tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72041998936676819922024-03-13T09:36:41.309-07:00Democritus BoundA blog on things of interest to high school science, math or technology.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-27482234296467398942023-07-23T17:40:00.002-07:002023-07-23T17:40:47.899-07:00Avoiding the Oedipus Trap<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.csun.edu/~hcfll004/oedstory.html" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="792" data-original-width="1019" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4vbbDVwmC9hLANKSSuVpnfr1lZ4Ut5FyLQtw21uUQLcOKwBzl5B98Rl0x0ScLYVbb4a4soVovwF2fwZ8At8GPCYreyBWv1lUVDihkseB-GPHFCB1RNaC0CrFI3mFWBWIJfqtJi_sMpKPT_V8sQCrNGPKwLidH9SoPzTIaC9PaOgxqN-VK4OOg8QOYjWml/s320/OedipusSphinx.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> Megan McArdle was <a href="https://www.econtalk.org/megan-mcardle-on-the-oedipus-trap/" target="_blank">interviewed for EconTalk</a> about The Oedipal Trap. She tells of Walter Freeman, the doctor who gave us the lobotomy. The interview has three major themes:<p></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The options available for mental health treatments were poor and the outcomes without treatment were horrible. Condemnation of lobotomy in the early years was not such a clear case. (Also, due to positive press treatment, opposition was not just unclear, it was politically untenable.)</li><li>Freeman’s work method was admirable, maybe exemplary. He took detailed patient histories and did careful follow-up. He was active in his work: alert to the latest research and accumulated a vast body of results on his own. He appears to be driven by a desire to be a great figure in medicine.</li><li>Somehow, Freeman could not see the emerging theme that his chosen treatment was destructive. (The good stuff starts at 35 min.)</li></ol><p></p><p><u>“The first principle of science is not to fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”</u></p><p>McArdle tells the story of Oedipus (36 min) and concludes that “there are some mistakes that no-one can live with, even if they were made innocently”. The trap is that if you have made such a mistake, it is better not to know that you have done so. If you have made a mistake this bad, you will do everything in your power to avoid recognizing that you have done it. Much of what you will do is psychological and unconscious.</p><p>Dangers of O traps shows up in cancer treatment and foreign policy. You must choose between options that will have horrible outcomes. You are likely to make a decision with a horrible outcome. If you are not careful and conscious, you will lock yourself into an Oedipus trap.</p><p>How to avoid O traps (1:06): </p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>If the stakes are really high, go in slowly. Do a little bit and follow-up with long term feedback. Don’t stake your reputation early on.</li><li>Pre-commit beforehand to check your results and be willing to be wrong.</li><li>Recognize that no matter how shattering it is to admit you are wrong, it is less shattering than continuing to make that mistake.</li></ol><p></p><span><a name='more'></a></span><p>Big, worthwhile distractions</p><p>45 min – examples of people fooling themselves</p><p>53 min – best ever telling of the Semmelweis story. Relevant connection: Semmelweis’s arrogant, abrasive personality made hard to accept advice from him. People who tell you are wrong are usually disagreeable people. Only disagreeable people can resist the pull of polite agreement. Also most, who disagree are wrong. It’s just that when they are right, they are critical.</p><p>1:00 – Delves into a meditation on “follow the science”: it is an anti-scientific statement. McArdle lays out a Bayesian alternative. Start with the prior that the scientific consensus is more likely than not to be right. In areas where the stakes are high, be more likely to question the science. Personal reputation is a stake.</p><div><br /></div>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-65058662547726394392021-07-04T17:30:00.001-07:002023-01-03T18:47:35.580-08:00Technosignatures<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://news.sky.com/story/technosignatures-could-help-in-search-for-alien-life-11934439" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Ta-JTgUvu0/YOJR1ikQysI/AAAAAAAAA8M/cn9biLS_JR8dnN16UzQwzuhENhT9vQGUACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/skynews-vla-very-large-array_4920587.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />When looking for life on other planets, we do not look for little
green men, or cities, or canals. Telescopes are nowhere near powerful enough to see that kind of
detail. Our best satellite-based
telescopes hope to see a dot, if we are lucky, if we know where and
when to look.<p></p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">The way we look for
life is to look at the color of that dot. The precise spectrum will
indicate the chemicals that are present. Certain chemicals are a sign
of life: molecular oxygen, for example. Oxygen bonds really well to
very many chemicals. It is unlikely to see much of it unbonded.
