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SUMMARY:Global Fires
DESCRIPTION:This panel has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here\n \nGlobal Fires – Australia\, Amazon\, California\n  \nPanel participants: \n\nChris Lincoln\nLinda Morris Kelley\nKeith Eric Grant\n\n  \nHost scientific debates: Matthew Burr \n \nPreviously recorded panels \n\n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/global-fires/
LOCATION:Wildfire Exhibit
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200321T100000
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SUMMARY:Jurassic Period of USA & Switzerland
DESCRIPTION:A comparison of the Jurassic Period of USA and Switzerland: A case study in international collaboration \nby Bill Schmachtenberg\, Kass Lapidar\, and Darien Bradley \n  \nAbstract: Schools are currently encouraging global collaborations. There are advantages to this collaboration\, but there are issues that need to be addressed. In the presentation\, Bill Schmachtenberg will present the collaborative research he has been conducting with Kass Lapidar in Switzerland on the geology and palaeontology of the Jurassic Period of Switzerland and Como Bluffs\, Wyoming\, USA. A high school senior\, Darien Bradley also helped prepare this presentation. \n  \n \n  \nby Dr. William F. Schmachtenberg (Dae Miami SL)  \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nRelated Hypothesis article “The Cracks in Time” \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/jurassic-usa-swiss/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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SUMMARY:VWBPE 2020
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2020\nPre-conference Immersive Experiences\n\n\nOne of the amazing things about virtual environments is how easy it is to travel to interesting locations. Who else wishes they could teleport in the physical world? It is so easy to take a tour and play anywhere in virtual environments…\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe Science Circle (SC) provides immersive experiences and focuses on Science & Education; Astronomy\, Biology\, Chemistry\, Geology\, Mathematics\, Art\, and current events like wildfires. Areas on and above the island are accessible via a teleport system and multi-lingual\, explanatory signage.\n\nPast Science Circle presentations are available via mini-theatres.\nIncludes a 30 minute “Question and Answer” about the Corona Virus in our auditorium at 11 AM PDT\nCome play a game\, solve a problem\, and engage in hands-on learning with virtual world education leaders. \nNo need to sign up\, simply come and learn!
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/vwbpe-2020-2/
LOCATION:The Science Circle region
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200320T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200320T073000
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SUMMARY:VWBPE 2020
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education 2020\nPre-conference Immersive Experiences\n\n\nOne of the amazing things about virtual environments is how easy it is to travel to interesting locations. Who else wishes they could teleport in the physical world? It is so easy to take a tour and play anywhere in virtual environments…\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nThe Science Circle (SC) provides immersive experiences and focuses on Science & Education; Astronomy\, Biology\, Chemistry\, Geology\, Mathematics\, Art\, and current events like wildfires. Areas on and above the island are accessible via a teleport system and multi-lingual\, explanatory signage.\n\nPast Science Circle presentations are available via mini-theatres.\n  \nIncludes a 30 minute “Question and Answer” about the Corona Virus in our auditorium at 7 AM PDT\n  \nCome play a game\, solve a problem\, and engage in hands-on learning with virtual world education leaders. \nNo need to sign up\, simply come and learn!
