fugitive247/science

Page info: "The National Weather Service authors Severe and Winter Weather guides annually. The guides serve to educate the public about hazardous weather and how to prepare for severe and winter storms."
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This official NOAA public information resource includes access to create a printable copy of their booklet. These copies are great to distribute amongst one's neighbors, friends and family. And the info could possibly save some lives. I suggest keeping copies in locations such as one in each vehicle, a copy with emergency supplies, and a few copies each stored in ziplock baggies, then taped inside various locations throughout one's home or business. Ideal spots would be inside kitchen cabinets, closet doors and in utility rooms. Let's all stay safe, Arkansas!

Impressive natural columnar basalt formations, courtesy of eons of volcanic activity. Images are from Cape Stolbchatiy, Kunashir Island, Russia. Zoom out of this geo-cached Google map for a better idea of this area's physical location. Selecting the satellite view gives a fascinating visual representation of this region's topographical makeup.

Innocence Project of Texas
Mission Statement

The Innocence Project of Texas is a network of organizations created

◊ to identify, investigate and document claims of actual innocence;
◊ to work to exonerate those persons who have been wrongfully convicted;
◊ to educate students, citizens and public officials about wrongful convictions, how they occur and how they can be prevented;
◊ to advocate for criminal justice system reforms to prevent wrongful convictions and achieve justice; and
◊ to assist the wrongfully convicted with their adjustment back into society.
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Because there are too many folks like Mr. Charles Chatman who deserve a scientifically comprehensive day in court.

From the page: "Physicists in Israel have invented a neat method of making elaborate 3D structures from flat 2D discs. The trick is to pre-treat a gel disc half the size of a beer coaster with a monomer solution "blueprint" that selectively shrinks when heated. The technique, which cleverly demonstrates the link between 2D and 3D geometry, could be used by engineers to create self-assembling prototypes (Science 315 1116)."

Experimentation is currently being done with discs of an unspecified gel formulation. This research is intriguing, but not realistically marketable until serious testing is done with urethanes. Urethanes have already proven to be highly versatile in their applications. These include everything from common everyday items such as mop buckets (consumer grade), to pippets (medical grade), to printing press replacement parts (industrial grade).
(yeah, too many years of various R&D)

From the page: "Scientists have discovered a dramatic variation in the genetic make-up of humans that could lead to a fundamental reappraisal of what causes incurable diseases and could provide a greater understanding of mankind."

Wow- spotted my first iridium flare tonight, not knowing quite what it was. This site gives real-time data based upon a visitor's location as to what's currently in the local skies.

Place your bets... How long will it be before DUI stops and urinalysis for drug testing includes caffeine?

lab tech #1: "Jesus-H.-Christ! Check out the caffeine levels in this sample. They've blown the curve."

lab tech #2: "No friggin' way. What's the control ID?"

lab tech #1: "fugitive247"

lab tech #2: "Oh, okay. No sweat. Her samples were requested for R&D testing on the spectral analyzers. Looks like she's back in 'Cornholio Mode.'"