We only have unbonded oxygen on earth because we have plants that
make it. Oxygen molecules are a sure sign of life. Methane is also a
likely indicator. This makes oxygen molecules a biosignature: a sign
of life.
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;">Professor Adam Frank
is <a href="https://phys.org/news/2020-06-intelligent-life-planets-technosignatures-clues.html" target="_blank">looking for technosignatures</a>: a light spectrum that indicate the
presence of a technology-using society. Solar panels and pollutants
are two types of technosignature.</p>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-76953197061137751122021-03-25T17:33:00.000-07:002021-03-25T17:33:13.005-07:00First Flight<p> This piece of cloth was part of the first powered flight on earth. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/03/24/Wright-brothers-wing-covering-NASA-Perseverance/1541616617351/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="954" height="213" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-qOWE9O482to/YF0rMMSOv_I/AAAAAAAAA6w/FvpS3nj3p48SOpJmGrEk4vrJL4DnmHw6QCLcBGAsYHQ/image.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />...and on Mars.<p></p>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-15777070223505014492021-01-06T20:50:00.001-08:002021-03-25T17:37:29.972-07:00Marshmallow is Not Soft<p>Buckets of ink have been spent on the “marshmallow study”. Walter
Mischel started the test in the 1960s; finished it in the 1980s and
people have been buzzing about it ever since.</p>
<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/the-famous-marshmallow-test-of-kids-self-discipline-missed-something-big/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="552" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r7csBvjnWmU/X_aSB7yGM2I/AAAAAAAAA5o/e9c8CbeUgL86T2PzJfPY95wQA3ruBY33gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Marsh2.jpg" /></a></div>The most famous version goes like this. A 4-5 yr-old child is placed in a room with a
marshmallow. She is told that she is welcome to eat it now, but if she
waits until the adult comes back, she will get two marshmallows. The
wait was usually 15 minutes, all alone, in a bare room with a table,
two chairs and a plate with a marshmallow. (You will find <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=marshmallow+study" target="_blank">no shortage</a>
of (very cute) videos on this
study.)<br /><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The result: decades
later, the kids who resisted were dramatically more successful.</li><li>The
moral: self-control is they key to success.</li></ul>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">The study’s fame
grew until it is now one the ten best-known stories in psychology,
maybe the best. Then, in 2018, <a href="https://europepmc.org/article/PMC/6050075" target="_blank">Watts published</a> a study claiming Mischel’s
conclusion was too simple.
</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Popular press
articles exploded: the marshmallow study is wrong! <a href="https://www.cookist.com/the-famous-stanford-marshmallow-test-now-debunked/" target="_blank">Debunked</a>! <a href="https://www.fatherly.com/health-science/the-famous-marshmallow-test-of-kids-self-discipline-missed-something-big/" target="_blank">There</a> were <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new-research-marshmallow-test-suggests-delayed-gratification-doesnt-equal-success-180969234/" target="_blank">lots</a> of <a href="https://www.givingcompass.org/article/why-the-marshmallow-test-was-flawed-and-why-it-matters/" target="_blank">takes</a>. One says that it’s really about education: kids
from poor families have less willpower. Another says it is about
trust in adults: kids from un-trustworthy parents didn’t believe
they were ever going to see that second marshmallow. Well, Watts
never really thought his study “dubunked” the original, just that
it told a <a href="https://elemental.medium.com/the-ongoing-controversy-over-the-marshmallow-test-b495db1809be" target="_blank">more nuanced</a> story.</p>
<p style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">Well, now a study
from New Zealand, originating back in 1972, says...<a href="https://medicalxpress.com/news/2021-01-link-self-control-childhood-success-life.html" target="_blank">self-control is an excellent</a> predictor of future success. We’re sorry, Walter Mischel.</p><p></p>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-9449266837592960762020-12-13T14:55:00.004-08:002021-01-03T12:58:34.667-08:00Plastic Bags and the Throwaway Society<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://disposableamerica.org/course-projects/a-wholesome-drink/section-iv-noxious-touch-of-strangers-lips-trains-sanitation-and-the-paper-cup/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="778" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wQFQapG0EsA/X9abCsPOFaI/AAAAAAAAA5A/hPZ9tUVxbnkTd-tueGiv-Sv3HoZgynQiACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Tainted%2BKiss.