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SUMMARY:Darwin day: Heroes of Evolution
DESCRIPTION:Darwin Day 2019 Lecture \nHeroes of Evolution: Kettlewell and Majerus: Of Moths and March of Science \nThis lecture will honor the accomplishments of two scientists who helped demonstrate “Evolution in Action.” \nDr. Henry Bernard Davis Kettlewell spent time in the field counting moths in response to increasing amounts of pollution. This phenomenon of industrial melanism was an excellent demonstration of microevolution showing how a population of organisms change in accordance with environmental changes. Unfortunately\, scientific criticism lead to junk science criticisms by anti-evolutionists. \nDr. Mike Majerus followed up on the scientific criticisms with his own updated experiments solidifying this basic concept of modern evolutionary theory. This talk focuses on the basics of the science and also the process of how science works. \nIt will\, as is typical for the speaker\, criticize the bad faith arguments of the anti-evolutionists and reflect on the challenges for rational thought in today’s culture. \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. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/darwin-day/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190209T100000
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SUMMARY:Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
DESCRIPTION:Prometheus Chained\, by Peter Paul Rubens\, c 1611-1615 Philadelphia Museum of Art\n(Daily plucking of liver tissue from the right\, upper quadrant of the abdomen by the Eagle of Zeus) \nNASH = NON-ALCOHOLIC STEATOHEPATITIS / NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE (NAFLD) \nNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease is of increasing prevalence and can lead to cirrhosis and total liver failure and can be found in children as young as 2 years of age through adulthood.  Death can occur not only from liver failure but more likely\, associated cardiovascular disease.  This talk will review the clinical presentation and natural course of this  disease process and its possible associations with modern lifestyle\, diet and gastrointestinal (gut) microbiota. \nGOAL – to raise awareness and basic understanding of NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE for lay people. \nBy Robert A. Hendrix\, MD \nPodcast interview with Robert
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/nash/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190202T100000
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CREATED:20190121T134839Z
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SUMMARY:Alien Exosociology
DESCRIPTION:Photo: Voyager\, Jet Propulsion Laboratory\, NASA \n  \nALIEN EXOSOCIOLOGY: OUR TRANSGALACTIC COMMONALITIES \nSome astronomers predict that we will have made contact with advanced civilizations on other worlds within 25 years. What might they be like\, and — more importantly – how might they act? Dr. Steven R. Van Hook\, a researcher in transcultural relations\, will consider what universal traits we could share in common with our galactic alien neighbors. \n  \nBIO: \nDr. Steven R. Van Hook\, has taught courses in cross-cultural communications and global affairs for the University of California and other universities in the United States and abroad. He’s been a newspaper columnist\, radio talk show host\, TV news anchor\, and television bureau chief in Moscow covering the fall of the Soviet Union 1990-91. He has a PhD specializing transcultural education\, and has research published in scholarly journals including UNESCO’s Prospects. \n  \n  \n  \nPrevious presentations\nFilm Collection\nLibrary \nListen to Steven’s journey of discovery into the world of science by podcast
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/alien-exosociology/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190201T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190201T080000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190201T071253Z
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SUMMARY:Open Board Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Every first Friday of the month\, we hold an open board meeting for the benefit of our members. Here you can contact us with your questions\, create ideas and hopefully together with us\, give substance to our plans for the future. \nDuring every open board meeting we display a screen with our current statistics\, updated monthly and are there for your information. \nProgram \n\nOpening\nSubjects from the board of directors\nSupporting hostesses and hosts sought\nDo we need a second region?\nQuestions & ideas from our members\nClosing\n\n  \nNOTE: a transcript of all board meetings is stored and made available to the board of directors for future reference. It will not be publicly available. \nIf this time does not suit you\, please send your questions etc via IM\, notecard or email to Jes or Chantal. We will submit your question\, idea or comment to the board and provide you with the answer.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-6/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190126T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190126T113000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153813
