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SUMMARY:Follow the Food
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URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/follow-the-food-6/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210704T070000
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/classical-sunday-concerts-4/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210627T120000
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SUMMARY:Abyssinia
DESCRIPTION:Abyssinia\nAbyssinia\, which is intended as a living museum & educational resource on the Science Circle’s OpenSim grid\, is my reconstruction of ancient archaeological sites in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) & Eritrea that date from at least 1000 BCE through roughly 800 CE. I excavated at several of these sites decades ago (1969-1972)\, & now am restoring parts of them virtually to their prominence during their heyday. Currently I have constructed two major buildings & other parts of Yeha\, capital of the kingdom then known as Di’amat\, located in Tigray.     More information… \n  \nSkip dedicates this project to the people of Tigray\, as well as those of Ethiopia & Eritrea\, with urgent hopes for return to peace & stability. \n  \n  \nAn OPENSIM excursion with Archaeologist Skip Dahlgren.       \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/abyssinia-2/
LOCATION:Abyssinia
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210627T070000
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/classical-sunday-concerts-3/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210626T100000
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CREATED:20210502T155434Z
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SUMMARY:Science Fair 2021
DESCRIPTION:The annual Science Fair is approaching again and this year the organization is in the hands of Special events coordinator Shiloh Emmons. \nFor this year we have chosen the underwater location at the lighthouse\, the temperate coastal and marine ecosystems (New England) of Linda Kelley. No market stalls or pergolas\, but give full attention to your single creation / subject. \nCreate or bring ONE object that embodies the creative idea you wish to share\, as well as ONE poster to support your concept. Bring an object + poster that you can pull out of your inventory\, on the spot\, and about which you can inform us for 10 minutes. \nCreate the object yourself; purchase it\, or even designed by a colleague; in any case\, an educational object that you would like to share with us.  One Slide/Poster design MUST be created by the scientist presenter (be creative\, be artistic!). \nThe Da Vinci Award of L$10\,000 will be awarded to best overall Object choice + Poster design which convey the idea.  The Winner will have their science project on display at Science Circle for one year. \nRegistration for the Science Fair 2021 time slots at Shiloh Emmons in SL / Karina Solski by email.  \n  \nWHEN  :   Saturday\, June 26th  \nTIMES   :  Starts at 7 am to 10 am PDT\n \nMUSIC  :   8am to 9am\, Piano stream provided by Scientist & Maestro\, Earl Kiech \n \nWHERE :   Science Circle region\, On the seabed under the lighthouse.  \n  \n\n\n\nTime\nParticipant\n \n\n\n7:00 AM\nKarthik Prathaban\n \n\n\n7:20 AM\nLinda Kelley\n \n\n\n7:40 AM\nStephen Gasior\n \n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n8 AM – 9 AM\nEarl Kiech\nClassical concert at the Light house\n\n\n \n \n \n\n\n9:00 AM\nGreg Bollella\n \n\n\n9:20 AM\nPhil Youngblood\n \n\n\n9:40 AM\nWilliam Schmachtenberg\n \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/science-fair-2021/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210620T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210620T080000
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CREATED:20210608T192114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T192114Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/classical-sunday-concerts-2/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210619T110000
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CREATED:20210608T185809Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Science: The Day the Dinosaurs Died
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Science: The Day the Dinosaurs Died – A Lesson in Planetary Ecology \nThis series of presentations started with the worlds of the very small (particle physics) and very large (our solar system and beyond). Last time we looked at one of the artificial worlds we have created from our knowledge of science\, that is\, the technologies of computing devices. This month we examine ecology\, the study of living things and their surrounding world\, by looking at one of the living worlds that existed long before us and understanding what happened when that world was suddenly shattered by an asteroid. \n  \n \n  \nOur scientific study of the world in which we are a part has enabled us to create technologies to change the world around us to better suit our survival. Yet we are powerless to change some things. One of these is that we live on the surface of a relatively small\, rocky planet with a thin atmosphere and crust. Another is that there is a lot of debris out there in space that we did not create that sometimes encounters the Earth. Our atmosphere\, and the magnetic field that surrounds the Earth\, provide some protection from certain types of wave and particle radiation\, and even from small objects that disintegrate and burn up before reaching the surface\, but not from larger objects. \n  \nThe Geminids – Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy\n  \n  \n  \nDid you Know… – NASA\nIn this presentation we will first explore this world of objects floating around space and what happens when the Earth and they meet. Then we will examine what has happened to the Earth and to life on it when large objects collided with the Earth in the past. This is not only fascinating and terrifying\, but it is instructive because it will surely happen again. We just do not know when exactly\, but we have good evidence of how often objects of various size collide with the Earth.  \n  \nIn particular\, we will examine what happened on the day the dinosaurs died\, and what happened in the ensuing days and years\, and how that changed the history of our world. We can also speculate what would happen if the same event occurred tomorrow or in the near future and how our world would change. \nPresentation by Dr. Phil Youngblood \n  \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nDr. Phil Youngblood\n\n\nReference work in the library\n\n\nPrevious lectures on film\n\n\nPodcast\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/understanding-science-the-day-the-dinosaurs-died/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210616T160000
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CREATED:20210608T191252Z
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SUMMARY:Fireside Chat Abyssinia
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URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/fireside-chat-abyssinia/
LOCATION:Fireside
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210613T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210608T191957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210608T191957Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/classical-sunday-concerts/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210612T110000
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SUMMARY:Abyssinia
DESCRIPTION:Abyssinia\nAbyssinia\, which is intended as a living museum & educational resource on the Science Circle’s OpenSim grid\, is my reconstruction of ancient archaeological sites in Tigray (northern Ethiopia) & Eritrea that date from at least 1000 BCE through roughly 800 CE. I excavated at several of these sites decades ago (1969-1972)\, & now am restoring parts of them virtually to their prominence during their heyday. Currently I have constructed two major buildings & other parts of Yeha\, capital of the kingdom then known as Di’amat\, located in Tigray. \n \nI created a similar project on Second Life more than a decade ago\, but technical & financial issues prevented its continuation\, so I am grateful to be able to created it again. \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFramed within the striking dragon-tooth mountains characteristic of the region\, Yeha was the administrative & religious capital of a kingdom that controlled trade along the Red Sea together with its counterpart & related South Arabian kingdom Saba’ in what is now Yemen\, The language\, culture\, religion\, & architecture of the two kingdoms bear strong similarities\, indicating their close contact.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nThere are two major buildings in Yeha from that period\, the Great Temple\, which still remains largely standing\, & the administrative palace\, whose ruins are known as Grat Be’al Gibri (the field of the tax collector). I participated in the first two seasons of excavation at the latter\, during which the front of the building\, including a colonnaded portico\, were opened.   \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Subsequent more recent excavations on both buildings by a joint German-Ethiopian team have revealed many additional details about them\, which are incorporated in my full-scale recreations of the buildings\, which can be fully explored. I also included several other structures which represent other aspects of the city as it must have appeared at that time\, including houses\, a market\, a pavilion for a royal festival\, farm fields\, & a representative war elephant\, which were one of the exports from the kingdom to the Mediterranean & the Middle East. As time & space permit\, it is my intention to add other important sites from both Tigray & Eritrea.  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n This project has gained greater significance for me since the tragic war which has been fought throughout Tigray since November 2020\, causing great human suffering & destruction. Many of the sites & artifacts that have been or will be represented are located in Tigray\, which now is undergoing the upheaval of disastrous civil war. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSkip dedicates this project to the people of Tigray\, as well as those of Ethiopia & Eritrea\, with urgent hopes for return to peace & stability. \n  \n  \nAn Opensim excursion with Archaeologist Skip Dahlgren.       \n  \nFireside Chat on Wednesday\, June 16 at 4 PM PDT in Second Life \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/abyssinia/
LOCATION:Science Circle Opensim Grid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210607T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210607T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210526T120302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210526T120513Z
UID:10153-1623074400-1623078000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Fireside Chat Titanoboa
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URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/fireside-chat-titanoboa/
LOCATION:Fireside
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210606T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210606T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210606T110055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210606T110055Z