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Despite widespread public favor , Public health officials demanded (and got) a ban on reusable plastic bags during the season of Covid-19. The hygiene cost is too high to even consider any of the benefits of reusable bags at this time. <div>But what about other times? What is the benefit of banning plastics? What is the cost? </div><div>John Tierney <a href="https://www.city-journal.org/disposable-products-environmentally-sound" target="_blank">revisits the history</a> of disposable paper and plastic: the rise of Dixie Cups to replace the “common cup” of the old west to the disposable garden party table settings of the space age through to the mandatory recycling programs of the 21st century. <div>MyPlanet is thinking through <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9Qbc4TRr84&list=LL&index=2" target="_blank">the plastic bag problem</a>. They find two conclusions. </div><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>The overwhelming source of plastic bag litter comes from take-out restaurants and convenience stores. </li><li>The least wasteful way to pack groceries is to use a disposable plastic bag and then re-use that bag.</li></ol></div></div>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-63900769470723104402020-07-02T14:20:00.000-07:002020-07-02T14:20:00.737-07:00Plans by the Many<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.essentialscholars.org/hayek" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="314" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-haNIzUsSTDU/Xv5OV28wpHI/AAAAAAAAA3o/KQXNcuzPCxA5UfXEj4U0kRRRO6SJBHOvACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/ManyPlans.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Dr. Ioannidis, chair in disease prevention at Stanford, thinks that
our public health <a href="https://fee.org/articles/modelers-were-astronomically-wrong-in-covid-19-predictions-says-leading-epidemiologist-and-the-world-is-paying-the-price/" target="_blank">planners lack perspective</a>. They have been working
very hard to optimize one small problem, slowing the spread of
COVID-19. But have very little consideration for other problems, like
preserving livelihoods, continuing medical care, mental health,
quality of life or mass starvation.</div>
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
Even on COVID-19,
they are focused on slowing transmission but show no indication they
have an end goal in mind. How do we bring this to a close?</div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
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<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
FEE relates this to
the big and recurring principle raised by Hayek: do we want one plan
made by an expert or a thousand plans made by individuals and small
groups?</div>
<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-38981393593676047662019-08-31T11:14:00.000-07:002019-08-31T11:14:44.143-07:00There is a Reason These Are the Most Cited Scientists<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/self-reference/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kcXfjbXqys0/XWq0RYJll9I/AAAAAAAAA2E/aaUBly4NnfIEJ--Kn5Xmw7WbUTz2tYNpwCLcBGAs/s1600/Self-ref.gif" /></a></div>
Maybe a citation count doesn't have the resolution needed to judge academic success.<br />
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<a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/some-of-the-world-s-most-cited-scientists-have-a-secret-that-s-just-been-exposed" target="_blank">A new study has revealed an unsettling truth about the citation metrics that are commonly used to gauge scientists' level of impact and influence in their respective fields of research.</a></blockquote>
Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-45649285973100435962019-08-19T15:36:00.000-07:002019-08-19T15:45:13.278-07:00The Novel as Journalism<br />
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<a href="https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/a-lesson-in-photography-from-annie-leibovitz-20181206-p50kmi.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="839" data-original-width="1024" height="163" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BOIpqfAtQ9k/XVsahlRRk1I/AAAAAAAAA1w/4yNSCig4eZQN0bVhOqH3ZEMcFcbsYyB3gCLcBGAs/s200/cf68c1255fffe56fe27306ede1577bf92a2cc285.webp" width="200" /></a></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/aboutlastnight/2018/05/tom-wolfe-r-i-p.html" target="_blank">Tom</a> <a href="https://freebeacon.com/columns/mizzou-and-the-master-of-our-universe/" target="_blank">Wolfe</a> is the great American novelist of the past 50 years. He was
a <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/1989/11/stalking-the-billion-footed-beast/" target="_blank">pioneer of the “nonfiction novel”</a> but never one to follow the
crowd blindly. His <i>Electric <a href="https://erupprecht.wordpress.com/2014/01/31/5-groovy-things-youll-learn-from-the-electric-kool-aid-acid-test/" target="_blank">Kool-Aid</a> Acid Test</i> was the
nonfiction novel of the hippie movement. The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElzIPn1pXWE" target="_blank">Right Stuff</a> (“What is
it, I wondered, that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous
Roman candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse?) was a little
more nonfiction and a little less novel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">He thought the world
needed a nonfiction novel about New York City and tried to write one.