CREATED:20181230T100837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190126T092403Z
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SUMMARY:Climate Change
DESCRIPTION:Monthly panel discussion \nWith this week as subject “Climate Change”\n \nModerator: Matthew Burr – Beragon Betts \n  \n  \n  \nPanel participants: \n\nKeith Eric Grant\nPhil Youngblood\nWilliam F. Wall\n\n  \nListen to the podcast episodes of Phil Youngblood & Matthew Burr Episode 1 & Episode 2  \n  \nTo make your questions visible to our host and panel members\, have your questions be preceded by 3 stars ***
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/climate-change/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190119T080000
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CREATED:20181230T100254Z
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SUMMARY:Ultra Deep Science Drill Ship
DESCRIPTION:Photo: JAMSTEC \nWhere? Abyss Observatory in JOGrid (OpenSim) \nEnable your OpenSim access here \nhop://jogrid.net:8002/Abyss Observatory/491/302/140 \nWho? Hajime Nishimura\, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)\, \n          Yan Lauria\, Museum director of Abyss Observatory in SL/OpenSim \n  \nAbstract: \nI was working on development of ultra deep science drill ship “Chikyu” (“the Earth” in English) from 2001 to 2005. \nI built 3D model of “Chikyu” in Science Sim (one of OpenSim grids hosted by Intel) as joint project with ScienceCircle Foundation and JAMSTEC in 2011\, but Science Sim was closed and I imported “Chikyu” to JOGrid (Japan Open Grid hosted by Tokyo University of Information Science) in 2014 and continue to improve until now. \n”Chikyu” is first and only science drill ship which has well control capability for core sampling through deeper penetration by 2\,500 m Riser drilling system which has 9\,000 m drill strings\, 2\,500 riser pipes\, Blow Out Preventer (BOP) and mud circulation system for cuttings recovery from drill hole compatible with commercial oil drilling. \nhttps://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/ \nIn current phase\, “Chikyu” is engaging at 2\,500 m depth water and drilling 5\,200 m from the seafloor in plate subduction zone under strong Kuroshio current (more than 2 m/sec). \nTarget is seismic zone of the plate interface fault system at a location where it is believed to be capable of seismogenic locking and slip\, and to have slipped coseismically in the 1944 Tonankai earthquake. \nhttp://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/nantroseize/expedition_358.html \nIn future phase\, “Chikyu” will be upgraded for 4\,000 m riser and 11\,000m drill strings which enable to reach crust-mantle boundary. \nChikyu’s drill will have to go through 4000m of water and 6000m of crust to be able to reach the mantle\, which makes up roughly 84 percent of our planet’s volume.   \nThe researchers also want to investigate the boundary between the oceanic crust and the mantle to figure out how the crust formed. Plus\, they want to see if microbial life exists that deep inside the planet. \nTo do this requires new techniques to drill out 7\,000 m below the seafloor\, in regions where ambient temperatures can reach 250 degrees C \nhttp://www.gm.univ-montp2.fr/spip/spip.php?rubrique185&lang=en \nRemark; \nI’ll use voice chat in English and Japanese. \nThe region is 512m x 512m (Varregion of OpenSim) and there are huge amount of prims\, so you may be difficult to move depend on your PC and Internet. \nPlease try Hypergrid teleport in advance the presentation. \n  \nAn excursion led by Hajime Nishimura “Ultra Deep Science Drill Ship” at Abyss Observatory in Japan Open Grid (JOGrid) \nHajime Nishimura / Yan Lauria \n  \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film collection
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/ultra-deep-science-drill-ship-2/
LOCATION:Abyss Observatory in Japan Open Grid
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T110000
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SUMMARY:Optics for Photographers
DESCRIPTION:A tutorial on “Optics for photographers”.\nThis tutorial is intended to teach practical optical concepts to persons who are photographers but have not had formal training in optics and may have acquired misleading notions from camera advertisements\, the common talk on forums\, and the like.\nThe tutorial outline is shown below. \nOptics for Photographers\nby Robert Lawson Brown\, Ph.D.\nPhysicist and Photographer \n  \nPinhole Camera\n– Making a Pinhole Camera\n– Using a body cap on a regular camera\n– Raytracing\nField of View\n– Sensor Size and Image Distance\nMagnification\n– Object Distance and Image Distance \nThe relationship of pinholes optics to lens optics.\nFocal length\nDepth of field \nISO\, Aperture\, and shutter speed.\nChoosing the right lens.\nPerspective is about where you stand.\nThumb through my portfolio. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/optics-for-photographers/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181220T205005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190104T210856Z
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SUMMARY:What is Entropy?
