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The traffic never stops: "The utter failure to create any meaningful pedestrian environment defines the heart of Atlanta today. Every bad idea in the service of contemporary urban design came together here with a public attitude that can be summed up as 'the outside doesn't matter.'" - James Howard Kunstler
I think there are at least seven parking lots in this one image not counting the street parking. This isn't anything amazing anymore, this is Atlanta. I was trying to take fotos of the Dalai Lama giving a talk in the park, but - true to fashion - me and my camera gear were taken to be terrorists attempting to assass...
Wish I could upload sound... I recorded the machines which were screaming something along the lines of, "Do not pay anyone claiming to be a parking attendant." But as the gates had long since been broken off and it was around 7AM on a Sunday, it made for a beautiful situation.
I love the sterile glow and the friendly welcome from the drones within. "Through clever and constant application of propaganda people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way around, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise." --Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1923


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Hey everyone... this is actually my first time here. I kept wanting to come here and read what you all have to say but it just kept slipping my mind. Anywho...
My co-workers and I were having a discussion about the Phantom Menace the other day and we seemed to have some varying opinions about it. I personally thought it was good, but it could have been better. I don't really know how it could have been better... outside of eliminating Jake Lloyd and Jar-Jar. But my main thought was... it seemed like Lucas was trying to appeal to the younger generation as opposed to those who "actually" grew up with Star Wars Trilogy. This made no sense to me at all. What Lucas doesn't realize is that the following he got with IV, V and VI are a little older now. Sure kids today know about Star Wars and have probably seen all of them over and over again. But I don't think they can appreciate it they way we do. Maybe I am just rambling on about nothing... but does anyone feel he tried to please the wrong crowd?
To finish... I will cite an example from the film. --- The scene where Anakin is fine-tuning his Podracer... he has all of his friends come running around him. (Poor acting here by the way)
And in this scene Jar Jar gets his tongue stuck in the binders. The thing that sticks out most in my mind is the children laughing in the theater.
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Meet Martina! Martina is about 1 year old, spayed, and has short black hair. Martina is one sweet, affectionate little lady! Don't let her petite size fool you, she is full of personality! She loves to snuggle and enjoys endless attention from her human friends. What is her favorite thing in the world? Head rubs, of course! A loving home will do, but a home with lots of toys and warm beds to nap in is what this girl is wishing for! Martina's easy-going personality should make her a great fit for any home. With parental guidance, she should do well in a home with children of any age. With time to adjust and proper introductions, she should also do well in a home with other pets and she may enjoy another feline companion in her new home! Martina can't wait to find a family and a home to call her very own. Might that "purrfect" home be yours?18184058
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text: Ok here is my story. We have recently had to put my Malamute down due to liver cancer so I will be in the market for a new dog. I have owned a lab before and it was a very long time ago. I have never really trained a good hunting dog. I did ok on Koda he was a good family pet. I have decided on starting out with using the Evan Graham Series to help me learn to be good trainer for my up and coming field companion and family dog. I know it is going to take a lot of time and patience just like with the kids. I want to do this correctly. I have hunted ducks many years mostly without a dog. But the time has come to change that. Besides a create and the videos what else do I need to get started. I would like to get prepared for when I bring the young pup home and make sure it is a positive environment for him/her. In the training department I want the dog to be a primary water dag than upland dog and of course a coveted member of the family. Also where is a good place to look into reputable source for a puppy that will not cause a divorce? I have done a few local searches but it is hard to know what to look for or who to ask in this department. Any more info that you all with experience is always appreciated as I consider myself a total newbie.


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Voters will have the opportunity to participate in a question and answer Second Congressional Representative Forum on Tuesday, Oct. 14, at 7 p.m. in Hope's DeWitt Center theatre.
Invited to participate in the forum are incumbent Peter Hoekstra, Republican, and challengers, Fred Johnson, Democrat, Ronald Graeser, U.S. Taxpayers and Dan Johnson, Libertarian.
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By David Wheeler/Special to the NEMS Daily Journal
Itawamba Community College women's coach Nanci Gray has enjoyed her share of success in state tournaments at the junior college and high school level.
Today is a whole other world for the Lady Indians.
By winning the Region 23 championship March 2, the Lady Indians earned their way to the National Junior College Athletic Association tournament, and tip off in that event today against fifth-ranked Northwest Florida State at noon.
"The girls were dedicated to this," said Gray, who has won two state titles at ICC, and coached the Lady Indians in two regional finals. "They played well together in the region tournament, and wanted to get this done."
ICC (19-9) got it done in the region, beginning with a 70-51 victory over Northwest Feb. 28, after the Lady Rangers had defeated the Lady Indians twice during the regular season. They downed Copiah-Lincoln 62-56, and with two free throws by Belmont's Leslie Robinson, edged Baton Rouge 58-57 in the title game.
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"We played really good defense, and stayed focused that week," Gray said. "The sophomores led us, and we were able to get three solid victories."
Now the task is Northwest Florida (24-4) at the Salina Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kan.
"They have a strong resume, and feature three international players," Gray said of Northwest. "They were a preseason No. 1 in the nation, are long and lean, and like to score in transition."
Ty-Nita Baker of Houston leads the Lady Indians in scoring (17.7).
This is Itawamba's first trip to the national tourney since 1975.
Today's winner will face Walters State of Tennessee (29-1) on Wednesday at 7 p.m.
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Just like many people have done before with an Advogato's diary, I'm now moving the not-100%-geek-related posts of mine to another site, http://caio.ouie.org, my webdir at Mozilla Brasil nowadays. I have a very long TODO list to write about in here but I'm going to comment only a few of them.
It could be "Telecenters" if you really prefer but, the fact is that I am loving to work in this project. I never had thought about to work in such a project, for real. Last week we did receive three Compaq CDS524 486 machines with only 8MB of RAM (you remember or not, this hardware model is more than 10 years old, at least in Brazil). So, the mission was: to create a thin client network with almost 300 of these machines with very low resources, for the kids of poor elementary schools. There was a "Windows Boy" in a meeting about this that said those Compaqs was nothing more than trash and past. So we did it. It's working, greatly :) and I'll post soon a screenshot of it running GNOME 2.6, kernel 188.8.131.52 and with more info...
More of the Same
Yet about my new job, next week the "São Paulo's Cultural Centre" will through Sun Microsystems donate to us two SPARC servers to build another remote terminals project but this time for musicians that in our mind would just arrive there, sit down, search for a specific music or opera or something to study (audio files for now, in the MP3 format, not .ogg... sorry) then open up a PDF (not a open format again, sorry DjVuLibre) with the tabs or partitur then tada! :) it's going to be marvelous, just hold on...