Instead, a single scene expanded into <i><a href="https://mark-markmywords.blogspot.com/2016/04/book-review-radical-chic-mau-mauing.html" target="_blank">Radical Chic</a> and Mau-Mauing
the Flak Catchers</i>. The great novel turned into fiction: <i>The Bonfire of
the Vanities</i>. It proved to be prophetic in two key scenes (that
is, the fiction became nonfiction after the writing). One of those became the iconic news story of 1980s NY, but had to be cut from the book, causing him to ruefully quote Malcolm Muggeridge,</span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We live in an age in which it is no longer possible to be funny. There is nothing you can imagine, no matter how ludicrous, that will not promptly be enacted before your very eyes, probably by someone well known.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://harpers.org/archive/1989/11/stalking-the-billion-footed-beast/"><b>Wolfe
reflects</b></a> on the desire for new, specialized novels and shows why
novels can do journalism better than journalism can.
</span>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-42591451283276135442018-05-31T07:08:00.002-07:002018-05-31T07:08:24.198-07:00To the Moon!Bob Zubrin, who wrote "The Case For Mars" is setting his sights a little lower.<br />
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2018/05/zubrin-moon-direct-plan.html<br />
<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-19102650682366115912018-05-26T18:35:00.000-07:002018-05-26T18:35:43.340-07:00Bajau: The Undersea Hunters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Bajau people of Indonesia, Malaysia and the Phillipines live their whole lives in and around the ocean. They can dive for 13 minutes at a time to depths of 200 feet and their bodies are different from the rest of us. In particular, they have <a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/04/bajau-sea-nomads-free-diving-spleen-science/" target="_blank">larger spleens</a> and eyes adapted to water.<br />
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<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3063691/The-incredible-Bajau-refugee-community-told-not-allowed-live-Malaysian-land-built-homes-ocean.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="962" height="203" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-K_bEZQelbV4/WwoHR0kwXaI/AAAAAAAAAzc/zgVZahfo9lMynrg0vuviUc80wCotC8sVQCLcBGAs/s320/BajauBridge.jpg" width="320" /></a><span id="goog_1162199772"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a><span id="goog_1162199773"></span></div>
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In Malaysia, they are banned from the land, so they have made villages on stilts.<br />
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The people has a founding myth of a mission to escort a princess, possibly to a marriage. They fail in their duty to deliver her safely. Through shame or banishment, they never return home but wander the ocean for the generations since.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-26284266019909316762018-05-13T13:20:00.000-07:002018-05-13T13:20:05.271-07:00Visualizing Mortality<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="600" height="318" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qzflUNhIIJo/WvicE5EmSiI/AAAAAAAAAy4/T9LHfJTQA887nz0XxTcZt-9cCDkAahEvQCLcBGAs/s320/Winters-600x598.png" width="320" /></a></div>
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The <a href="https://waitbutwhy.com/2015/12/the-tail-end.html" target="_blank">Author </a>is 34 and expecting to live to 90. If you are 17 expecting to live to 73, you have half as many <span style="color: red;">X</span>'s and exactly the same number of winters. Your odds of living past 73 are pretty good but the shocking lack of infiniteness is unchanged.<br />
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Notably, the number of days you get to spend with your parents is probably already past the halfway mark. OTOH, the number of days you deliberately choose to spend with your parents may be much, much below halfway.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-85759065577268622792018-05-10T17:32:00.000-07:002018-05-13T13:35:13.951-07:00Spring 2018 Bridge: Lilliput<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">For years,
I’ve been telling students that under my rules <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">small</b> bridges might have an advantage. For rules like this, it’s a
pretty big advantage.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Usually,
they all ignore me. Last time, a few didn’t ignore me. This year, six
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<span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-CA;">Things got a <b>teeny-bit </b>ridiculous.</span></div>
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<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">8.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86.8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">7</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Aidan
Khang</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">54</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">85.9</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">8</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Team
Oneil</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">85.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">9</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Dylan
Hayden</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">48</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">5.9</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84.6</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">10</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Nate
Matt</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">88</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">66</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">32.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.7</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">83.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">11</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Jaden
Parker</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">77</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">19.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">12</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Jordan
H</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">100</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">87</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">41.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">4.2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">82.2</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">13</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Evan<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">15.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81.1</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">14</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Maija
Leslie</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">57</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">81.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">15</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Allison
Anna</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">107</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">31.3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">78.9</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">16</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Sahib
Cameron</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">111</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28.3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">77.6</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">17</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Sydney
Cassandra</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.9</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76.9</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">18</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Brody