DESCRIPTION:WHAT IS ENTROPY? \n“Entropy is disorder.”\nYou’ve learned this from popular culture\, you’ve learned this in your physical science\, chemistry\, or biology class.\nBut what does that *mean*? We have an intuitive sense for what “disorder” is\, but how do you really define it rigorously for a scientific concept? \nThere are two ways to approach it; one is as a term in thermodynamic equations\, the other is as a fundamental concept from statistical mechanics (on which thermodynamics is based). \nIn this talk\, I will try to convey the true fundamental definition of entropy at a level that anybody can understand. We will roll dice\, we will talk about how physical systems can be more “ordered” or “disordered” in a rigorous sense\, and hopefully we will shed some light on what entropy really is. \nPodcast Interview with Rob \n  \n— Rob Knop  \nHomepage \nBlog \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/what-is-entropy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190104T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190104T080000
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CREATED:20181230T095904Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181230T095904Z
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SUMMARY:Open Board meeting
DESCRIPTION:Every first Friday of the month\, we hold an open board meeting for the benefit of our members. Here you can contact us with your questions\, create ideas and hopefully together with us\, give substance to our plans for the future. \nDuring every open board meeting you will find a screen above the water with our current statistics\, these are updated monthly and are there for your information. \nProgram \n\nOpening\nSubjects from the board of directors\nPodcast promotion\nYouTube: Quality of our videos and content\nQuestions & ideas from our members\nClosing\n\n  \nNOTE: a transcript of all board meetings is stored and made available to the board of directors for future reference. It will not be publicly available. \nIf this time does not suit you\, please send your questions etc via IM\, notecard or email to Jes or Chantal. We will submit your question\, idea or comment to the board and provide you with the answer. \n\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-5/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181231
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20190101
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T085622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T085622Z
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SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:The earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area.\nAverage temperature of January.\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth-6/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181204T074345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181229T121222Z
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SUMMARY:Gene Editing
DESCRIPTION:Monthly panel discussion\, this week “Gene Editing”\n \nIt has been an eventful year for CRISPR gene editing technology. Come join our expert biologist panelists for a discussion of the year in genome modification. After a brief overview of the technology\, we will discuss some of the highlight gene edits and their purpose\, the end of the patent battle between Broad and UC Berkeley\, European ruling on regulations of genetically modified crops\, and on gene editing the human germline. Expect an informative and lively discussion of what’s new including the ethics and potential of the technology.  \n\n  \nRecommended information sources \nExplainer for a popular audience \nIntroduction to CRISPR \nRadiolab – Antibodies Part 1: CRISPR  Jennifer Doudna\, Eugene V. Koonin\, Beth Shapiro\, Carl Zimmer \nRadiolab – Update: CRISPR  Jennifer Doudna\, Kevin Esvelt\, Eugene V. Koonin\, Beth Shapiro\, Carl Zimmer \nRadiolab explaining CRISPR in bacteria \nHow Does CRISPR Compare to Other Gene-Editing Techniques? \nThe bold plan to end malaria with a gene drive \n  \n\nModerator: Beragon Betts \n \nPanel participants: \n\nDr. Mary Anne Clark\nDr. Stephen Gasior\n\n  \nTo make your questions visible to our host and panel members\, have your questions be preceded by 3 stars ***
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/gene-editing/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181229T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181204T094453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181227T055957Z
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SUMMARY:"Ultra Deep Science Drill Ship"
