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October 31, 2008
Category: Nature as in Earth, as in Global, as in Global Issues Generally
Recently, we had an opportunity to host a variety of great talks for science teachers. One of the talks was by Dr. William Rees. It was a nice little introduction into the conundrum of our reliance on "progress" to...
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
New breakthrough in this year's stratigraphy. Big news. Huge, chewy news. Sticky, chocolatey chewy news.
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October 28, 2008
Category: Industrial Agriculture
Same ole same ole when it comes to animal slaughter.
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Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
So, this is one of the things that has been keeping me busy the last couple of weeks. Essentially, the lab hosted a largish conference for high school science teachers (about 95 registrants) - as well, we took the tact...
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October 27, 2008
Category: The Art/Science (Non?)Divide Building
Friend of the Fair Oronte Churm has a note on engineers over at The Education of Oronte Churm, "The Engineers Think On It." Eating at a diner with a book of poetry in hand, he posits the engineer's quest for...
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Category: NatureLand: What They Used to Call the Environment
In which we see: soldiers (humanity), nuclear blasts (inhumanity), and the sky (supra-humanity).
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October 26, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Forgive me, faith, for never having any.
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October 24, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
The Telegraph's website has an "Atlas of the Real World." There are 18 different versions of the world map, where software depicts "the nations of the world, not by their physical size, but by their demographic importance on a range...
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October 23, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
#4: Refusing to Listen to the Only Living Jedi in the Galaxy
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October 22, 2008
Category: Knoxville '82: Where Miscellany Thrive
Sorry I've been vacant from the blog lately. Sort of an unholy convergence of teaching/marking, event planning, burst water main, event planning again, kids with flu, and grant writing. We also had my son's Star Wars themed birthday party this...
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