UID:10221-1622962800-1622966400@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Concert In honor of the memory of Ebbe Altberg
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/concert-in-honor-of-the-memory-of-ebbe-altberg/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210605T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210526T120533Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210531T082116Z
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SUMMARY:Travel to the Time of Titanoboa
DESCRIPTION:Travel to the Time of Titanoboa\n  \nThe Science Behind Titanoboa \nDr. Alex Hastings will lead part of the tour discussing the world of Titanoboa\, 60 million years ago. How and why was the snake so big? What else lived in those murky waters?  Plus he’ll share what it was like finding Titanoboa fossils in the Cerrejon coal mine. \n  \nLinda Kelley’s Ecosystem \nLinda will talk a little about what it takes to bring fossils to life and particularly building an ecosystem from what is shown and not shown in the fossil records. For her this entailed doing a lot of literature review and sussing out how all these things could plausibly fit together.  In addition to the fauna that shared space with the Titanoboa\, and the kinds of flora\,  this included reading about geologic changes during that period and estimates of Paleocene weather. \n  \nCreating an Animated Animesh Titanoboa for Second Life \nDr. Greg Bollella will discuss the process for creating\, texturing\, rigging\, and animating an animesh object for Second Life. Most of the presentation will be an overview of the processes with more detail for a few very interesting techniques and observations. The workflow and tool-chain are important and will be presented. The tools used were\, ZBrush\, Maya\, Photoshop\, Substance Painter\, and Substance Designer.  Of particular interest is that no images were used in creating the textures for Titanoboa\, only math! \n  \nNote: Wear boots. We are going to venture into murky waters. \n  \nFireside Chat Monday\, June 7 at 2 PM PDT \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/travel-to-the-time-of-titanoboa/
LOCATION:Titanoboa exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210602T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210529T132634Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210529T132634Z
UID:10168-1622653200-1622656800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Fireside Chat Medicinal Psychedelics
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URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/fireside-chat-medicinal-psychedelics/
LOCATION:Fireside
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210530T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210530T080000
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CREATED:20210422T092613Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T092629Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-35/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210529T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210523T081441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210529T132853Z
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SUMMARY:Panel: Medicinal Psychedelics
DESCRIPTION:Panel: Medicinal Psychedelics\nIn recent years there have been reports of the therapeutic clinical use of psychedelic substances to treat mental health ailments such as PTSD\, Bi-Polar Disorder\, depression\, and end of life palliative care.  Please join us in the Science Circle to discuss the potential of psychedelics as medicine with therapeutic applications. \n  \n\n\n\nGuests\n\n\nRobert A. Hendrix\, MD\n\n\nStephen L. Gasior\, Ph.D.\n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n\n\n\nMatthew Burr\n\n\nPrevious panels on film\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nFireside Chat Wednesday\, June 2 at 5 PM PDT \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/medicinal-psychedelics/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210523T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T092432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T092444Z
UID:10050-1621753200-1621756800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-34/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210522T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210501T123631Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210501T123647Z
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SUMMARY:Understanding Science: How Computers Work
DESCRIPTION:Understanding Science: How Computers Work\nThe last two presentations in this series explored particle physics\, the world of the very small\, and our solar system\, the much larger space that surrounds our more familiar world.   In this episode we will explore one area of how science is applied to create technology by examining how the very small\, and relatively simple\, world of computer electronics is employed to create the more familiar and complex worlds we represent on devices we can carry around with us. \nFirst\, we will briefly look at how transistors\, the components that create the ‘1s and 0s’ used to store and transmit everything\, are made so small that billions can fit into the chips that form the ‘brains’ and ‘memory’ of every computer. \nThen we will step through how transistors and other circuitry work together to create the logic of an electronic calculator. \nFinally\, we will step through how the processor\, the ‘brain’ behind operations\, works with memory and peripheral units to process a computer program (commonly called an application or app) that instructs your computer to do all the wondrous things we do with them these days. \nPresentation by Dr. Phil Youngblood \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nDr. Phil Youngblood\n\n\nReference work in the library\n\n\nPrevious lectures on film\n\n\nPodcast\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/us-how-computers-work/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210516T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210516T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T092231Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T092247Z