Thanks TaQ I'm a little ashamed because my bad bad english :P in a old post I had said "Internation" instead of "International", what becames funny in time "internation" remembers something like "to intern", he suppose. You know, learning another language is not that easy, specially when the new language does not have any similar roots with yours mother language (portuguese came from latin if you didn't know). Thanks for the tip anyway TaQ :)
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I have a customer whose daughter has brain cancer. She gave me some good ideas for nausea that you might be interested in. Even though its not CC maybe it can hep the nausea from CC and chemo as well.
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By Michael Aneiro
Treasury prices, which were in free-fall for about two hours this afternoon, have righted themselves, with 10-year yields holding steady for about the past two hours and currently reading 2.214%, according to Tradeweb.
Still, it's been a quarter to forget for government bonds, as 10-year yields entered 2012 at 1.873% (and yields move inversely to prices). A selloff earlier this month snapped Treasuries out of their placid range-bound ways of the previous several months. Things calmed down for the past couple of weeks, soothed by the dulcet tones of Ben Bernanke, and all was well. Then things went a bit nuts this afternoon, so really who knows what to expect next quarter.
What we do know is that Treasuries are poised for their worst three-month period since late 2010, with U.S. government securities down 1 percent since Dec. 31 according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch data. This during a quarter when stocks saw record gains, with the Dow Jones Industrials up 994 points, or 8.1%, and the S&P 500 gaining 150.87 points, or 12% amid signs of a strengthening U.S. economic recovery. High-grade corporate bonds gained 2.48%, and high-yield bonds were up 5.1%.
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Arrived in Brno to a very excited Zdenka and husband Jirka running along the platform calling out Ahoy. Zdenka's stepfather is Rudolf Wositzky, who is Dad and Rosa's cousin. We have stayed the last few nights at Yirka's sisters place, wiith their son Peter who has been just fantastic
Together with Zdenka and Jirka we have walked and walked, have found all the addresses of their past homes, been to the park across the road where they played, the old post office where Granny worked. The one home we want to go back to tomorrow is at 14 Kolisce - the one where they set off to freedom- Dad in February, followed by Granny, Rosa and Rose-Marie just before Easter in 1949.Tomorrow we will walk from there to the train station just as they did.
A highlight today was ( after a few attempts over the past few days ) searching around the old area Dornich, the poorer area, often referred to as the slum, we found the old canal we were looking for. Most of this area has been destroyed, what's left is mostly derelict or falling down. Has a really interesting feel to it though, steam coming up through pipes, crumbling walls, rusty pipes, almost like a scene from Oliver. Today sneaking behind old buildings on a hunch of Peters we found it, completely overgrown, and very very smelly
Finding the church that Dad went to and prayed before leaving has proven more difficult. There are many churches, and all we have is a photo of an alter inside the church, both Katherine and Rose-Marie have been to this church before but can't remember exactly where it was. It's been a process of illimination, now down to two options. One church is under reconstruction and thus we can't get inside to see the alter, this is the one Katherine thinks it is - But Peter went to the Bishops office with the photo and after being handballed through several people he found a lady that was absolutely certain it was St Michaels. So.. off we went to St Michaels - closed .. but there is Mass on there tonight so we�ll hopefully find our answer !
In amongst all this searching - we have been well and truely stuffed with food by Ydenka and Jirka, cakes, coffee, bread rolls, ham, cheeses, dumplings, duck, rabbit, beer, wine, cabbage, strawberry icecream, palacinka - the array of food is endless!
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I am a board-certified medical oncologist who is dedicated to improving the lives of patients with genitourinary tumors. My primary area of expertise is kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) and testicular cancer (germ-cell tumor). For more than 25 years, I have used my skills as a clinician to provide high-quality and compassionate care for cancer patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
In addition to providing patients with the highest standard of medical care, I have led more than 75 clinical trials in patients with kidney cancer and testicular cancer, including national and international multicenter clinical trials. My research has helped to identify eight targeted drugs — sunitinib (Sutent®), pazopanib (Votrient®), axitinib (Inlyta®), temsirolimus (Torisel®), everolimus (Afinitor®), nivolumab (Opdivo®), cabozantinib (Cabometyx®), and lenvatinib (Lenvima®) — as effective treatments for patients with advanced kidney cancer. Also, I developed a system to aid in the prediction of treatment outcomes for patients taking medications for advanced kidney cancer; this ("MSKCC") risk system is widely applied by physicians internationally to direct the care of patients. In the area of testicular cancer, my patient care and research efforts focus on developing better treatments for patients with difficult-to-treat tumors.
On both a national and international level, I work to improve the quality and delivery of cancer care for individuals diagnosed with kidney cancer and testicular cancer. I chair the National Comprehensive Care Network Kidney Cancer Guidelines Panel. I have published more than 500 original articles, scientific reviews, chapters and abstracts, and given lectures worldwide, in countries that include Japan, China, Russia, Brazil, Germany, Spain and Turkey.
I am a recipient of the Career Development Award from the National Institutes of Health; the Willet F. Whitmore Award for Clinical Excellence from Memorial Sloan Kettering; and the Schonfeld Award from the Kidney Cancer Association, a charitable organization dedicated to kidney cancer patient advocacy.
- Clinical Expertise: Kidney Cancer; Germ Cell Tumors; Testicular Cancer; Immunotherapy
- Languages Spoken: English
- Education: MD, University of Michigan Medical School
- Residencies: Internal Medicine - North Shore University Hospital/Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
- Fellowships: Medical Oncology/Hematology - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center/Weill Cornell Medical College
- Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Medical Oncology
Visit PubMed for a full listing of Robert J. Motzer's journal articlesPubmed is an online index of biomedical articles maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health.
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Research is integral to our mission at Memorial Sloan Kettering, and clinical trials help us discover better forms of patient care and treatment. For you, this could mean access to a new therapy or therapy combination. Click to see a list of the trials I'm currently leading.
