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Click on an initial eruption height below to watch a predictive ash dispersion animation based on current atmospheric conditions.The Puff model is a volcanic ash tracking model developed at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. It has been supported by University of Alaska Fairbanks and its Geophysical Institute, the Alaska Volcano Observatory, and the Arctic Region Supercomputing Center. Click here to go directly to t...
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May 27, 2009Q: Now that you’ve been here for a few weeks, what are your impressions of the team and the guys who are here and are coming?KB: I like the culture of the program right now. It’s a good group of kids. I’m very impressed how they did academically this spring. I was also excited with the enthusiasm they brought to the court during our workouts. There were 6 workouts from the time I came until they had to leave for summer break. I thought they did a nice job. They were coacha...
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Reporters, college administrators, and even scientists themselves often talk about basic and applied research as if they are the two ends of a spectrum, and that most research can be described as being either “purely basic,” with no practical end in view, or “applied,” with only practical ends in view (and no interest in understanding fundamental processes of nature). Scientists whose work combines the two get placed somewhere along the line between them, but like placing a pivot u...
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Selected pages from copies of Montaigne's Essays, from Will Hamlin.Return to article: Privacy and the Words of the Dead ...
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A gallery of selected images, items, and memorabilia from Xerpha Gaines' trunk.Return to article: The Love Letters ...
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lard medium yellow onion, chopped fine large clove garlic, minced (I actually use much more than this, but don’t want to scare people off) 2-3 slices of good thick bacon, chopped a little Mexican oregano 1 chipotle pepper (canned in adobo sauce) 1 cup pardina lentils large tomato, chopped, or 8 oz. canned chopped tomato 6 cups water plantain hardboiled egg Melt a couple of tablespoons lard over medium heat in medium dutch oven. Cook onions and garlic until translucent...
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Whether the problems stem from normal aging, diseases like Alzheimer’s, or traumatic brain injury, impaired memory can turn even routine tasks into major challenges. The main focus of Maureen Schmitter-Edgecombe’s work is finding ways to help people with memory loss cope better with everyday tasks, enabling them to live independently as long as possible. In one recent project, she coached volunteers with memory loss in the use of a notebook that resembled a detailed day planner. They ...
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Several years ago, scientists noticed that recent herbarium specimens had been collected earlier in the season than specimens from decades past. Since most plants are collected when they are in flower, that meant they were flowering earlier. The easy explanation was that they were responding to the warmer temperatures caused by climate change. The trouble with that, says Larry Hufford, is that it didn't happen with every species. He searched the Herbarium's database for the first date of...
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A series of videos introducing WSU's James Entomology Collection and its work in research, collection, education and service....
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"[The collections] answer to a lot of people," says Rich Zack. "They answer a lot of questions, and at times they can generate funds, but it's not a steady stream of funds. Often you're answering small questions from hundreds of people." Any one of those hundreds might get along OK if the collections shut down, "but because we serve so many, it would be a major loss," says Zack. Anthropologist Karen Lupo, whose students make frequent use of the Conner Museum's bone collection, says she w...
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