I heard a talk a few months ago here from one Professor Mary Poplin from Claremont (whom, when I opened e-mails about her, I kept confusing with Mary Poppins) partly regarding her studies on high performing teachers in low performing schools ( Read more... )

While I've never written directly about them, I have spoken quite a few times on various "paradigm shifts" in science. (One can scan my topics list if interested.)

( definition of a paradigm shift )

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Su, 1 May 2011
( Weverton Cliffs )

Two of the most fascinating questions yet to be answered by science, in my opinion, are how developmental biology works and how the brain works. This is because they are, relatively speaking, some of the most complicated processes known.

On the other hand, while the questions asked by psychology are some of the most fascinating to me, psychology as ( Read more... )

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Sa, 30 Apr 2011I was the last one to get out of my tent on Saturday morning, but the fastest to pack everything up. (I had slept rather poorly, not having a camp pillow or anything to really substitute for one. Also, my sore shoulders did not like it when I would roll onto ( Read more... )

sadeyedartist and I were discussing this in the car recently. One of our pet peeves is when the lyrics of modern songs do not match the music, that is, when the lyrical rhythm does not fit the musical rhythm or when lyrics are devoid of any rhythm of their own.

Traditionally, poetry has had rhythm. No, it's not always been iambic or trochaic or some other ( Read more... )

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I was inspired by my last public entry to go do some hiking. sadeyedartist was traveling for a bridal shower, so on a whim, I decided to hike the southern half of the Maryland portion of the Appalachian Trail....

Fr, 29 Apr 2011
( Shuttle from Harper's Ferry )

One of my life goals/dreams has for the longest time been to thru-hike the AT.

The ATC keeps a record of people who have hiked the ~2180 miles of the AT. It calls these people “2000-milers”, regardless of how they hiked the trail ( Read more... )

It's been ages since I've posted (primarily because I am writing other more important things) and even longer since it was an "...and What It Is Not" post ( Read more... )

...for Extraterrestrial Life

(This is only the 2nd time in LJ history where I have had a title that wrapped into the body of my post....)

A major scientific discovery was announced yesterday by press conference from NASA, followed by publication later that day in the journal ScienceA NASA researcher has discovered a bacterium that can live ( Read more... )