DESCRIPTION:Photo: JAMSTEC \nWhere? Abyss Observatory in JOGrid (OpenSim) \nEnable your OpenSim access here \nhop://jogrid.net:8002/Abyss Observatory/491/302/140 \nWho? Hajime Nishimura\, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)\, \n          Yan Lauria\, Museum director of Abyss Observatory in SL/OpenSim \n  \nAbstract: \nI was working on development of ultra deep science drill ship “Chikyu” (“the Earth” in English) from 2001 to 2005. \nI built 3D model of “Chikyu” in Science Sim (one of OpenSim grids hosted by Intel) as joint project with ScienceCircle Foundation and JAMSTEC in 2011\, but Science Sim was closed and I imported “Chikyu” to JOGrid (Japan Open Grid hosted by Tokyo University of Information Science) in 2014 and continue to improve until now. \n”Chikyu” is first and only science drill ship which has well control capability for core sampling through deeper penetration by 2\,500 m Riser drilling system which has 9\,000 m drill strings\, 2\,500 riser pipes\, Blow Out Preventer (BOP) and mud circulation system for cuttings recovery from drill hole compatible with commercial oil drilling. \nhttps://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/ \nIn current phase\, “Chikyu” is engaging at 2\,500 m depth water and drilling 5\,200 m from the seafloor in plate subduction zone under strong Kuroshio current (more than 2 m/sec). \nTarget is seismic zone of the plate interface fault system at a location where it is believed to be capable of seismogenic locking and slip\, and to have slipped coseismically in the 1944 Tonankai earthquake. \nhttp://www.jamstec.go.jp/chikyu/e/nantroseize/expedition_358.html \nIn future phase\, “Chikyu” will be upgraded for 4\,000 m riser and 11\,000m drill strings which enable to reach crust-mantle boundary. \nChikyu’s drill will have to go through 4000m of water and 6000m of crust to be able to reach the mantle\, which makes up roughly 84 percent of our planet’s volume.   \nThe researchers also want to investigate the boundary between the oceanic crust and the mantle to figure out how the crust formed. Plus\, they want to see if microbial life exists that deep inside the planet. \nTo do this requires new techniques to drill out 7\,000 m below the seafloor\, in regions where ambient temperatures can reach 250 degrees C \nhttp://www.gm.univ-montp2.fr/spip/spip.php?rubrique185&lang=en \nRemark; \nI’ll use voice chat in English and Japanese. \nThe region is 512m x 512m (Varregion of OpenSim) and there are huge amount of prims\, so you may be difficult to move depend on your PC and Internet. \nPlease try Hypergrid teleport in advance the presentation. \n  \nAn excursion led by Hajime Nishimura “Ultra Deep Science Drill Ship” at Abyss Observatory in Japan Open Grid (JOGrid) \nHajime Nishimura / Yan Lauria \n  \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film collection
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/ultra-deep-science-drill-ship/
LOCATION:Abyss Observatory in Japan Open Grid
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181224
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181225
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T084907Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T090922Z
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SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:The earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area.\nAverage temperature of January.\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth-5/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181222T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181222T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181204T092928Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181208T082142Z
UID:6083-1545462000-1545465600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Space Shuttle Launch/Re-entry and International Space Station
DESCRIPTION:“Space Shuttle Launch/Re-entry and International Space Station” at International Spaceflight Museum in SL \nTitle: “Space Shuttle Launch/Re-entry and International Space Station” \nWhen? 22th Dec.(Sat) 7 am PST/ 15:00 GMT/ 24:00 JST \nWhere?\n– Abyss Observatory at Farwell\n– International Spaceflight Museum in SL \nWho?\nHajime Nishimura\, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC)\,\nYan Lauria\, Museum director of Abyss Observatory in SL/OpenSim \nAbstract:\nI was working on development of Japan Experiment Module\, “Kibo” (“Hope” in English) of International Space Station (ISS) Program at Japan Space Development Agency (current JAXA) 30 years ago. \nWhen I visit International Spaceflight Museum (ISM) in SL\, I found ISS at that time didn’t have “Kibo”\, so I proposed to provide “Kibo” to ISM members\, and made “Kibo” with help of my friend\, unico Bailey and docked to the ISS in 2014. \nLast year\, I found my friend\, pyo Igaly made a very nice Space Shuttle ride so I proposed to ISM members again. I and pyo checked final launch\, re-entry and landing sequences of space shuttle\, and finally pyo installed the new space shuttle ride at ISM on this summer.\nPyo also made new version of Newton cannon of Exploratorium. \nI had several remote class rooms for children at RL science museum in Japan using Newton cannon\, Space shuttle ride and ISS exhibits.\nAt first\, I’ll guide you to new Newton Cannon at the sky of Abyss Observatory (Farwell). You can learn about relation between initial launching speed and the orbit of spacecraft. \nNext\, we’ll move to ISM\, you can experience Space Shuttle launch and landing.\nThe atmospheric re-entry sequences of the winged space shuttle is very tricky and it has been improved much better than I was involved in the space station project.\n(Launch)\n(Re-entry and landing) \nAt the ISS exhibit\, I’ll talk about design features of US-Russia complex\, uniqueness of space environment and living pattern of astronauts there. \n  \n\n— Hajime Nishimura  \nPrevious work in the Library \nPrevious work in the Film Collection
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/space-shuttle-launch/
LOCATION:International Spaceflight Museum