Noah</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">71</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.8</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76.7</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">19</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Mizuki</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">120</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">58</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">28.3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">76.1</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">20</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Levi
Brendan</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">80</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.3</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">21</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Benny
Victoria</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">96</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">74.4</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">22</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Olivia
Zeynep</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73.2</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">23</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Arielle
Seamus</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">10</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">1.0</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">73.2</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">24</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Jordan
Max</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">125</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0.9</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">72.5</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">25</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Trey</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">129</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">17.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0.8</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">72.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">26</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Carter
Owen</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">115</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">18</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">12.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0.8</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">71.8</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">27</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Pav</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">124</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">0.6</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">70.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">28</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Jacob
Joshua</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">21</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">7-9 seconds</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">####</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">####</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">75.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">29</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Dominick</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">27</td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">no platform</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">####</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">####</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">70.0</td>
</tr>
<tr height="40" style="height: 30.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="40" style="border-top: none; height: 30.0pt;">30</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Glue-Lam
Construct</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">112</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">86.5</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">6.2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">84.9</td>
</tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15.0pt;">
<td class="xl67" height="20" style="border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;">31</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 63pt;" width="84">Comparison</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">33</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">20</td>
<td class="xl67" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"></td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">11.1</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">30.8</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;">97.6</td>
</tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-72779835581195853992018-04-01T21:11:00.000-07:002018-04-01T21:11:42.186-07:00Wi-Fi Might Have Made Us Smarter<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Instead it has spawned an industry with the largest research budgets in history and the smartest people in the world <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/04/01/social-media-business-model-addicts-us-approval-not-information-column/476719002/" target="_blank">dedicated to</a> making us addicted.</div>
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Almost all Americans own a smartphone or a computer.<br />Each device contains the library of Alexandria.<br />The sum total of all world knowledge.<br />You can learn anything. <span id="goog_617696075"></span><a href="https://twitter.com/TheStoicEmperor/status/967962344805474305" target="_blank">Why don't you?</a><br /><span id="goog_617696076"></span>Too busy tracking social status.<br />Too enthralled by imagery your evolution can't resist.</blockquote>
Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-57131807708918561672018-03-13T21:57:00.000-07:002018-09-18T13:02:27.776-07:00Millennials: The New Victorians<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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When I grew up, Victorian was a term of ridicule. It meant stuffy people who couldn't tolerate the least bit of earthy reality. Most emphatically in matters of romance, Victorians found the sight of a table leg too sensuous.* Exposing an ankle was the sign of a shameless flirt.<br />
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At best, it was said that the Victorians' inability to confront human sexuality was compensated by their ability to confront death. I came to expect that these were exaggerations by people who needed to feel better than their grandparents but the word Victorian stuck as a synonym for irrational prudery.<br />
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The twentieth century moved steadily away from that ideal. <a href="http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-censorious-age/" target="_blank">Matt Ridley says</a> the twenty-first is moving back (minus the care for others, fortitude, courage and economic success.) Illiberality in ideas has taken over for years. Now it seems that illiberality in behavior is next.<br />
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*It's not true but it <u><i>is</i></u> a myth we commonly shared.<br />
<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-5555007991498177912018-03-02T22:05:00.001-08:002018-03-02T22:05:36.929-08:00Foamectomy<a href="https://www.miata.net/garage/foamectomy/index.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img height="150" src="https://www.miata.net/garage/foamectomy/8.jpg" width="200" /></a>How to give a Miata more headroom and a better view through the window.<br />
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Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-52133797583803033312018-02-10T17:57:00.001-08:002023-06-07T16:07:18.823-07:00SpaceX Launches to MarsThe Falcon Heavy rocket from SpaceX launched on Tuesday. That means that a private company is now the organization in the world most capable of taking large payloads into space; not NASA, not the Russians, European Space Agency, China, Japan nor India: SpaceX.<br />
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If the drama was hard to appreciate, consider this for context:<br />