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/vwbpe-2020/
LOCATION:The Science Circle region
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200314T100000
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SUMMARY:Physics & Arts
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nPhysics and Arts \nThe talk will try to demonstrate\, with many examples\, that science and arts are much more entangled than what is commonly understood. Not only because arts make use of the most recent technological developments to create new forms of expressions\, but also at a much deeper level. Both Sciences and Arts are in fact different ways to systematise and organize the perception of the world  and therefore reflect what in a given epoch can be called the “cultural paradigm”. Every time deep changes take place in this paradigm\, equally deep changes take place in both Arts and Sciences. In some cases arts anticipates science and in others science anticipate Arts.   \n  \nGiuseppe Longo \nChair Data Science Initiative  \nProfessor of Astrophysics \nAccademico Pontaniano \n——————————————– \nDepartment of Physics “E. Pancini” \nUniversity Federico II in Napoli (I) \n  \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/physics-arts/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200307T100000
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SUMMARY:Data into insight: Teasing out how molecules behave
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \n“Data into insight: Teasing out how molecules behave” \nMy current research involves the exploration of electron-transfer events on models of biologically-relevant molecules such as the heme-nitric-oxide complex. My students learn how to work with air- and moisture-sensitive materials so as to prepare target compounds\, and then we have to gather data on these materials so as to be able to prove they are what we set out to make. Once we have the materials in hand\, we can start doing experiments which probe the chemical consequences of electron transfer on these compounds. \n \nWith examples from my research program\, I’ll show you how data we collect tells us about the quality of the materials\, and how the data reveals the consequences of electron-transfer events involving these materials. I’ll talk specifically about what we can learn from infrared spectroscopy\, magnetic resonance\, and an electrochemical technique called voltammetry. \n  \nMike J. Shaw \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nPodcast interview \n  \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/data-into-insight/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200301T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200301T080000
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SUMMARY:Concert
DESCRIPTION:Gustav Mahler: Symphony No.1 “Titan” (Piano Transcription)\n\n\n\nLangsam. Schleppend. Wie ein Naturlaut\n14:38 \n\n\nKräftig bewegt\n7:39 \n\n\nFeierlich und gemessen\, ohne zu schleppen\n\n12:06 \n\n\n\nStürmisch bewegt\n\n21:12 \n\n\n\n\n  \n  \nThank you for your interest and participation in our objectives. \nThe quarterly classical concerts on the first Sunday by Earl Kiech are a social addition to our regular program. At the same time\, we want to draw attention to the possibility of also providing financial support so that we can continue to implement our Mission Statement. \n  \nThere are three options for financial support from our organization\, namely; \n\nIn Second Life with Linden Dollars\, the donation box can be found at the landing point.\nWith your Linden Dollars we provide our region with all the conveniences and facilities for our events.\nVia PayPal\, by means of a one-off or recurring payment in your own currency.\nAnd by ABN Amro Bank\, the official bank account of The Science Circle.\nThe income on the last two bank accounts is used to keep our organization running; Second Life Region\, website\, server\, Microsoft license and recruiting staff.\n\n Donation page \n \n  \nIn recent years we have developed a variety of activities and your participation has made this a huge success.\nWe hope that our program for the coming year will once again guarantee your attendance.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/concert-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200229T100000
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SUMMARY:Recent Developments in Medicine
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \nPainting: “De anatomische les van Dr. Nicolaes Tulp”  Rembrandt van Rijn\, 1632  \n“The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp” \n  \nPanel participants: \n\nRobert Hendrix\, MD\nDr. Stephen Gasior\n \n\n  \nHost scientific debates: Matthew Burr \n \nPreviously recorded panels \n\n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/new-treatments-for-disease/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200222T100000
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SUMMARY:Celestial Orbits\, Part I
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nHere I present the basic physics that underpins the orbits of celestial bodies.  Starting from Newton’s laws of motion and gravitation\, and using many examples from everyday life\, I elucidate fundamental concepts of mass and weight\, true and fictitious forces\, potential and kinetic energy\, and orbital trajectories.  This lays the groundwork for future talk(s) on celestial orbits.   \nW. F. Wall / Syzygy Asymptote \n  \nDr. William Wall \nPrevious work in the Library \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious presentations in the Film Collection \n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/celestial-orbits-part-1/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200215T080000
