communication that operates a public television and/or radio station has considerable resource needs thanks to those stations; and a medical sc...

It’s the same thing when living in the tropics.

In fact, you have to count your blessings: We don’t need to swathe ourselves in expensive animal pelts and skins to survive the searing temperatures.

The solution isn’t so extreme as tearing your clothes off (though when you’re at the end of your delirious wits, that may be tempting), but as simple as picking the appropriate clothing fabrics for the weather.

You shed off tight, stuffy clothes and go for looser cuts.

You’re going for ease, after all.

Top fabric of choice for summer, of course, is cotton, cotton and cotton.

It’s affordab...

Mr McConnell launched the scheme at Buchanan Street bus station in Glasgow, saying: "(Saturday) will be a great day for older and disabled people in Scotland.

It will make a massive difference in their lives, allowing them to