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181217
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181218
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T084438Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T084438Z
UID:6028-1545004800-1545091199@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:The earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area.\nAverage temperature of January.\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth-4/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181215T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181215T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181112T191632Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181112T191632Z
UID:5920-1544868000-1544871600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Interactive tour of Brodmann’s Brain
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an interactive tour of Brodmann’s Brain! Within this giant cortex we can see and stimulate the fMRI mapped areas which correlate to fear\, desire\, love\, coordination\, meditation\, speech\, and more! \nThis model and others being developed provide a platform for exciting educational opportunities in biology\, psychology\, and health\, behavioral\, and social sciences. Sponsored by Whole Brain Health on Inspiration Island\, featuring brain research post-doc OsanGar\, Thuja Hynes and Lissena Wisdomseeker. \nPrevious work from Lynne Berrett (Lissena Wisdomseeker) in the Library \nIs this the first time you will attend a presentation with us?\nFollow this link first.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/interactive-tour-of-brodmanns-brain-2/
LOCATION:Whole Brain Health
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181210
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181211
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T084103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T084103Z
UID:6026-1544400000-1544486399@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:The earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area.\nAverage temperature of January.\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth-3/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181208T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181208T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181114T072941Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181204T102820Z
UID:5924-1544263200-1544266800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Science Fiction in Movies
DESCRIPTION:The sequel to “Science Fiction in Movies” \nA slide presentation by Tagline & a second panel discussion led by Beragon \nPanel participants: \n\nTagline\nMike Shaw\nSyzygy Asymptote
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/science-fiction-in-movies/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181207T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181207T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T075916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T125526Z
UID:6022-1544166000-1544169600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Open Board meeting
DESCRIPTION:Every first Friday of the month\, we hold an open board meeting for the benefit of our members. Here you can contact us with your questions\, create ideas and hopefully together with us\, give substance to our plans for the future. \nDuring every open board meeting you will find a screen above the water with our current statistics\, these are updated monthly and are there for your information. \nProgram \n\nOpening\nSubjects from the board of directors\nPodcast interviews; What would you like to ask our scientists?\nLive Streams YouTube & FB\nQuestions & ideas from our members\nClosing\n\n\n \n  \nNOTE: a transcript of all board meetings is stored and made available to the board of directors for future reference. It will not be publicly available. \nIf this time does not suit you\, please send your questions etc via IM\, notecard or email to Jes or Chantal. We will submit your question\, idea or comment to the board and provide you with the answer.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-4/
LOCATION:SC Board parcel
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181203
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181204
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181127T083718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T090810Z
UID:6024-1543795200-1543881599@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:The earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area.\nAverage temperature of January.\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth-2/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181201T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181104T082411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181201T120029Z
UID:5884-1543658400-1543662000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:The Cambrian Explosion...
DESCRIPTION:Monthly panel discussion\nWith this week as subject “The Cambrian Explosion”\n \nModerator: Beragon Betts \n \nPanel participants: \n\nAlex Hastings\nWilliam F. Schmachtenberg\n\n  \nTo make your questions visible to our host and panel members\, have your questions be preceded by 3 stars ***\nExample\n*** Alex\, are you currently working on an excavation?