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SUMMARY:Fire & Rain
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nFire and Rain \n“Oh\, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain \nI’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end \nI’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend \nBut I always thought I’d see you again.” \n  \nWhen James Taylor wrote those words in 1970\, he was thinking wistfully about a childhood friend who had committed suicide. Sadly\, those words ring true for what we are seeing today in climate weirding as well. “I always thought that I’d see you again.” How many thousands and thousands of people around the world whose homes have been destroyed by fire or by rain had that same thought? This is also the thought some of us are having when thinking about what we had come to know\, to expect\, as normal climate – wherever we live. While we may wish it\, we cannot return to an old normal of climate any more than we can return to a past pattern on a kaleidoscope. \n  \n \n  \nIn 2019\, too many places on Earth suffered extreme drought and horrible wildfires while other places were deluged by severe rainstorms and floods.  We all hope that none of us ever experiences a fire maelstrom for real\, or intense rainstorms that damp them. Yet having at least a touch of a visceral sense of what these would be gives more meaning and understanding to data such as those that Dr. Keith Grant shared with us in his excellent presentation a few weeks ago. \nOne of the unique qualities of Second Life is that we can construct immersive spaces that provoke a sense of being there\, of experiencing. For this purpose we have build a fire burnout. Dramatic experiences inform thinking and conversation. Please join me on Saturday\, February 15\, don some fire fighting equipment and let’s get started. \n  \nLinda Morris Kelley (Delia Lake in SL)\nHabitat Curator \nPrevious tours on film \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/fire-rain/
LOCATION:Nikolai’s Planetarium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200212T100000
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SUMMARY:Darwin Day: Heroes of Evolution
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nHeroes of Evolution: Margulis and McClintock: The Women Who Broke Darwinian Theory \nThis lecture will honor the accomplishments of two scientists who characterized exceptions to standard Darwinian Evolution Theory. \nDr. Lynn Margulis (aka Lynn Sagan) proposed that some organelles in cells are derived from once free-living organisms that took up residence inside a larger host cell. Chloroplasts and mitochondria are now well established examples of Endosymbiosis. Endosymbiosis is the combination of two organisms to create a new one thus breaking “identity by descent.” \nDr. Barbara McClintock (Nobel Laureate 1983) characterized “jumping genes” in corn. The presence of transposons and other mobile elements has described over time a new paradigm for how we understand genomes and how dynamic they are. Their ability to transfer themselves and DNA between organisms and move within genomes is another counterexample to “identity by descent” \nThe challenges these women in science faced from their male peers will be briefly discussed as well.  \n  \nDr. Stephen L. Gasior   \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nPodcast interview \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/darwin-day-2/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200208T110000
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CREATED:20200114T064924Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T120236Z
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SUMMARY:Marking Time: Consciousness\, Cosmos\, and Calendars
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nPhoto: Midnight Planétarium Watch by Van Cleef & Arpels \n“Marking Time: Consciousness\, Cosmos\, and Calendars“\n“Explore Science in Second Life!” \nA public presentation and consultation of members for a joint educational journey.\nFacilitated by Phil Youngblood / SL: Vic Michalak \n  \nAbstract \nTime is an inescapable reality in our personal and social lives.\nWe mark it\, celebrate it\, take it\, stretch it\, slow it\, waste it\, and curse it.\nOur mind and bodies count on its regularity\, but the reality is it is not regular. \nWe are almost constantly aware of it\, but conceive of it differently if awake or asleep.  \nHappy New Year? Leap Year? New Decade? Yes or No? \n \nReligious calendars\, secular calendars\, fixed and movable holidays.\nThe perfection of the cosmos and imperfection of the sun\, moon\, planet\, and stars. \nLet us take time together to explore the physical reality and the abstract concept of time. \n  \n  \n\nPrevious work from Phil in the Library \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious presentations in the Film Collection \n\nPodcast – Guest: Phil Youngblood \n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/marking-time-2/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T110000