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<br />(2nd source for 2nd video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l71lD4dYyDs">How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster</a>)<br /><div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Falcon Heavy Launch events</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">30sec: montage</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 1.5 min: overview</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 3.2: tech overview 27
engines, 5 M pounds thrust</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 4.1: flight overview</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 6.2: play-by-play –
current activities</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 8.2: history</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 10: min today's goals –
land boosters</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 10.5: activities</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 14.2: Starman
description</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 15.2: orbit description</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 17.2: flight description</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 20.5: launch sequence
(silence) launch at 22 min</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 22.2: acceleration phase
– 23 min supersonic</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">- 24.5: fairing opens to
the sound of “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZKcl4-tcuo&list=RDAZKcl4-tcuo&t=138" target="_blank">Life on Mars</a>”, one of Bowie's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D67kmFzSh_o" target="_blank">quirky meditations</a> on the space era.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">28.4- 30.1: booster
landings</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">no video of center core
landing – rumor that it crashed into drone at 300 kph</span></div>
<br /></div>Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-10378702798580057612018-02-10T14:46:00.001-08:002018-02-10T14:46:55.800-08:00Dinosaurs: Dead AgainYou've heard that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs. 65 M years ago an <a href="https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2010/03/04/asteroid-terminated-dinosaur-era-in-a-matter-of-days/" target="_blank">asteroid hit</a> Mexico's Yucatan peninsula, covered the earth in a layer of dust, including rare iridium, destroyed the plant life, then herbivores, then carnivores.<br />
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<a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/did-volcanoes-kill-the-dinosaurs-1092135" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="768" height="259" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JjfH_-q5zI0/Wn9zaly9C0I/AAAAAAAAAxw/ETuYkyEzFj0D2c8kyInyC7ZmPWhg6-rqQCLcBGAs/s400/volcanoWC.jpg" width="400" /></a>You may not have heard that it was the volcanoes. Starting 70 M years ago, near Mumbai in India, a collection of volcanoes called the Deccan Traps spewed sulphur and ash, including iridium, acidifying the oceans and blocking out the sun...etc. But could you have sworn that it <a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/asteroid-impact-underwater-eruptions-caused-dinosaur-extinction" target="_blank">mightn't be both</a>?Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-75607311966456737922017-12-18T06:00:00.000-08:002017-12-18T06:00:01.687-08:00NORAD's December 24 WatchIt all started when <a href="http://www.yorkregion.com/community-story/7034655-norad-s-santa-tracker-is-keeping-watch-as-the-big-man-makes-his-rounds-on-christmas-eve/" target="_blank">Sears misprinted a phone number</a>. Instead of a kids' telephone line to Santa, it was a national security "red phone".<br />
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<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-72664533373444285542017-11-30T15:41:00.001-08:002017-11-30T15:41:50.769-08:00Fall 2017 Bridge ContestThis year the 98 lb weakling cleans up the beach.<br />
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<col style="mso-width-alt: 1609; mso-width-source: userset; width: 33pt;" width="44"></col>
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<col span="2" style="mso-width-alt: 2048; mso-width-source: userset; width: 42pt;" width="56"></col>
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<td class="xl66" height="102" style="height: 76.5pt; text-align: right; width: 111pt;" width="148">Names </td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 36pt;" width="48">Mass of Brdg [g]</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">Load Added [lb]</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">Load Added [kg]</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">Load Held [kg]</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 42pt;" width="56">F/m^3<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 42pt;" width="56">Grade [%]</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212">Notes</td>
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<td class="xl69" height="35" style="border-top: medium none; height: 26.25pt; text-align: right;"> </td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> </td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> </td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl69" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> </td>
<td class="xl70" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> </td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: none; border-top: none;"> </td>
<td class="xl73" style="border-left: none; border-top: none; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
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<td class="xl71" height="35" style="border-top: medium none; height: 26.25pt; text-align: right;">Erin/Katrin</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">45</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">10</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">6.2</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">68.5</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">100</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="35" style="height: 26.25pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl71" height="35" style="border-top: medium none; height: 26.25pt; text-align: right;">Megan P</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">90</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">76</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">36</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">49.7</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">93</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="34" style="height: 25.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl71" height="34" style="border-top: medium none; height: 25.5pt; text-align: right;">Loghan</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">78</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">48</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">24</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">49.6</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">93</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="54" style="height: 40.5pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl74" height="54" style="border-top: medium none; height: 40.5pt; text-align: right; width: 111pt;" width="148">Jemma/Fraser/ Makayla</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">57</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">10</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">2</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">8.2</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">44.5</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">90</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212">espionage
2%</td>