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/the-cambrian-explosion/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20181201
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20181202
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181114T201630Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T085920Z
UID:5928-1543622400-1543708799@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Biodiversity\, Life on Earth
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe earth is home to around 10 million described forms of life and biologists estimate the total amount of different species at about 40 million species.\nImportantly\, variation in environment leads to an uneven distribution of these species on the planet. Think of how humans tend to cluster within cities many of which are near water (Cairo and the Nile for example). \nTerrestrial biodiversity tends to be greater near the equator\, which seems to be the result of the warm climate and high primary productivity. Biodiversity is richest in the tropics. These tropical forest ecosystems cover less than 10 percent of earth’s surface\, and contain about 90 percent of the world’s species. Marine biodiversity tends to be highest along coasts in the Western Pacific\, where sea surface temperature is highest\, and in the mid-latitudinal band in all oceans. \n \nThe health of life on the planet is measurable by scientists as Biodiversity: the variation observed at the genetic\, species\, and ecosystem level United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) \nGlobal trends towards population stabilization\, poverty alleviation\, and urbanization are rewriting the future of biodiversity conservation and offering new hope for the world’s wildlife and wild places\, according to a surprisingly optimistic paper recently published in the journal BioScience. \n  \n  \nIs this your personal experience as well? Is the diversity of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects extensive and developing positively in your own living environment?\nWe would like to organize a worldwide overview exhibition about biodiversity with you. \n\nPut together\, in December\, a general list of mammals\, reptiles\, birds\, fish and insects\, of species that you encounter daily; this simplifies counting and noting.\nStart with counting on Tuesday January 1\, 2019 and finish on January 31\, 2019.\nPhotos!!!!! Enchant us with beauty. Natura Artis Magistra (“Nature is the teacher of art”)\nDescribe in a notecard where you found these species: Your country of residence & the environment: urban\, rural\, coastal\, mountainous\, desert\, forest area. \nAverage temperature of January.\n\nNote recent floods\, volcanic eruptions\, forest fires\, droughts and other disasters in your area\, influencing species populations.\nRegister with Chantal before January 15th. Slide screens available for free.\n\n  \nGrab your camera and capture the most beautiful encounters for us! \n  \n \nJanuary 1st – January 31st Counting life\nJanuary 1st – January 24th Photographing\nJanuary 24th – February 7th Photo exhibition in SL & vote for your 3 favourites via the website \nFebruary 12th (Darwin Day) Announcement winners\nFebruary 16th The three winners describe their photo \n1st Price 5000 Lindens\n2nd Price 2500 Lindens\n3rd Price 1000 Lindens \n  \n \n  \nIn order to give a complete picture of the diversity\,\nwe will organize this project in different seasons\,\nnamely January\, April\, July and October\,\nwith as final piece a retrospective of 2019 in December. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/biodiversity-life-on-earth/
LOCATION:Your RL Environment
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181124T060000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181124T070000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181105T084623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181105T084623Z
UID:5901-1543039200-1543042800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Trivia
DESCRIPTION:While the American part of SC celebrates Thanksgiving\, the remaining cultures share an online hour of Science Trivia.\nCome join us at this favourable time for Australia\, Japan\, India\, Russia and Europe!