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SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-33/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210515T110000
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CREATED:20210503T200126Z
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SUMMARY:SC Briefing
DESCRIPTION:We are sorry this is a private briefing for SC members only.\nWe hope to see our guests again next week at Phil Youngblood’s “Understanding Science: How Computers Work”
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/sc-briefing/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210509T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210509T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T092033Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T092115Z
UID:10046-1620543600-1620547200@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-32/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210508T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210508T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210421T083018Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210504T061724Z
UID:10035-1620468000-1620471600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Computer vision
DESCRIPTION:Computer vision\n  \nComputer vision is impressively prevalent in today’s world\, enabling a wide array of advancements like self-driving cars\, snapchat filters and automated medical image analysis. This lecture hopes to demystify the techniques used by machines to comprehend the visual world. The basic tasks of feature extraction to perform procedures like object detection or image classification\, and the use of powerful AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools like Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) will be introduced. The potential and existing applications of these tools in a vast array of fields\, and the increasing availability of computational resources and online material to learn about and utilize them will be discussed. \n  \n \n  \nA presentation by Karthik P.\, Graduate Student \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/computer-vision/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T155841Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T155841Z
UID:10063-1619946000-1619949600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Excursion OpenSim: Account support
DESCRIPTION:Preparation Excursion June 12th\n  \nOn Saturday\, June 12th\, Skip Dahlgren (AbaBrukh) takes us to his Archaeological sites of Ethiopia & Eritrea on our Opensim grid. \nFor this\, visitors need a different viewer\, and an avatar must be created. On Sunday\, May 2\, we offer you the opportunity to receive assistance from grid manager Agustin Martin at two times. \nYou can also get started yourself\, on this page the tutorial. \n  \nSome members already have an avatar on our Opensim grid\, we request them to test their avatar and viewer in time. \nNote: June 12 is too late to start with this! \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/excursion-opensim-account-support-2/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T091835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T091903Z
UID:10039-1619938800-1619942400@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-31/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210502T070000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210422T155500Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T155500Z
UID:10054-1619935200-1619938800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Excursion OpenSim: Account support
DESCRIPTION:Preparation Excursion June 12th\n  \nOn Saturday\, June 12th\, Skip Dahlgren (AbaBrukh) takes us to his Archaeological sites of Ethiopia & Eritrea on our Opensim grid. \nFor this\, visitors need a different viewer\, and an avatar must be created. On Sunday\, May 2\, we offer you the opportunity to receive assistance from grid manager Agustin Martin at two times. \nYou can also get started yourself\, on this page the tutorial. \n  \nSome members already have an avatar on our Opensim grid\, we request them to test their avatar and viewer in time. \nNote: June 12 is too late to start with this! \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/excursion-opensim-account-support/
LOCATION:Auditorium
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Opensim_004-e1619106563113.png
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210501T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210420T074036Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210420T074036Z
UID:10029-1619863200-1619866800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Big Data\, Machine Intelligence\, and the Human Cognition