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<td class="xl71" height="32" style="border-top: medium none; height: 24pt; text-align: right;">Ryan/Noah</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">106</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">76</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">12</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">48</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">40.5</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">89</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl68" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Brayden S</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">92</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">56</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">27</td>
<td class="xl75" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">34.9</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">86</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl71" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Hailey/Maddy</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">88</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">48</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">24</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">34.5</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">86</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl71" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Melanie/Alex</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">88</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">40</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">3</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">23</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">33.6</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">86</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl71" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Momoko/Emily</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">110</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">76</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">5</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">41</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">31.0</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">85</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl71" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Mona/Jenna S</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">89</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">38</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">19</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">26.9</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">83</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<td class="xl68" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Alexis/Aiden</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">86</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">2</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">13</td>
<td class="xl75" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20.1</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">79</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="28" style="height: 21.0pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl68" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Brett/Isaac</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">114</td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">56</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl68" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">27</td>
<td class="xl75" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">18.3</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">78</td>
<td class="xl66" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="28" style="height: 21.0pt; mso-height-source: userset;">
<td class="xl71" height="28" style="border-top: medium none; height: 21pt; text-align: right;">Sully/Liam</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">66</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> </td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">3</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">4.7</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">16.3</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">77</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Ethan W</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">113</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">40</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">13.8</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">75</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
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<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Pe/ar</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">93</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">11</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">13.4</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">75</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Ethan J</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">106</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">30</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">12.9</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">74</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Amanda/Blake</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">139</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">68</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">33</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">12.1</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">74</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Dave / Dave</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">100</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">11</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">10.8</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">73</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Ethan R Eric</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">131</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">40</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">3</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">23</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">10.2</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">72</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">VT
upside-down</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">128</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">58</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">28</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">13.4</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">72</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212">1
cm - 10% </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Victor/Taylor</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">128</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">48</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">24</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">11.2</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">71</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212">1
cm - 10%</td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Peter/Jesse</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">130</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">30</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">3</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">18</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">8.3</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">71</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Charlie L</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">59</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">0</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44">0</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">1.7</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">8.3</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">71</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Crystal/Tom</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">127</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">20</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">11</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">5.3</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">68</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