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- A Phase I/II Study of Pazopanib plus MK-3475 (Pembrolizumab) Immunotherapy in Patients with Previously Untreated, Inoperable Advanced Kidney Cancer
- A Phase I/II Study of Varlilumab plus Atezolizumab Immunotherapy in Patients with Advanced Kidney or Bladder Cancer
- A Phase II Study of Axitinib plus Dalantercept or Placebo for Patients with Metastatic Kidney Cancer
- A Phase II Study of Brentuximab Vedotin to Treat Recurrent or Persistent Germ Cell Tumors
- A Phase II Study of Paclitaxel/Ifosfamide/Cisplatin versus Bleomycin/Etoposide/Cisplatin in Patients Newly Diagnosed with Advanced Germ Cell Tumors
- A Phase III Study Comparing Conventional-Dose Chemotherapy with High-Dose Chemotherapy for Persistent or Recurrent Germ Cell Tumors
- A Pilot Study of Nivolumab Immunotherapy Given Before Surgery in Patients with High-Risk, Non-Metastatic Kidney Cancer
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Laurier's new Common Reading Program invites 1,400 students to read Indian Horse
Apr 25/13| For Immediate Release
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WATERLOO Lauriers new Common Reading Program has chosen the novel Indian Horse, by Richard Wagamese, as its inaugural book.
Over 50 books were nominated for the Common Reading Program, an initiative which will see Lauriers 1,400 incoming first-year Faculty of Arts students at the universitys Waterloo campus receive a free copy of the book this summer and participate in related on-line conversations, discussion groups, and campus events in September.
Wagameses book is a beautifully written novel that explores Aboriginal life, personal growth, and the quintessentially Canadian sport of hockey, said Ute Lischke, professor of English and a member of the programs organizing committee. The novel has been embraced by readers across the country, and I know that incoming students in the Faculty of Arts will find it a thoughtful and engaging read.
Indian Horse tells the story of a northern Ojibway man looking back on a life scarred by his experience in residential school and redeemed through his gift for hockey. Narrated in the first person, the book follows Saul Indian Horses life from boyhood through adulthood, touching on themes of heritage, identity, nature and hope.
The selection process was carried out by a nine-member committee comprised of Laurier students, faculty members, staff, and local high school teachers. Indian Horse was nominated by Laurier Librarian Sharon Brown, who won a $100 gift certificate to the Laurier Bookstore for suggesting the winning book. She advocated for Indian Horse based on its moving narrative, deceptively simple style, and recent success as the unofficial peoples choice in the CBCs 2013 edition of Canada Reads.
The book speaks to Laurier's values of excellence, justice, courage and sustainability, and could be discussed across a range of disciplines in the Faculty of Arts. It seems poised to become a Canadian classic, said Deborah Wills, chair of the programs text selection committee.
Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway journalist, television and documentary producer, and author of 11 books. He won the Canadian Authors Association Award for fiction for his third novel, Dream Wheels, and was awarded an honorary doctor of letters from Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops.
Laurier's Common Reading Program invites all students entering the Faculty of Arts in September 2013 to share a reading experience as they become members of the Laurier community. The program is supported by the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, the Student Life Levy, the Council for the Intellectual and Cultural Development of the Arts (CICDA), and Douglas & McIntyre Publishing Inc., as well as by Laurier's Bookstore, Writing Centre and Library.
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Binge on a series you missed, go ahead. It's a satisfying indulgence that's cheaper and easier than ever before. And we have recommendations.
Yet there's something about the term "binge" that elicits an extreme reaction from some people. They seem to assume that streaming Game of Thrones night after night in order to catch up with an acclaimed series is as excessive as binge eating, binge shopping, or binge drinking. Or maybe it's not the term, maybe they're alarmed by the freedom viewers have to watch as much as they want when they want. And especially with the advent of Netflix and Hulu, as media consumers, we don't have to wait another week or another season for new episodes and we don't have to lay out bucks for a boxed set. That's downright liberating.
But not to those who are sure binging ruins all that's good about television. An article over at Slate shrieks that binge-watching is a "pandemic" among our nation's "unprincipled youth" (the rest of us too) and likens the practice to gambling away all your money upon arrival in Vegas. The author is so hissy that I initially assumed he was trying to write satire, thus, kept waiting for his comments to get wittier. They didn't.
That article is similar to one of the earliest pieces I could find about binge-watching, which ran a few years ago in Flow. It managed to skip the histrionics. Still, both authors make a point: Binging changes the viewing experience and may alter the way future shows are made.
Yes, change happens. After all, in the nineteenth century many novels were published as serials. Eager readers had to wait until the next issue of a periodical to catch up on the latest installment. Perhaps we ruin the integrity of serialized fiction by Charles Dickens, Herman Melville, and Harriet Beecher Stowe when we read it in (gasp) book form. Oh the dangers of change. Continue Reading "A Vice We Like: Binge Watching Television" »


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Clover Stainless Steel Hot & Cold Water Cooler with Install Kit & Filter - Stainless Steel/Black
Keep the entire office or household hydrated when you give them the Clover Stainless Steel Hot & Cold Water Cooler with Install Kit & Filter (D14A-B-IKF). This water cooler dispenses both hot & cold water so you can prepare drinks like hot tea, coffee, and much more. This cooler is easy to operate, as the two dispensing faucets are self-closing for safety reasons, and the outside panels are molded out of ABS plastic and zinc-coated steel for easy sealing. A removable drip tray ensures that splatter and splashes won't be prevalent around the unit or on the floor, and the dual float valve keeps the water pressure regulated for better overall efficiency.
Stainless steel cold and hot water tanks ensure that the water will be safe from contamination, while both are controlled to a certain temperature. Cold water is controlled to be between 39.2-50 degrees F, and you are able to adjust it with a controllable thermostat for optimal water temperature; hot water, meanwhile, is controlled to a temperature near 185 degrees F, perfect for hot drinks. A convection cooled condenser ensures that your cold water stays at its coldest year round, and the R134a refrigerant used in this water cooler keeps the whole cooler running efficiently. Perfect for home or office use, this water cooler will be sure to keep everyone quenched all day.
Adjustable Thermostat:An adjustable thermostat allows you to control the temperature of the hot and cold water for optimal drinking water temperature
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Danspeckgruber to address Indian research council
Posted March 16, 2001; 01:45 p.m.
Wolfgang Danspeckgruber, founder and director of the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University, is leaving for New Dehli and Islamabad to give two weeks of lectures.
In New Dehli, Danspeckgruber will address members of the Indian Council on Social Science Research (ICSSR) on "communal self-governance plus regional integration" and results drawn from the European experience, as they relate to a possible solution to the border crisis in Kashmir.
Danspeckgruber then will travel to Kashmir on a fact-finding tour before continuing to Pakistan for lectures and meetings with government officials there.
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Date posted - October 22, 2012
Northwestern College running back Brandon Smith is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Offensive Player-of-the-Week.