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/trivia/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181110T074350Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181110T075638Z
UID:5907-1542452400-1542456000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:VWBPE 2019
DESCRIPTION:Following the upcoming “Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education” (VWBPE) we invite you to participate in the consultation with our board Saturday after Mike Shaw’s  “Recent developments in solar cells- perovskites” presentation.\n \n  \n \nVWBPE March 2011 \n(Including Deepthinker Oh\, Yan Lauria\, Arisia Vita\, Quaezar Agnomen\, Vic Michalak and Chantal) \n  \nIn recent years\, SC has twice participated in this international\, annual conference in Education and we would like to discuss with you how we will implement our third contribution in April 2019. Our objective for participation is obviously aimed at raising awareness and expanding our network. \n  \n  \n\n\nVWBPE 2019 re:Vision – Call for Proposals Opens\nRising from VRevolution\, our Legacy of learning seeks to re:Vision the future of creation within the ecosystem of digital spaces that comprises VWBPE. \nThe call for proposals for VWBPE 2019 is now open. \nRe:Vision plays a role in how multifaceted communities are contributing to and expanding best practices in virtual spaces to support play\, creation\, and learning. VWBPE invites you\, the innovator in these endeavours\, to share your re:Vision at the conference. When you submit your proposal\, consider how your community contributes to the knowledge base of innovation and change through the increasingly complex landscape of digital technology. \nIn keeping with this vision\, VWBPE welcomes the collaborative partnership of vLanguages. \nFollowing the success of 2018\, we continue the three conference presentation formats this year: Spotlight Presentations\, Hands on Technology Workshops\, and Compass Points Roundtable Discussions. Details of the formats and tracks are found in the Call for Proposals. \nThe deadline for Presentation proposals is 14 January 2019. \nProposals for Exhibits and Immersive Experiences are open now as well. The deadline for these is 11 February 2019. \nHow do you re:Vision the old to make way for the new in these brave new digital spaces of play\, learning\, and creation? What are your colleagues and collaborators working on? Encourage them to submit a proposal as you do the same. VWBPE wants to hear from you!
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/vwbpe-2019/
LOCATION:Auditorium
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181117T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20180726T112624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181107T153854Z
UID:5474-1542448800-1542452400@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:"Recent developments in solar cells- perovskites"
DESCRIPTION:Harvesting energy from sunlight continues to be an active area of research which has the potential to benefit society at large. The best silicon-based solar cells have efficiencies around 25% after decades of research. Recently\, solar cells based on materials which adopt a structure analogous to the mineral perovskite have shown the potential for high-efficiency conversion of light to electricity. This talk will illustrate the basics of how a solar cell works\, why the perovskite structure seems to work for this application\, and the various pros and cons of the particular varieties of perovskite used in such cells. \n  \n  \n \n  \n— Mike J. Shaw \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/recent-developments-in-solar-cells-perovskites/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181110T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181110T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181104T080518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181110T070333Z
UID:5880-1541833200-1541836800@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Art History Tour
DESCRIPTION:Title: Liberalism vs. Conservatism in Art? – Art History part.3 \nI presented twice about Art History before.\nPart 1\nPart 2 \nPart 3 (Saturday\, Nov 3rd 2018) \n  \nI and comet Morigi installed The Modern Museum as a collaboration platform for finding cross-disciplinary relation in modern history. And motoko Moonwall expanded my idea\, introduced 2nd axis\, “Left eye’s Art” vs. “Right eye’s Art” in her Art history museum but she died by lung cancer in 2015 before completion. \nShe introduced “Mannerism/ Baroque” vs “Classicism/ Renaissance”\, combined two Art historians\, Heinrich Wolflin and Gustav Hocke\, but both studies are based mainly on Eastern Art and not enough for finding relations between Eastern world and Western world. \nSo I proposed new hypothesis\, memory of “Hunting (migratory) life in glacial period” vs. “Agricultural (Sedentary) life in Holocene”.\nIt is interesting that several researchers in evolutionary psychology\, cognitive neuroscience\, etc. have similar idea for “Liberalism” vs “Conservatism” in politics. \nLocation guided tour Motoko Museum of Art History \nTour in voice\, in English and Japanese. \nPresentation Nov 3rd \nLiberal or Conservative in USA\nEnglish\nJapanese \nUpper/Lower Chamber of G20 country \nLeft-Middle-Right Eye’s Art \n  \n  \n— Hajime Nishimura  \nPrevious work in the Library
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/art-history-tour/
LOCATION:Motoko Museum of Art History