<tr height="25" style="height: 18.75pt;">
<td class="xl71" height="25" style="border-top: medium none; height: 18.75pt; text-align: right;">Waiman/Rowan</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">154</td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">30</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 33pt;" width="44"> </td>
<td class="xl71" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">15</td>
<td class="xl76" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">4.2</td>
<td class="xl72" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">67</td>
<td class="xl74" style="border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center; width: 159pt;" width="212"> </td>
</tr>
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<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-27158650048345901402017-10-15T01:01:00.001-07:002017-10-15T01:01:42.343-07:00A Cradle of Life on Mars?<a href="https://nypost.com/2017/10/12/nasa-finds-possible-crater-of-life-on-mars/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="921" data-original-width="1286" height="229" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QolTU1eEUh0/WeMPyENaX5I/AAAAAAAAAxM/BHaxKeNZabADAJOKqC2ErM0FGyI0tqK7QCLcBGAs/s320/171012-mars-craddle-life-embed.jpg" width="320" /></a><br />
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NASA scientists believe they've found evidence of ancient <a href="https://www.universetoday.com/137468/ancient-hydrothermal-vents-found-mars-cradle-life-1/" target="_blank">hydrothermal vents on Mars</a>. This is newsworthy because hydrothermal vents are also likely locations for the earliest life on earth.<br />
<br />Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-65739501702099288572017-07-25T01:56:00.000-07:002017-07-25T01:56:04.811-07:00Expired Drugs Probably Aren't<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/18/537257884/that-drug-expiration-date-may-be-more-myth-than-fact" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><span id="goog_771621493"></span><span id="goog_771621494"></span><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="253" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zdUoFklp7bg/WXcE2ndqAkI/AAAAAAAAAwQ/H30IccwoAkgFdrJMX8zMlQf2rtofCNAsACLcBGAs/s200/OldDrugs.jpg" width="193" /></a></div>
All those medications have expiry dates. Did you ever wonder <a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/18/537257884/that-drug-expiration-date-may-be-more-myth-than-fact" target="_blank">what they mean</a>?<br />
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They mean that during the approval process someone showed that the drug could last this long without degradation. If the drug is manufactured in 1990 and in 1992 it was tested and it contained enough of the drug, the U.S. FDA will allow the manufacturer to claim a two year shelf life. It does not mean that anyone ever showed any drug degradation after two years.<br />
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That test is rarely done. When it is performed, tests regularly show shelf lives of four years beyond the advertised life. What's more, even if the drug decays, that is not evidence that it has become harmful. The two doctors in this article (Cantrell and Clancy) have never heard or read “of anyone being harmed by any expired drugs”.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-69209735206368961292017-07-24T02:04:00.000-07:002017-07-24T02:04:13.149-07:00I Could Outrun a T-Rex<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/17/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-not-have-outrun-speedy-human-scientists/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="694" height="199" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-jx-k6vgLu3Y/WXW3SgXLmfI/AAAAAAAAAv8/448ue_tP_sUcf4c1EWb37q9th4Y74VA2wCLcBGAs/s320/t-rex.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
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Two studies say that the Tyranasaurus Rex could not have been the fiercely fast predator shown in Jurassic Park. One says he would have <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2017/07/17/tyrannosaurus-rex-could-not-have-outrun-speedy-human-scientists/" target="_blank">run out of energy</a> before he got up to speed. The other says his <a href="http://time.com/4864214/t-rex-tyrannosaurus-top-speed-run-running/" target="_blank">bones</a> were not strong enough to handle the weight at high speeds.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-57616286163565455202017-06-11T18:45:00.000-07:002017-06-11T18:45:48.116-07:00Sex Differences in Sports<table> <tbody>
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<a href="http://www.livescience.com/59289-why-men-run-faster-than-women.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="1600" height="133" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cerU0Fk90jM/WT3t0W110jI/AAAAAAAAAvo/3bu47t_B2D4AsBzgtTYJ_Eh1Qutc-t72gCLcB/s200/GenderRace.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>
<br /></td> <td>Here is a run-down on male-female differences and how they might affect <a href="http://www.livescience.com/59289-why-men-run-faster-than-women.html" target="_blank">sports performance</a>.<br />
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Oh, and here's one comparing athletes' bodies to average men.</td> <td><a href="http://www.psychguides.com/interact/male-body-image-and-the-average-athlete/" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="801" height="163" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XnXtLm-93LA/WT3t1B76jWI/AAAAAAAAAvs/PUb3igmsM94a2CeQLNJvMIbuV445GtkmwCLcB/s200/Athlete.jpg" width="200" /></a></td> </tr>
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Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-35275177156094136972017-06-11T16:55:00.000-07:002017-06-13T17:19:14.895-07:00The Secret History of SCUBA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/christian-lambertsen-secret-story-behind-scuba.html" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="197" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MbSYeqD4v7Q/WT3XDIX0giI/AAAAAAAAAvY/itbUE2ITf58QNfcGmVAGcBEbaxfY_UbKQCLcB/s1600/SCUBA-inventor.jpg" /></a></div>
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Chris Lambertsen started working on underwater breathing as a teenager in the 1920s, on the beaches of the Jersey shore. He pursued this vision to become a doctor, inventor and have a few other <a href="https://www.cia.gov/news-information/featured-story-archive/2017-featured-story-archive/christian-lambertsen-secret-story-behind-scuba.html" target="_blank">adventures</a> along the way.Mr. Ennshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13413780729485055692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7204199893667681992.post-20485896054309067352017-04-22T12:55:00.000-07:002017-04-23T14:56:23.597-07:00The Original Earth Day<div class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm;">
<a href="http://www.poweltonvillage.org/profiles/einhorn1.html" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="157" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cCcZlj74rLY/WPupc9WNtsI/AAAAAAAAAvI/i37BK4f311Em5IO1Y2tuabChR8Jq39LPQCLcB/s200/ira_einhorn_sm.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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future is bad now, be glad it isn't 1970.</div>
<a href="https://ricochet.com/424431/13-ridiculous-predictions-made-earth-day-1970/" target="_blank">Thirteen predictions</a>* from Earth Day, 1970.<br />
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(more Earth Day <a href="https://reason.com/archives/2000/05/01/earth-day-then-and-now/print" target="_blank">predictions</a>: <a href="https://www.wired.com/1997/02/the-doomslayer-2/" target="_blank">Simon and Ehrlich's</a> famous <a href="http://www.webcitation.org/5Xu64dbNz" target="_blank">bet</a>)<br />
*(Apr'17) Mark Perry says: <a href="https://www.aei.org/publication/18-spectacularly-wrong-predictions-made-around-the-time-of-first-earth-day-in-1970-expect-more-this-year/" target="_blank">eighteen</a>.</div>
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