Smith, a senior, from Mankato, Minnesota, helped lead the 18th ranked Red Raiders to a victory over conference foe Briar Cliff this past weekend. Smith played a key role in Northwestern's record-breaking offensive performance rushing for career-high 247 yards on 22 carries. He posted the sixth highest rushing total in school history.
Smith was an instrumental part in the Northwestern rushing attack that set the school record with 475 rushing yards. He also rushed for four touchdowns on the day tying his career-high. The Red Raiders will take on Dakota Wesleyan this coming weekend in a conference match-up in Mitchell, South Dakota.
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Event celebrates Mideast poetry, culture
Tuesday, April 29, 2008, 6 p.m. · 202 Jones Hall.
Posted April 23, 2008; 10:18 p.m.
Faculty and students will celebrate Hebrew, Arabic, Turkish and Persian poetry and culture in an event titled "From Jerusalem With Love" at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, in 202 Jones Hall.
The introductions and readings will be conducted by the following: for Hebrew, English professor Esther Schor and junior Isaiah Soval-Levine; for Arabic, lecturer in Near Eastern studies Hebatalla Elkhateeb-Musharraf and junior Joy Karugu; for Turkish, lecturer in public and international affairs Robert Finn and sophomore Efe Balikcioglu; and for Persian, lecturer in Near Eastern studies Susan Moinfar-Yazdi and Balikcioglu.
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No anthrax at Frist, test results negative
Posted October 29, 2001; 12:44 a.m.
The University today was notified by state officials that the final test results of the powdery substance found in Frist Campus Center last Monday are negative, which means no anthrax was detected.
On Oct. 22, a student noticed a suspicious powdery substance on a computer and its keyboard. The University took precautionary measures, including calling a HAZMAT team that decontaminated the area and sent the substance to the state for testing.
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Italian filmmaker to visit for retrospective of his work, April 27-May 2
Posted April 18, 2003; 06:03 p.m.
The work of Italian filmmaker Giuseppe Tornatore will be featured in a retrospective on campus April 27-May 2.
The event will include the screening of six films, all with English subtitles. Following a 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 29, showing of "Cinema Paradiso" (1988), Tornatore will participate in a discussion about the picture, which won an Academy Award in 1989 for best foreign film.
All showings will be in the Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau St. The other films are: "The Star Maker" (1995) at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 27; "Everybody's Fine" (1990) at 4:30 p.m. Monday, April 28; "A Pure Formality" (1994) at 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 30; "The Legend of 1900" (1998) at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 1; and "Malhna" (2000) at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 2.
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Well, about time for a new entry I suppose. I'm now unemployed, and enjoying it I must admit, though I'm going to have to break down and start looking for work soon. Haven't really touched Teak lately as I've been busy with other things.
linuxalpha.org has disappeared causing some concern and questions from a few people. With any luck it should be back soon and we'll start adding mirrors so this doesn't happen again. Good to know people still use it.
Started setting up the 164SX to take over as being the web and mail server around here. I think it's time for the old XL300 to move on....it's been generating disk errors for a month or two now. However it seems as I write this that it may be getting a new life as an ALO mirror (with new disks that is). What to do with the Multia? (anyone need a paperweight?).


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Description 30-56" (76.2-142.7 cm). Tan, grayish-brown, or yellowish-brown above with black-edged, dark brown to reddish-brown or greenish blotches down back and 2 alternating rows of smaller, less conspicuous spots on sides. Interspaces between blotches about equal in size to blotch. Pattern of older specimens may be lost or obscured by dark pigment; some develop 4 longitudinal dusky stripes. V-shaped arrowheadlike marking on crown of head. Belly white to yellowish, clouded or spotted with brown. Scales smooth, in 25 or 27 rows.
Habitat Open fields, cultivated farmland, barnyards, pastures, prairies, rocky hillsides, open woodland.
Range W. Indiana and w. Kentucky southwest to the Gulf in sw. Louisiana, west to se. Nebraska, e. Kansas, Oklahoma, and e. Texas.
Discussion There are three subspecies of this kingsnake: Prairie Kingsnake, which occupies the western portion of the species range; Mole Kingsnake, found to the east; and South Florida Mole Kingsnake, of the Florida peninsula. Prairie and Mole Kingsnakes overlap from w. Tennessee to c. Mississippi.


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It's the start of a new week and it's time for another round of free and on-sale apps. For some of us, the semester is starting to wind down with finals on the horizon. So whether you have a case of the Monday blues or you're gearing up to close out this session of school, today's selection may help keep you going.
We got a bunch to get through today, so as a friendly reminder, remember that the free apps will remain in your library unless you uninstall them within the Play Store's refund window.
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There are going to be a lot of cool things going on at Google I/O in a few weeks… and also the Google Play Awards. I don't mean to imply this annual tradition has no value, but do you remember what won last year? Hey, maybe this one will be different. Google seems to be making a bigger deal of it.
There are 12 total categories including best game, best app, best social impact, best app for kids, and so on.
Google announces finalists for 2017 Google Play awards was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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When the iPhone was first released, there wasn't an App Store. During the announcement at WWDC 2007, Steve Jobs said that web apps would be the only development platform for the iPhone. The decision obviously didn't stick, with Apple announcing the App Store just a year later, but it started the idea of mobile-first web apps (that weren't basic WAP sites).
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Now, nearly ten years later, web apps have come a long way.
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Google has launched the second-gen Jump and the Jump Start initiative, which gets the appropriate tech for making VR into the hands of content creators.
Google is certainly not backing down from virtual reality any time soon. In fact, it's announced the next generation of the Jump camera for capturing three-dimensional 360 video.
The second-gen Jump camera — preceded only by the GoPro Odyssey — comes packed with 17 Yi Halo 4K-capable cameras. Seventeen! There are 16 cameras continuously arranged around the device, in addition to an upward facing camera to help with image continuity. The camera also boasts 100 minutes of continuous recording, as well as a companion Android app that acts as a remote control and features a live preview.
Google has also announced Jump Start, aimed at getting the right tools into the hands of prolific virtual reality content creators. From Google's blog:
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It looks like there might be a few tweaks coming to the in-network notifications for Google Cast to make it more clear what the notification is. We've received a report that the notification has been changed to include additional details, likely in an attempt to prevent accidental dismissal by others on the network.
[Update: Play Services 11 responsible] Google might be testing changes to shared network ongoing cast notifications was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
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You'll still see it in your notification shade, but now it tells you if someone's casting content.
Google's wireless, in-network casting abilities are one of the better parts of subscribing to the Android ecosystem, which is why the company's continually tweaking it to work better. Android Police reports that there are some minor changes rolling out that will hopefully make it easier for multi-device households to use casting.