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CREATED:20200111T131437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200202T192220Z
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SUMMARY:Wuhan Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nPhoto: Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo\, or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under an electron microscope. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Library (PHIL)\, image identification number #4814; courtesy of Dr. Fred Murphy of the CDC. \n  \nCHINA’S NEW WUHAN CORONAVIRUS \nPresentation for SCIENCE CIRCLE \n Robert A. Hendrix\, MD\, a.k.a.\, Tagline in Second Life \n  \nA new contagious CORONAVIRUS has emerged from a large food market in Wuhan\, China that has fish\, birds and live animals. This virus is transmissible person to person and has caused the death of at least 17 and sickened 540  people in China as of 22.January 2020. Furthermore\, it has quickly spread across borders in Asia and now been reported in the United States. \nThis talk will review prominent medical and public health features of this new virus that may become a pandemic. \n  \n  \n \nPrevious presentations of Robert in the Film Collection  \nPrevious work from Robert in the Library \n  \n\n\n\nPodcast  Global Outbreak of Fatty Liver Disease\n \n\nPodcast  Doctor’s Tips for Healthier Mind and Body. \n\n\n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/corona-virus/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200201T080000
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SUMMARY:Wuhan Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nPhoto: Coronaviruses are a group of viruses that have a halo\, or crown-like (corona) appearance when viewed under an electron microscope. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Public Health Library (PHIL)\, image identification number #4814; courtesy of Dr. Fred Murphy of the CDC. \n  \nCHINA’S NEW WUHAN CORONAVIRUS \nPresentation for SCIENCE CIRCLE \n Robert A. Hendrix\, MD\, a.k.a.\, Tagline in Second Life \n  \nA new contagious CORONAVIRUS has emerged from a large food market in Wuhan\, China that has fish\, birds and live animals. This virus is transmissible person to person and has caused the death of at least 17 and sickened 540  people in China as of 22.January 2020. Furthermore\, it has quickly spread across borders in Asia and now been reported in the United States. \nThis talk will review prominent medical and public health features of this new virus that may become a pandemic. \n  \n  \n  \n \nPrevious presentations of Robert in the Film Collection  \nPrevious work from Robert in the Library \n  \n\n\n\nPodcast  Global Outbreak of Fatty Liver Disease\n \n\nPodcast  Doctor’s Tips for Healthier Mind and Body. \n\n\n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/coronavirus/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200127T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200127T080000
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SUMMARY:Open board meeting
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend our board meeting.\nThe focus today will be on our participation in the VWBPE conference and then specifically Immersive Experiences. \n  \nPossible interactive exhibits for participation: \nRealTime Planetarium by Nikolai Mnev \nWildfire Exhibit by Linda Morris Kelley \nTeacher Training Tower by Hajime Nishimura \nHMS Beagle by Phil Youngblood \nMike’s Chem Lab by Mike Shaw \nProspero’s Planetarium by Rob Knop \nPopulation Genetics by Stephen Gasior \nEducare International Learning Center by Steven Van Hook \nLet’s Make a Deal by Deepthinker Oh \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-8/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T100000
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SUMMARY:Modern Extinctions
DESCRIPTION:Extinction is the death of all members of a species of plants\, animals\, or other organisms. Smithsonian \nLatest: The Chinese Paddlefish \n  \nPanel participants: \n\nAlex Hastings\nMike Shaw\nPhil Youngblood\n\n  \nHost scientific debates: Matthew Burr \n \nPreviously recorded panels \n\n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/modern-extinctions/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200125T070000
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CREATED:20200108T154617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200214T120212Z
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SUMMARY:Marking Time: Consciousness\, Cosmos\, and Calendars
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nPhoto: Midnight Planétarium Watch by Van Cleef & Arpels \n“Marking Time: Consciousness\, Cosmos\, and Calendars“\n“Explore Science in Second Life!” \nA public presentation and consultation of members for a joint educational journey.\nFacilitated by Phil Youngblood / SL: Vic Michalak \n  \nAbstract \nTime is an inescapable reality in our personal and social lives.\nWe mark it\, celebrate it\, take it\, stretch it\, slow it\, waste it\, and curse it.\nOur mind and bodies count on its regularity\, but the reality is it is not regular. \nWe are almost constantly aware of it\, but conceive of it differently if awake or asleep.  \nHappy New Year? Leap Year? New Decade? Yes or No? \n \nReligious calendars\, secular calendars\, fixed and movable holidays.\nThe perfection of the cosmos and imperfection of the sun\, moon\, planet\, and stars. \nLet us take time together to explore the physical reality and the abstract concept of time. \n\nPrevious work from Phil in the Library \n\n\n\n\n\n\nPrevious presentations in the Film Collection \n\nPodcast – Guest: Phil Youngblood \n\n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/marking-time/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200118T110000
