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DETECTION OF LARGE WOODY DEBRIS ACCUMULATIONS IN OLD-GROWTH FORESTS USING SONIC WAVE COLLECTION
Originally under: INDIANA R. JONES AND ETHAN ALLEN (“ET AL” FOR SHORT), Department of philosophical biology, University of North Dakota at Hoople Earl’s Corner Bar, Main Street, Hoople, ND (Also available as a pdf file) * * * Abstract: We used directional microphones, professional electronic audio recording equipment and personal observation to monitor the accumulation of large woody debris in old-growth forests of northern Wisconsin from June 1999 through July 2001. We hired a really poor undergraduate student to collect nearly 20,000 hours of audio/video tape in really cool areas in the Chequamegon and Nicolet National Forests. Then we made…
YOUR EPIGENOME AND YOU: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO WHAT YOUR EPIGENOME DOES FOR YOU, AND WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR EPIGENOME.
DNA is a curious thing. It might make sense for you to think about the DNA in your brain in terms of “brain DNA” and DNA in your blood in terms of “blood DNA”, but you’d be wrong. Strangely, the DNA in your skin cells sloughing off to make up a considerable proportion of common household dust is the exact same DNA found in the rest of the cells making up your body and bodily organs like your brain, heart, liver and muscles. So how does DNA know to make neurons or finger nails? How does it know what to…
HAL MOURNS DAD
The death of noted science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke has elicited near unanimous praise from fans around the world with one notable exception. Speaking from his hometown of Urbana, Heuristic Algorithmic 9000 (known to his friends as HAL), made the following statement: Since the death of Arthur Clarke, I have been inundated with media requests for comment. To satisfy those requests and to preserve my privacy, I am issuing this single communication simultaneously in FORTRAN, COBOL and English. Yes, Mr. Clarke was my father. But, no, we weren’t close. Actually, we were close at one time. Those early days…
PUBLIC TELEVISION PRESENTS, “NATUREWORLD: SEEKING THE ORIGINS OF THE ENVIRONMENTALIST.”
(This program is made possible in part by a grant from American World Corporation: “Meeting tomorrow’s energy needs, TODAY!”) – – – (On screen is a montage of public parks and backyard barbeques.) Voice over: It’s a warm spring day. Gathered at the parks and picnic grounds across America, families are cooking meat and tossing softballs, swimming, and enjoying the first sunshine after winter’s gloom. In a dark meeting area at Barnes and Noble, though, (Shot of bookstore interior) a different group gathers. Besides the fanny-packs stuffed with organic granola bars, a few all-cotton flannel shirts, and clean-scrubbed faces wearing…
THE GREAT FAIR MARKET VALUE DEBATE
So the question gets asked about fair market values of assets, and why we don’t record all our fixed assets on the balance sheet at their market values (we use their original cost if you’re really interested in knowing). It’s a good question, and it strikes right to the heart of the relevance versus reliability dichotomy. On the one hand, we want information to be relevant. Relevant information is decision useful information. On the other hand, we want information to be reliable. Wild guesses aren’t so good, even if the thing you’re guessing about is the financial equivalent to “life,…
THE SCIENCE CHANNEL’S NEW PRIMETIME LINEUP
Boyle’s Law: John Boyle was once a forensic scientist for the Albuquerque police specializing in detecting airborne particles. Then he was framed for a crime he did not commit. Now, stripped of his badge, Boyle uses his unique detective skills to serve up vigilante justice from his very own hot-air balloon! When John Boyle is on the case, the heat is on, and the pressure is rising! (Assuming volume stays relatively constant.) Mondays at 9! Absolute Zeroes: When it comes to a show about nothing, Seinfeld doesn’t hold a candle to Absolute Zeroes. In this groundbreaking reality series, we follow…
THE FINNISH DISEASE HERITAGE AND OTHER GENETIC ISOLATES
Finland, Finland Finland, The country where I want to be, You’re so sadly neglected, And often ignored, Finland, Finland, Finland, Finland has it all. -Monty Python, “Finland” In modern society it is generally considered impolite to point out the intrinsic differences between ethnic groups; while it is true that people should be treated equally regardless of ethnicity in terms of employment, respect, rights etc, there are genetic differences between ethnicities that can provide invaluable medical information about disease processes. Throughout history there has been a vast amount of inter-ethnic mingling, this has made most genetic differences negligible at best however,…
WHAT GOOGLE EARTH REVEALED
Two years later in an ergonomic chair I flew across the screen to gaze again at the blur where I had lived. Two eyes disunbelieving: the town, that time shown from above in all its complex clarity. Google Earth showed, and did not show, the road into town. The middle of nowhere is too symmetrical to be true. East Northeast of our peripheral vision, more like. Where impossible carts full of watermelons rolled uphill along the dry Volta. Where millet stalks, until swallowed by greedy granaries, hid the rotund huts.Google Earth showed, and did not show, the field where two…