At present, if you're streaming something, say, from your Google Home in the kitchen, anyone else with an Android device connected to the same network could see that there's an active casting session somewhere in the house, but not whether it was them doing the casting or someone else. As a result, having this alert made omnipresent in the notification shade means there were often accidental stops for whatever's streaming, simply because it wasn't informative about who was streaming.
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Update season for carrier locked Samsung Galaxy devices is in full swing. Having just updated the Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ to the latest version of Android, Verizon now turns its attention to the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. The two-year-old devices are going to be receiving the same visual tweaks and new multi-tasking features as the other Samsung flagships with this bump up to Android 7.0 Nougat.
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" In fact, AKC has a rule that dogs that aren't entered are not supposed to be on the grounds at their events"
I did not know this. Where is it discussed in the rule book?
" In fact, AKC has a rule that dogs that aren't entered are not supposed to be on the grounds at their events"
I did not know this. Where is it discussed in the rule book?
Take the pup. But, be aware that it could be a very long day for the pup so plan ahead!!! Pup should be kept warm/cool and in crate with water and food. Air and socialize on lead only. There will be plenty of kids, moms, and more then a few guys willing to take the bugger for a walk or give it a cuddle or too! As an HRC judge and many time contestant, I have brought pups to hunt tests many times, even on the road to judge other tests, and have had them staked out next to the truck (older pups) in the shade and they got exposure to other dogs nearby, kids running around, gunfire, and birds and water marks during breaks/set up, etc...
I have also, as a marshal, taken care of other judges dogs when they couldn't get away to water and air them, both pups and adult dogs. HRC is one big and predominantly happy family were we look out of each other, all the kids, and of course, the dogs.
Main thing to concern yourself with is keeping yourself and the pup hydrated, quiet, and out of sight/mind of the working dogs. Park in the shade, open up the doors/windows of the vehicle, provide the pup with toys, water, some kibble, and a soft towel to lay on. Bring water, sport drinks for yourself, a hat, sunscreen (even in winter!), a chair, and a friendly smile! Introduce yourself to others in the gallery, go listen to the "handlers meeting" at the start of the test and listen to the Q&A as well as the explanation of the test setup. Wear camo or other hunting type of clothes!!! No light tan, white, or grey!!!
If the pup is obviously not having a good time: a lot of barking, whining, or diarrhea in the crate, go home. Better to make the day short! HRC tests are usually a two day event- Sat and Sun. so if you can, go to both. Once with pup and one without.
Good luck and have fun!!! Welcome to the club!
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BlaineT,love those pics.
Hunt'em up,thats a great idea of the puppy stake.
Dang I wish there was a club around here.
Had a client call and tell me they were not coming to the hunt test because her husband didn't want to sit in a gallery all day.He wanted to watch his dog run.And.... can't dring beer until the last dog runs. I had told her they need to wear dark clothing in the gallery.
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Bring your puppy but as people said be cautious.
Enter the Puppy Stake maybe.
I entered and ran my first puppy at a field trial puppy stake. Some dogs were a year old. She was 14 weeks i think and never saw a flyer before. They even had a double water re-entry on the water mark. It was fun and she won it!
Go for it and have fun, many clubs no longer have fun trials or puppy stakes so you may have few opportunities.
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The club your visiting probably has training days too. Those can be a good place to help socialize and hear friendly advice from like minded folks. I would encourage you visit them on a training day and see.........It was a great think for me and my dogs.
I say bring the pup as well. Just be respectful while other dogs are running at pay attention to where you are with relation to where the tests are being ran. Last year while running my young dog in started one of the marks was thrown right back towards where everyone was parking and there was a few people with puppies just meandering around. The set up was terrible and with all the comotion I couldn't pull my pup off of the crowd to see the mark get thrown... I was not happy with the judges, the setup or the folks with little pups (8-10 weeks old). All could've been avoided if a few people would have paid attention to what was going on and showed a little respect for others while walking puppies around the grounds.
Red Devil's Chances R at a HT this Fall at 3.5 months old....... I believe he is picking up the last bird of a triple. We still have the blind and diversion to go
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Follow up: I was able to take Jake to a club practice day about three weeks ago and we sat right up on the line with no adverse reactions to the poppers. He was ready to help those bigger dogs if I would have let him!
Our local club, Pin Oak HRC, had their spring hunt test last weekend. My son and I took him out and had a great time. We stayed back off the line and he was able to watch quite a few of the started dogs run. He did his little mini-test for the puppy stakes with four retrieves out to about 50 yards and handled the hen mallard very well, I thought. All in all, it was a great experience and we'll be back when he's ready to work on his started ribbons.
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I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
Somewhere in the house, packed away, I still have several EB books, including one five-book set I received as a Christmas present 30+ years ago.
I downloaded one of the Lost Jedi ebooks earlier tonight. Can't wait to read it.
Took down three in the last two weeks: Training for Young Distance Runners, Sport Physiology for Coaches and Peak When It Counts. All are running related and all are on the suggested reading list for the USA track and field conference I"m attending this weekend.
As of tomorrow, my summer ends. But I did get to read one more book. Thomas Steinbeck's The Silver Lotus. John's son wrote a novel set in turn-of-the-century central coastal California (no surprise) and China about a ship captain who marries the daughter of a wealthy Cantonese businessman, and how their lives progress over the years. A little too convenient, and much of the hints are easily predictable. Very wordy and detailed, and surprisingly little dialogue (just 3rd person narration); but still not bad.
So, here are the '12 summer statistics:
36 books read, about 9,500 pgs. (264 pgs. per)
Authors read by last letter of names:
One of each letter except: A = 3, B = 2, C = 2, F = 2, H = 3, P = 2, S [the most] = 6, W = 2
None of these letters: D, L, V, X (still haven't read a 'V' or 'X' at all in 2012)
Books read by genres:
Auto-/Biography (6), General Fiction (6), Sci-Fi (4), Young Adult (4), Star Wars (3), Mystery (3), Western (2), Movies/Comics (2), Education (2), Humor (1), History (1), Romance (1), Self Help (1)
9 year totals: 265 books, about 70,900 pgs. (267 pgs. per)
Sigh. No more time to read so easily.
I predict that the upcoming Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi film will include the word "and." Multiple times.
...nocked out a couple more over the weekend...
1) Eat & Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness by Scott Jurek with Steve Friedman. Scott who's orginally from Duluth, Mn is an ultramarathon running legend and a vegan. The book told his story and gave recipies for some stuff that looked pretty good. And
2) Take The Lead: A Revolutionary Approach To Coaching Cross Country by Scott Simmons and Will Freeman. I listened to Will lecture over the weekend at a USA track and field Level 1 clinic and he had his book for sale. It was pretty good, although much of what he said in the book was said in his talks.