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SUMMARY:Natural Forcings & Natural Climate Cycles
DESCRIPTION:Graph: Global Climate Change NASA \nThis presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nNatural Forcings and Natural Climate Cycles – Just not what we are seeing today \nIn order to understand how human-caused climate change differs from natural cycles\, it helps to have a basic understanding of natural cycles. In that context\, this talk will address orbital forcing\, solar variation\, and natural carbon dioxide emission and removal. \n  \nBy Keith Eric Grant \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nKeith participated in a Climate Change debate\, a film recording can be found here \n \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/climate-2020-01/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200111T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200111T070000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191223T135239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200112T105857Z
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SUMMARY:Fugaku\, the next SuperComputer
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nOutline of the next supercomputer in Japan \nby Arianne Chavasse\, Science Circle Student\, Abyss Observatory Group Member  \n \n\nAbstract\nThe name of post K supercomputer in Japan is “FUGAKU”. I would like to talk about the origin of the name and review the brief history of development around K and FUGAKU.\nIn addition\, I would like to talk about what Japan is aiming for in the supercomputer field. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/fugaku-the-next-supercomputer/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200104T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191218T093903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200112T105805Z
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SUMMARY:2019 CRISPR Year in Review
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \nEvery year there are new advances in genome engineering. In this talk\, the most important and interesting news in CRISPR-based gene editing from 2019 will be presented. Come learn about Technology Advances\, New Tools\, Intellectual Property\, and Target Genes and Modified Organisms from a practitioner in the field.  \n  \nDr. Stephen L. Gasior   \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nPodcast interview \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/2019-crispr-year-in-review/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191230T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191230T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191227T115102Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191227T132134Z
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SUMMARY:Open Board meeting
DESCRIPTION:You are cordially invited to attend our Open Board meeting\, in which we will share an overview of all our activities and developments of the past year. But we also want your best memories of 2019! \nIf due to circumstances you cannot be present on Monday\, December 30 at 7 AM PST then there is the possibility to share your answers via a survey here. \n  \nThank you for a very successful year in which your participation has been essential! \nJes Stannard\, Phil Youngblood\, Greg Perrier\, Mike Shaw & Chantal Jager \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-7/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191228T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191228T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191223T134414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191229T154613Z
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SUMMARY:Audience Questions
DESCRIPTION:This panel has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \nYour questions to our scientists! \nPanel participants: \n\nWilliam Wall\, Astronomy\nMike Shaw\, Chemistry\nPhil Youngblood\, IT & Science in SL\n\n  \nHost scientific debates: Matthew Burr \nPreviously recorded panels \n\n\n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/audience-questions/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191221T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191221T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191204T095731Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191215T093705Z
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SUMMARY:Charles Dickens Project
DESCRIPTION:Tour the Dickens Library and Research Center with the Community Virtual Library\n    \nIn Voice & Text chat \nLocation The Dickens Project \nDescription\nPut on your Victorian attire (optional) and join us at the Dickens Project for a holiday tour. We will discuss research in virtual worlds for historical simulation and see examples. \nby Marie Vans Ph.D. \n \n  \nA few recommendations\n1. Buy your Victorian attire in time! Second Life Marketplace\n2. Clear the cache before arrival on the excursion day itself\, this will provide you the desired experience. The cache is where the Second Life Viewer stores data on your hard drive for later retrieval. \nTo clear the cache: \n\nChoose Me > Preferences.\nClick the Advanced\nClick Clear Cache.\nAfter you’re prompted\, restart the Viewer.\n\n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/charles-dickens/