DESCRIPTION:Big Data\, Machine Intelligence\, and the Human Cognition\n  \nThere is an interesting convergence of three major technological trends: big data\, AI\, and virtual humans.  Big data are transforming science\, scholarship\, and virtually every other aspect of the modern society.  AI may be the most transformative technology ever\, and it can help us discover complex phenomena hidden in the big data\, that humans alone cannot grasp.  Finally\, virtual humans operated by AIs may be the most intuitive and natural ways for the human-AI interactions. \nPresentation by Professor George Djorgovski \n     \n\n\n\nProfessor S. George Djorgovski\n\n\nPrevious lectures on film\n\n\n \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once to attend the free events. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/big-data-machine-intelligence-and-the-human-cognition/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210424T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210416T064619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210416T064619Z
UID:10009-1619258400-1619262000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Panel: Robots & Drones
DESCRIPTION:From toys to surveillance to autonomous flight on another planet\, robots and drones are becoming a part of life in the 21st century. We are on the threshold of advances in AI and universal surveillance that will bring benefits and risks to society. It is time to discuss the implications of these new elements in our world. \n  \nA 16-minute YouTube to get you started: Why do Boston Dynamics Robots dance? And Could Elon Musk be right that superhuman AI is only around five years away? \n  \n\n\n\nGuests: Our Audience\n\n\n\n \n  \n  \n\n\n\nMatthew Burr\n\n\nPrevious panels on film\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/robots-drones/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210418T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210418T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210328T070553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210328T070553Z
UID:9953-1618729200-1618732800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-29/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210417T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210404T073912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210405T143115Z
UID:9975-1618653600-1618657200@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Understanding Science: Earth and the Solar System
DESCRIPTION:Image: ESA – ESA’s missions to the Sun \nUnderstanding Science\nOur Home: The Earth and the Solar System\nFrom the bizarre world of the very small\, the subatomic particles that make up everything we know\, we turn our attention to the macro world\, namely our sun and the objects which orbit it. In this case\, one of the small particles within this ‘atom\,’ just one among a billion other star systems that comprise our galaxy\, itself only one of billions of other galaxies in our known universe\, is the only home we have\, the ‘third rock from the sun’ we call Earth. \n  \n \n  \n \nI do not think humans really appreciated how special the Earth is until we were able to travel beyond it. I remember during the Apollo 8 mission\, the first that time humans left Earth’s gravity\, how the contrast of the ‘blue marble’ in space rising over the drab\, lifeless moon brought a stark realization to everyone who witnessed it that we live on a fragile\, ‘goldilocks’ planet with just the right conditions to make the surface habitable for life as we know it. It was this realization that inspired Earth Day in 1970 and the movements since to preserve what we have here for future generations. \n  \nDuring the 1960’s\, space exploration seemed part of the Space Race and Arms Race\, a product of the Cold War. After a few missions to the moon\, humans have not ventured outside Earth’s orbit. However\, robotic spacecraft have not only helped us to better understand our home planet but have also probed deep into space and the worlds beyond ours to try to understand our place in the universe\, to answer the questions of how unique our planet is\, whether there may be life elsewhere\, and to understand how it all began. \n \nIn recent years\, there has been a resurgence of interest in space exploration. In just this last year there have been three missions to Mars\, and several more to our Moon\, the Sun\, and the smaller bodies of the solar system\, by a handful of nations\, not just the Cold War rivals. There are also several commercial entities planning serious efforts to exploit the resources on the moon and beyond\, and cooperative efforts to put a space station around the Moon\, with a base on the surface to follow. \nNASA Science\, Mars 2020 Mission\, Perseverance Rover\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin me as we explore how we ventured out beyond our home and the amazing discoveries we have made about our solar system and its inhabitants and the world beyond\, some exciting recent and current plans for further exploration\, and what all this might mean for our future. \nPresentation by Dr. Phil Youngblood \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nDr. Phil Youngblood\n\n\nReference work in the library\n\n\nPrevious lectures on film\n\n\nPodcast\n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nNon-members only need to register once. \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/us-our-home/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210411T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210411T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T150603
CREATED:20210328T070343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210328T070343Z
UID:9951-1618124400-1618128000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Classical Sunday Concerts
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/csc-28/
LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café
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