Darth Bane: Rule of Two. Started reading this as my book when I went to the YMCA. Read 150+ pages at work last week. I enjoyed it. Boy, the Jedi are a little dense.
14 Minutes: A Running Legends Life, Death and Life by Alberto Salazar. Alberto was the best distance runner in the world in the late 70's/early 80's. Today he is the coach of double Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah and 10,000 meter silver medalist Galen Rupp. The "14 minutes" comes from when Alberto had a heart attack and his heart stopped beating for.... yup, 14 minutes.
The Original Journals of The Lewis and Clark Expedition: Volume III, Parts 1 & 2, Edited by Reuben Gold Thwaites. Although I read the majority of this book this year its been an on and off again experience...I'm not even sure I started this book last year. This particular book starts from the Rocky mountains and continues to Fort Clatsop along the Oregon coast.
Alan Dean Foster wrote the movie novelization to Krull. I didn't think it was possible, but the book is somehow chessier than the movie. I forgot how awesome the photos (sometimes, they were in COLOR! ) in the middle were when we read movie novels; they teased the reader to go see the big screen version.
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A new season means renewed hope for all 120 Division I FBS teams; some are justified in their optimism for the coming season, some are not. In Head Coach Rich Ellerson's first season in charge for the Black Knights, Army posted a 5-7 record which was a two-win improvement over the 3-9 mark the team posted in 2008. Five wins is the most Army has posted since their 10-2 record in 1996, which in...


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Emerson students will live in a modern, well-equipped student residence hall called Galileo Galilei located on the Valencia Polytechnic University campus. The property is centrally located, just two miles from the Berklee campus. The residence hall is a 15 minute bus ride to the Berklee Valencia campus, or the city center. It's a 15 minute bike ride or 30-40 minute walk to campus. The beach is a 10-15 minute walk from the residence hall.
Emerson students have a choice of a single room with private bath or double room with bath shared by the two roommates. Your roommate may be a Berklee College of Music student. The layouts of each room vary, but each room comes with a private bathroom, twin size bed (including a pillow, blanket and bedspread), desk, shelves, closet, chair, telephone, wake-up service, heat or air-conditioning depending on the season, and Internet. The cost of housing includes sheets/towels and weekly cleaning services. Each room is different, but most rooms are filled with natural light, are spacious and modern and have a small balcony. The residence hall has laundry facilities, t.v. rooms, study rooms, a gym, a music room, games room, photo lab, open-air terrace and a full kitchen on each floor. Galileo Galilei Residence is close to public transportation, and there is a pizza shop, cafe, bakery and convenience store located on street level. The residence also offers a wide range of educational, leisure and sports activities.
Students will have the opportunity to request the type of room they want after they are accepted to the program and attend a cultural orientation session. Students can request a specific room mate or have one assigned randomly. Room numbers will be assigned during Orientaion week in Valencia.
- Personal Laundry Service - Students can hire weekly laundry service, up to 6 kg, including ironing for €60.50 per month.
- Self Service Laundry - Washing machines cost €4 and dryers €2 per cycle.
- Small fridge rental - €11/month
- 19" t.v. rental - €11/month
The costs of meals are not included in the program. Students are NOT required to purchase a meal plan. Valencia is filled with many inexpensive and highly rated restaurants, so students have many choices for meals. If students decide they would rather purchase their own meals there are quite a variety of inexpensive restaurants to choose from.
- The Berklee Valencia campus has a cantina where students can buy breakfast or lunch.
- A one plate lunch at the Berklee Cantina is €3 and if you want a full meal (a couple of plates, coffee, drink and dessert it's around €6).
- A full course meal at a restaurant in Valencia is about €15
Once accepted to the program, students will have the option to sign up for one of several monthly meal plans offered by the Residence Hall student canteen. The self-service canteen is open 7 days a week.
- A 2 meals per day plan (breakfast plus either lunch or dinner) runs €180 (approximately $230 per month)
- NOTE: Breakfast is mostly pastries.
- Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) is €300 (approximately $400 per month)
- Extra canteen services: Breakfast €3, Lunch €6, Dinner €6
LATE SUMMER August is generally the warmest month in Valencia. You can expect, on average, temperatures between 27 ºC - 30 ºC (84 °F) during the day and 22 °C (72 °F) in the evenings, with mild humidity. However, like other Mediterranean coastal cities, Valencia is comfortable as there is always a local sea breeze.
FALL TERM Usually autumn is the season with mild and comfortable temperatures. September averages between 26–27 °C (79–81 °F) during the day and 18–19 °C (64–66 °F) at night. Throughout the season, September through December, Valencia receives plenty of days when it rains for a short period of time. October and November is very pleasant with daytime temps in the 60 °F range and evenings around 52 °F at night. Students will need a sweater or light jacket for the end of term.
SPRING TERM: Spring is a wonderful time to be in Valencia. The winter months, December, January and February are the coldest months, with average temperatures around 16 °C (62 °F) during the day and 7 °C (45 °F) at night. There will be a dozen or so days in the winter where the temperature exceeds 20 °C (68 °F). Spring months bring blue skies, mild weather, and sea breezes.
Check World Weather Information Service for temperature averages across Europe. Use this service to aid in packing.


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Description Third largest of all seals, with a uniform brownish back and yellowish belly. Male is unmistakable with its enormous size, elephantine nose, and thickened neck. Canines of males are often exposed, and used to scar the necks of their male competitors. Newborns are black, and molt to a silvery color after weaning.
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Here's the guy I wanted the same year we signed Hynoski. This would be an ideal situation for us, but it would probably close the door on Hynoski's chances of being a GFL.
pretty stupid that this thread was moved
would love him, how much he costs is the big question
He was just cut.
Not a bad idea if it looks like Hynoski will miss significant timeand we can get Leach cheap.
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pretty stupid that this thread was moved
It's really not a big deal lol. As for Leach, wouldn't be bad if the price is right, but it's still probably a longshot.
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LINCOLN, Neb. - Nebraska 68, Nicholls State 59: Brandon Ubel scored 18 points and the host Cornhuskers held off a late charge by the Colonels.
Ubel took just eight shots and made a career-best 10 free throws for the Cornhuskers (9-4), who were 20-of-33 from the line. Dylan Talley and David Rivers added 12 points apiece for Nebraska, which escaped the upset despite going without a field goal for the final 5:51.