LOCATION:The Dickens Project
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191214T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191214T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191202T092034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T094331Z
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SUMMARY:Northern Virginia Community College
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \n  \nSince 2009\, the Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA) has had a campus in Second Life.  \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nCurrently\, over 400 students a year complete one or more of the 23 activities there.  The tour on 14 December will highlight four of these activities that illustrate some of the different ways that professors use the virtual campus to enhance education in their classes. \n \n  \n  \nGreg Perrier \nEmeritus Professor\, Biology  \nNOVA \n  \nPrevious presentations of Greg in the Film Collection \nPrevious work from Greg in the Library \nPodcast by Host/Producer: Steven R. Van Hook \n \n\n\n  \n\n\n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/nova/
LOCATION:Northern Virginia Community College
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191210T070000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191203T094046Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191203T094046Z
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SUMMARY:Documentary
DESCRIPTION:This season we started a new weekday activity\, in which your input is essential.\nEvery second Tuesday of the month at 6 AM PST we broadcast a documentary in the auditorium. \n  \nThis month: History of the World II  \n“Age of Empire”\n \nThe story of the first empires in China and Greece which laid the foundations for the modern world. \n  \nProposals for future documentaries come from the audience present\, creating a wide variety of subjects. \nWe understand that 6 AM PDT is not feasible for everyone and we hope to expand it once we have found more staff. \nJoin us and submit your proposals!
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/documentary-4/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191207T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191129T100636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191218T094147Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change Portal
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here\n \n  \nPhoto: 3rd floor of The Climate Change Portal at NPO co2sos\, Geoffroy. The background building is a virtual model of RL Science museum in Japan\, SCi-Pia. \n  \nTitle: The Climate Change Portal\, a Science basis for ESD: Education for Sustainable Development in collaboration with RL Science museum in Japan \nDate and time: 7 Dec (Sat) at 7:00 am PST/ 15:00 GMT/ 24:00 JST \nTour guide: Hajime Nishimura\, senior staff of Japan Agency for Marine and Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). Yan Lauria in SL \n  \nLocations: \n– Starting point \n– Field study centre at Bowness \n– Chaos and climate prediction \n– Etopia \n  \nAbstract: \nGreta Thunberg\, 16 years old\,  became famous since her solo school strike in 2018. Her movement is spreading in many schools in the world\, and recently\, she had a speech at the UN Climate Action Summit on 23 Sep\, 2019. Aside of her provocative words\, “How dare you!”\, I was surprised how she understood IPCC latest special report on “Global Warming of 1.5 deg C” well. But after her speech\, she got not only lots of applauds but also lots of bashing from all over the world. For example\, above YouTube gets 44 thousand likes and 22 thousand dislikes. This is unusual number of dislikes for a girl’s speech. I doubt haters’ organizational operation. \nGreta said in her speech\, “… if you really understood the situation and still kept on failing to act\, then you would be evil.”  It means she thought before that top-level leaders don’t understand well so still kept on failing to act\, but she came to doubt recently. But I doubt not only President Trump but also any other top-level leaders really understood the IPCC reports because it is impossible for usual people to read and understand more than one thousand pages of full reports. \nSo I made a portal of science basis of Climate Change based on not only IPCC reports but also another latest resources.  \nThere are many graphs and they are difficult for children. And Graphs are 2D\, so it is not always necessary to use 3D space. But seamless 3D space can make possible to arrange them along their  relations and help students to understand. \nAnd I rezzed several teleporters where students can experience CO2 rich world in the past Earth\, vulnerable nature and global situation of the present Earth\, and also experience future sustainable society and learn how to predict the future Earth. \nThis portal could be developed through several times of remote classroom in collaboration with NPO co2sos and RL Science museum in Japan\, Sci-Pia.  \n  \nRemark:  \nI’ll use voice chat\, so please confirm your setting in advance.  \nWe’ll visit texture rich places\, so please set drawing distance less than 200m and clear cache as following. \nOfficial viewer: Ctrl + P > Advanced > click [Clear Cache]  \nFirestorm: Ctrl + P > Network & files > Directories tab > Cache location: click [Clear Cache]\n  \nHajime Nishimura / Yan Lauria \n  \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film collection \n  \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/climate-change-portal/