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181103T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181103T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181001T081203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181103T081730Z
UID:5723-1541228400-1541232000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Art History part 3
DESCRIPTION:Title: Liberalism vs. Conservatism in Art? – Art History part.3 \nI presented twice about Art History before.\nPart 1\nPart 2 \nI and comet Morigi installated The Modern Museum as a collaboration platform for finding cross-disciplinary relation in modern history. And motoko Moonwall expanded my idea\, introduced 2nd axis\, “Left eye’s Art” vs. “Right eye’s Art” in her Art history museum but she died by lung cancer in 2015 before completion. \nShe introduced “Mannerism/ Baroque” vs “Classicism/ Renaissance”\, combined two Art historians\, Heinrich Wolflin and Gustav Hocke\, but both studies are based mainly on Eastern Art and not enough for finding relations between Eastern world and Western world. \nSo I proposed new hypothesis\, memory of “Hunting (migratory) life in glacial period” vs. “Agricultural (Sedentary) life in Holocene”.\nIt is interesting that several researchers in evolutionary psychology\, cognitive neuroscience\, etc. have similar idea for “Liberalism” vs “Conservatism” in politics. \nLocations: Presentation at lecture hall of Epidaurus of The Science Circle\nand short guided tour at Motoko Museum of Art History \nPresentation is in voice chat in English and Japanese. \n  \nLiberal or Conservative in USA\nEnglish\nJapanese \nUpper/Lower Chamber of G20 country \nLeft-Middle-Right Eye’s Art \n  \n  \n— Hajime Nishimura  \nPrevious work in the Library \n  \n 
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/art-history-part-3/
LOCATION:History of Art museum
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181102T070000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181102T080000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181029T121618Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T121618Z
UID:5871-1541142000-1541145600@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:Open board meeting
DESCRIPTION:Every first Friday of the month\, we hold an open board meeting for the benefit of our members. Here you can contact us with your questions\, create ideas and hopefully together with us\, give substance to our plans for the future. \nDuring every open board meeting you will find a screen above the water with our current statistics\, these are updated monthly and are there for your information. \nProgram\n1. Opening\n2. Does the board have subjects to discuss?\n3. Concentrated topic with members\n4. Questions & ideas from our members\n5. Closing \n  \nNOTE: a transcript of all board meetings is stored and made available to the board of directors for future reference. It will not be publicly available. \nIf this time does not suit you\, please send your questions etc via IM\, notecard or email to Jes or Chantal. We will submit your question\, idea or comment to the board and provide you with the answer.
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/open-board-meeting-3/
LOCATION:SC Board parcel
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181027T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181027T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181001T153455Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181027T143435Z
UID:5735-1540634400-1540638000@www.sciencecircle.org
SUMMARY:"Science Fiction\, movies & series"
DESCRIPTION:Monthly panel discussion\nWith this week as subject “Science Fiction\, movies & series”\n \n  \nPanel participants: \n\nTagline\nMike Shaw\nSyzygy Asymptote\n\nModerator: Beragon Betts \n  \n1. Europa Report \n2. Ex-Machina \n3. “Extinction” – a very recent movie on Netflix \n4. “Gattaca” – not as recent a movie about genetic nature versus nurture \n5. “I\, Robot” – movie based on Isaac Asimov stories about robots. \n6. “The Matrix” – this is science fiction\, but with problems. Exciting movie though. \n7. 2001 A Space Odyssey \n8. Surrogates (2009 – with Bruce Willis)    \n  \nRegistration of future panel participants via Beragon Betts
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/science-fiction-movies-series/
LOCATION:Auditorium
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181013T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T153814
CREATED:20181001T082309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181013T071543Z
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SUMMARY:Exploratorium
DESCRIPTION:Following the coming departure of the Exploratorium from SL (April 2019) we visit the interactive Second Life museum together. \n\nThe exhibitions are in their current state\, for us as an educational institution\, unusable and we would like to hear from you which of these exhibitions are worth replicating in Mesh and should be made available in our own region.\nIn all likelihood\, the vision and years of work of Paul Doherty for the Exploratorium in a Virtual World will inspire us and enable future projects in physics\, astrophysics\, mathematics and technology. \nJoin us Saturday at 10 AM PDT\, discover and experiment with the many exhibitions\, photograph or write down your favourites and talk to us about new ideas! \nWikipedia about Exploratorium
URL:https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/exploratorium/
LOCATION:Exploratorium region
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