Dantrell Thomas scored 18 points for Nicholls State (1-9). Reserve Amin Torres added 12 points for the Colonels, who dropped their seventh straight game.
Nebraska scored the game's first eight points but had just a 10-5 lead midway through the first half. After the Colonels got within 12-10 on Jeremy Smith's 3-pointer with 9:04 left, they went 5:23 without a field goal and Nebraska reeled off 13 straight points, capped by Talley's 3-pointer with 4:47 left before halftime.
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ONALASKA, Wis. - Viterbo Basketball Coach Wayne Wagner didn't have to look very far to find his program's next offensive threat.
At a ceremony at Luther Monday morning, Christian Kennedy signed his letter of intent to play college basketball for the V-Hawks.
"I like being close to home and I love the La Crosse area," Kennedy said. "I think I fit in well with that family."
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We stopped in Norseman for supplies before heading out towards Adelaide. We got only as far as Balladonia before I (James) was struck from the heavens by an accute case of tonsilitis. Needless to say Jackie was less than impressed considering she hadn't driven at all since we started and ended up driving over 1200km in the course of the next several days while I lay in the back of the van contemplating my own death. We stopped that night and were rewarded for our hard work with hot showers again ya!
Considering I was in the back resting nearly the entire way across the Nullabor Jackie described some of the things that she had seen along the way which included many trees that were decorated with trash such as a bra tree, an underwear tree, a small appliances tree, x-mas themed tree, and many more which ended up all over the place due to the wind that blew the garbage of the branches. There was also sand, small bushes, and maybe a couple rocks here or there; sounds like she had an exciting drive!
The only saving grace that we got was that as we crossed the Nullabor the temperature was fairly cool and it even rained one day just to cool things off some more, considering it was supposed to be in the low 40's it never got hotter than 35 degrees. Which is awesome when it comes time to sleep in our van with no protection from the heat at night!


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1.2: The Scientific Method
Lesson Objectives
- Describe how the Renaissance period in history changed the approach to science.
- Identify the steps of the scientific method.
- Differentiate between the independent variable and the dependent variable in an experiment.
- Describe how scientists work in research groups and communicate their results.
Lesson Vocabulary
- control group
- dependent variable
- hypothesis
- independent variable
- scientific law
- scientific method
- theory
Check Your Understanding
Recalling Prior Knowledge
- How did the ancient practice of alchemy differ from the modern science of chemistry?
- What are the properties of a well-designed scientific experiment?
Advancements in science are not always planned. Many groundbreaking discoveries in the history of science were made almost completely by accident. However, science follows a rigorous, time-tested process called the scientific method. By applying the scientific method, scientists can be ready for whatever results their research gives them, and many new and important discoveries can be made.
Experimental Science
It may surprise you to know that science is, relatively speaking, a very young subject. The Renaissance, which occurred roughly between the 14th and 17th centuries, was a time of great upheaval in Europe. The Middle Ages were dominated by a dogmatic approach to knowledge. The Renaissance ushered in new ways of thinking and great advancements in art, music, and culture. There also came a new emphasis on obtaining knowledge through the processes of observation and experimentation, as opposed to a reliance on older ideas that were based on a less rigorous scientific process. Two individuals who personified the Renaissance approach to science are Leonardo da Vinci and Nicolaus Copernicus. Many credit da Vinci with being the father of modern science. He is renowned for his observations and drawings of human anatomy (Figure below). He also set up controlled experiments to investigate water flow, medical dissection, and the systematic study of movement and aerodynamics. Copernicus was an astronomer who suggested, based on observations, a heliocentric model of the solar system, meaning that the Earth and other planets traveled around the Sun. The prevailing doctrine had been that the Earth was the center of the universe and that all celestial bodies must travel around it.
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance artist and scientist who made great advancements in the field of anatomy. On the left is the famous Vitruvian Man drawing. On the right is a document showing the anatomy of the human arm.
More than any one particular piece of knowledge, the Renaissance represented a change in the way human beings thought about the world around them. Emphasis shifted from a philosophical explanation of the world's natural processes to one that was instead based on observation and experimentation. The process of scientific discovery that we now call the scientific method originated during the Renaissance. This new method led to great advancements in the fields of astronomy, physics, anatomy, biology, and chemistry.
The Scientific Method
The scientific method is a systematic and logical approach to the acquisition of knowledge (see Figure below). It uses specific techniques to observe and investigate natural phenomena. The scientific method differs from other methods of inquiry in that scientists seek to let reality speak for itself rather than approaching inquiry with any preconceived biases towards one explanation or another. The steps of the scientific method are: (1) formulating a question, (2) making a hypothesis, (3) testing the hypothesis through experimentation, (4) analyzing results, and (5) developing theories or revising the hypothesis.
The steps of the scientific method are easily represented using a flowchart.
Formulating a Question
The formulation of a question represents the first step in scientific inquiry. The type of question can be very specific or more general. Questions are often based on observations. For example, suppose that you observe that a lamp does not light up when you turn on the switch. The natural question is to ask why the lamp does not work. This in turn would lead to an investigation of the possible reasons why the lamp is not working. However, the process begins with a question that needs to be answered.
Making a Hypothesis
A hypothesis is a testable conjecture that proposes an answer to the question. A hypothesis for the nonfunctioning lamp could be that the light bulb is burned out. In order to be a valid hypothesis, it must be possible to test it.
Testing the Hypothesis and Analyzing Results
The light bulb could be easily removed and replaced with another one. If the new light bulb works, then the original hypothesis is confirmed. However, if the lamp still does not work even when the light bulb has been replaced, the hypothesis is now in question. Further experiments with more light bulbs could be done. Eventually, if the lamp continues not to work, the original hypothesis must be discarded. At this point, the scientist may decide to either make a slight change in the hypothesis or abandon the experiment entirely. Perhaps the change could be that there is a problem with the switch for the lamp that is preventing it from working. A new set of experiments could be performed to determine if the original switch was responsible for the lamp not working.
The lamp example oversimplifies the usual process in a real scientific experiment. In most experiments, multiple experimental groups are created in order to test the effect of one variable on another. For example, suppose that you wanted to know how elevated air temperature affects the germination rate of a certain type of bean seed. You would set up multiple pots planted in identical fashion with the same bean seeds. You would establish experimental constants such as the amount of water and the amount of light that each planting would receive. The independent variable in an experiment is the variable that is changed during an experiment. In this case, the temperature is the independent variable. You would figure out a way to place each of the experimental groups at a different elevated temperature. One planting would be left at room temperature. This is called the control group. A control group is a group that experiences the same conditions as the experimental groups with the exception of the variable that is being tested. The bean plantings would be observed at regular intervals, perhaps every 12 hours. Data would be collected as to how many bean seeds germinated in each planting and when germination took place. The dependent variable in an experiment is the variable that is observed during an experiment. In this experiment, germination of the bean seeds is the dependent variable.