LOCATION:Multiple Check Abstract
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191201T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191105T115930Z
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SUMMARY:SC Benefit Concert
DESCRIPTION:The quarterly Sunday concerts by Earl\, Piano & Carle\, Cello. \n33:29 Alkan: Cello Sonata in E major\, Op 47\n23:50 Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano 1 in F Major\, op 5(1)\n   1:31 Beethoven: Sonata for Cello and Piano 3 in A Major\, op 69\, III \n58:50 Total time \n  \nThank you for your interest and participation in our objectives. \nThe quarterly classical concerts on the first Sunday by Earl and Carle are a social addition to our regular program. At the same time\, we want to draw attention to the possibility of also providing financial support so that we can continue to implement our Mission Statement. \n  \nThere are three options for financial support from our organization\, namely; \n\nIn Second Life with Linden Dollars\, the donation box can be found at the landing point.\nWith your Linden Dollars we provide our region with all the conveniences and facilities for our events.\nVia PayPal\, by means of a one-off or recurring payment in your own currency.\nAnd by ABN Amro Bank\, the official bank account of The Science Circle.\nThe income on the last two bank accounts is used to keep our organization running; Second Life Region\, website\, server\, Microsoft license and recruiting staff.\n\n Donation page \n  \n \nIn recent years we have developed a variety of activities and your participation has made this a huge success.\nWe hope that our program for the coming year will once again guarantee your attendance.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/concert/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191130T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191130T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191126T195058Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191126T195300Z
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SUMMARY:Movies about Science
DESCRIPTION:A presentation by Matthew Burr with video clips of science-based films.\nJoin us for your favourite hour of the week!  \nBy Matthew Burr \n  \n\n\nPreviously recorded panels \n\n\n  \nPodcast interviews with host/producer Steven Van Hook \nDigital postings and creations \nPatent Law Protecting Your Ideas \nBiologist and Patent Attorney \n \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/movies-about-science/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191123T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191118T070712Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T182608Z
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SUMMARY:Green and Purple: Bioprocesses that use light
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \nAbstract: Light-driven biological processes have the reputation of being very complicated\, but they achieve simple goals. Fundamentally\, light drives the movement of hydrogen ions and electrons to accomplish important tasks including vision\, and the storage of energy in carbohydrates or other molecules.  These processes are mediated by beautiful  molecular structures which rival Rube Goldberg machines in their complexity. We will take a look at some of these structures\, and see the basics of how they work. \n  \nMike J. Shaw \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \nPodcast interview \n  \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/bioprocesses-that-use-light/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191116T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191116T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T135619
CREATED:20191016T180540Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191124T182626Z
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SUMMARY:"How Data Science is Shaping our Future"
DESCRIPTION:This presentation has since taken place\, you can view the film recording here \nBig Data\, data science and Weak Artificial Intelligence are among the main drivers of economic growth and are shaping the evolution of our society.  In the future most of the professions we know will either disappear or deeply modified by the increasing role played by these technologies. In spite of this\, most governments and public bodies are reacting very slowly to this evolving scenario. In the talk we shall address some of the main pro’s and con’s. \n  \n Giuseppe Longo \nProfessor of Astrophysics \n \nAccademico Pontaniano\nAssociate – California Institute of Technology\nAssociate – INFN en INAF \nPrevious work in the Film Collection \n  \n  \n  \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/data-science/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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