Category: Blog
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Thrawn by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn 6)
This is the first book of the third and final Thrawn series. This series is a prequel to the first series. This book, Thrawn, is an origin story. It starts when he first joins The Empire and ends with him as a Grand Admiral in The Imperial Fleet. It also follows the story of his…
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USP493 Session 1 Notes
Review Modeling – turning the research question into researchable form Selecting the attributes of interest Determining the causal paths Dependent vs independent variables Time order Logic/theory Moving towards a researchable hypothesis Specifying the unit of analysis Specifying the concepts More and less abstract concepts Conceptual and operational definitions Multi-dimensional concepts Permitting the ability to show…
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Data: Nuclear Radiation and Wildfires
I am conducting a long-term experiment of the environmental factors associated with the wildefires. One factor I am looking at is the ambient nuclear radiation levels. Hypothesis I believe that when the fires start, we will see a significant increase in radionuclide count per minute, because of naturally occurring radioactive materials being released into the…
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USP514 Session 1 Notes
Final Questions What did you learn in each session? (One page each) How did the class impact your professional development? How did the class impact your personal development? Homework Questions for each reading Who wrote this article and what was their training? How does the article focus on sustainable development? What geographic and/or social context/space…
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USP515 Session 1 Notes
Day One Homework Questions 1.1 What approaches do we want to use in this class to encourage and support as many students as possible to participate in class discussions? Use emojis or type comments in the chat box Raise hands on camera Or just speak calling on people doing a speaking stack in the chat…
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Vision of the Future by Timothy Zahn (Thrawn 5)
This book is REALLY great. Having just finished the first Thrawn trilogy and now the Hand Duology, this book is the best, the pinnacle of the story so far. I really liked the focus on many interesting characters and the way the stories all tied together. [Spoilers] It seems safe to say at this…
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Making Cowboy Cold Brew Iced Coffee
I really like to make cold brew iced coffee. I also like to go camping. I developed this method for making cowboy cold brew which works just as well at home or in the woods. Cowboy coffee refers to mixing the grounds in with the water and then pouring it out through a filter once…
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Gamma Yayoi
Function generators and drum machines and things like that, going into a visualization engine AND also projecting into an infinity room which has some strings hanging or something to catch the projection. But with like fun game controls like throttles and joysticks instead of complete control of the software. So you’re not really in control…
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2020 Burn Week Alternative Camping Trip
I decided to make this post because I have done a super lot of research for this project and I need to keep it all straight and share the results with a few people. I wanted to do a camping trip for burn week this year because the burn is canceled. I had considered going…
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Buy PM2.5 Inserts Instead of N95 Masks
One hundred PM2.5 (N95 quality) filter inserts costs just twelve dollars. For a face mask to be rated N95 means it must filter particulate matter down to 2.5 microns (PM2.5). PM2.5 covers both viruses and smoke particles. The problem today is that medical professionals need the N95 masks and hoarding them will get people killed.…