In order to be confident about the results of an experiment, it needs to be repeatable. Professional scientists normally repeat experiments many times before they make their findings known to other scientists or to the public.
Developing Theories
If many experiments are performed and each and every one supports the hypothesis, it may be that the hypothesis can be accepted. A theory is an explanation that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple researchers and has gained wide acceptance. The term theory is one that is often misunderstood by people in the general population who are unfamiliar with the scientific method. Though a scientist may state that a theory cannot be proven correct, he or she is certainly not saying that it is in doubt. A scientific theory has generally been confirmed over and over and over again, although small details within a theory may be adjusted from time to time as new discoveries are made. In a later chapter you will learn about atomic theory and how it has changed over the last few centuries. While the existence of atoms has not been in question for some time, new details about how the atom functions have resulted in many updates and alterations of the essential theory.
Scientific Laws
A scientific law is a statement that summarizes the results of many observations and experiments and to which there are no known exceptions. A familiar scientific law is the law of gravity. The force of attraction between two objects is dependent in a very specific way on the masses of those objects and on the distance between them. The law of gravity has been tested and proven countless times. Scientific laws often have a mathematical basis, though that is not necessarily a requirement.
Scientific Communication
Today's scientists rarely work alone. Rather, most scientists collaborate with one another in various settings as part of a group effort. The majority of research scientists work either for a company, such as the DuPont Chemical Company, or for one of many universities, such as the California Institute of Technology. Working as part of a group has many advantages. Most scientific problems are so complex and time-consuming that one person could not hope to address all of the issues by himself or herself. Instead, different members of a research group are each tasked with a particular small aspect of a larger research problem. Collaboration between members of the group is frequent. This occurs informally in the laboratory on an everyday basis. Research groups also typically have regular meetings where one or more members of the group may give a presentation to the others on the status of the research that they are doing. Progress normally occurs in small steps rather than grand, sweeping discoveries, and that progress is helped along by the teamwork that comes from working as part of a group.
Modern scientific research is usually expensive. Lab equipment, chemicals, research space, and the upkeep of technical instrumentation all cost money. Research groups need to raise money in order to continue their work. For research done at universities, much of that money comes from government sources, such as the National Science Foundation or the National Institute of Health. Private companies can fund their own research, but they may seek outside funding as well. Scientists write grant proposals explaining the goals and projected costs of their research, and funding agencies make decisions about which research projects they would like to fund. The long-term viability of most research labs depends on the ability to get and maintain funding.
Communicating Results
Suppose that your research is a success. What now? Scientists communicate their results to one another and to the public at large in several ways. One is to publish their research findings in publications called scientific journals. There are many hundreds of scientific journals covering every imaginable field of science. A few of the major chemistry journals include the "Journal of the American Chemical Society," the "Journal of Physical Chemistry," and "Inorganic Chemistry." Some journals have a very narrow scope while others publish articles from many different scientific disciplines and appeal to a wider audience. Examples of the latter include the journals "Science" and "Nature." Journal articles are often very complex and detailed. They must be accurate, since the research field as a whole uses these journal articles as a way to make scientific progress. Therefore, journal articles are only published after having been extensively reviewed by other professional scientists in the same field. Reviewers have the power to make suggestions about the research or possibly question the validity of the author's conclusions. Only when the reviewers are satisfied that the research is correct will the journal publish the article. This peer-review process allows scientists to trust the research findings that they read about in journals.
Scientists also communicate with one another by presenting their findings at international conferences. Some scientists are chosen to give lectures at conferences, typically about research that has already been published. Many other scientists at the same conference will present their work at poster sessions (see Figure below). These poster sessions are more informal and may often represent research that is still in progress.
Scientists at a poster session
Lesson Summary
- The Renaissance, which took place in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries, was a time of great change in thought and culture. Along with many other changes, science began to follow a more systematic approach based on careful observation and experimentation.
- The steps of the scientific method are to formulate a question, make a hypothesis, perform experiments, analyze the results, and develop theories.
- Professional scientists collaborate with one another by working in research groups and present their results in scientific journals and at international conferences.
Lesson Review Questions
Reviewing Concepts
- What were some of the scientific contributions of da Vinci and Copernicus?
- What is a key requirement for a hypothesis to be a valid part of the scientific method?
- Which of the following is not a part of the scientific method?
- experiment
- hypothesis
- chance
- theory
- What is the next step if a particular experiment is inconsistent with the hypothesis?
- Why do scientists repeat experiments?
- What is the difference between the independent variable and the dependent variable in an experiment?
- What makes a theory different from a hypothesis?
- What is a scientific journal and what is meant by the term "peer review"?
- A student decides to test the effect of added salt on the boiling point of water. He collects the following data (Table below):
|Amount of added salt (g)
|Boiling Temperature (°C)
- What is the independent variable?
- What is the dependent variable?
- What is the purpose of the first experiment, when no salt was added to the water?
- What needs to be kept constant during the experiment in order for the results to be valid?
Further Reading / Supplemental Links
- Scientific Method History, (http://scientificmethod.com/sm5_smhistory.html)
- Steps of the Scientific Method: An Explanation, (http://scientificmethod.com/sm4_stepsofsm.html)
Points to Consider
Chemistry is the study of matter and the changes that it undergoes. Before beginning to examine those changes, it is important to be able to classify matter according to certain common characteristics and be able to recognize when a chemical change is occurring.
- What properties of matter allow it to be classified?
- What clues allow a chemist to recognize a chemical reaction?
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Rebelscum posted boxed images of Anakin and Obi-Wan's ROTS Jedi Starfighters, coming in the scaled-down Class II line. Both revealed at Toy Fair (where Obi-Wan's was shown on the floor but not mentioned in the presentation), it seems like these might be the only new Class II vehicles coming this year aside from the three that are already out there. The packaging in and of itself doesn't look too bad, but the fact that the ships are just Photoshopped versions of each other is a weird move that will make the items look too similar at first glance on the shelf.
The AOTC Jedi Starfighter from this line is one of the cheapest-feeling items this line has ever seen, but I'm interested in seeing how these starfighters - which are already pretty small, and the previous versions were a little too bulky anyway - translate to this line.