BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Science Circle - ECPv6.15.13//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Science Circle X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sciencecircle.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Science Circle REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220305T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220305T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220220T092641Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220220T092833Z UID:11078-1646474400-1646478000@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Geology and Palaeontology of Greece DESCRIPTION:Geology and Palaeontology of Greece\nThis is a sequel presentation to my talk on the role of Greece in Math and Science. Greece has a complex geologic history of plate tectonics\, volcanism\, earthquakes\, gems\, and rocks. This history has played a role in Greek civilizations like the Minoans as well as their architecture and sculptures. Over 10\,000 fossils have been found in Greece of organisms that have existed over the last 430 million years. I will start with the enigmatic conodonts\, then proceed to discuss diversity changes over the Phanerozoic including the rise of mollusks\, fish\, and eventually mammals in the Cenozoic. Some of these are poisonous to humans. \nBy: Dr. William Schmachtenberg – Dae Miami \n  \n  \n \n\n\n\nDr. William Schmachtenberg\n\n\nPrevious lectures on film\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://sciencecircle.org/event/greece/ LOCATION:Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/5-March-west-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220305T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220305T220000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T063656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T064148Z UID:11115-1646514000-1646517600@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Our Local Wildlife DESCRIPTION:Our Local Wildlife\nIn observation of World Wildlife Day; we invite you to share stories/memories of animals from your local wildlife\, be they good or bad\, irritating or not! \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://sciencecircle.org/event/our-local-wildlife/ LOCATION:Fireside ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/East-Presentations-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220306T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220306T080000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T081926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T081926Z UID:11123-1646550000-1646553600@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Classical Concert DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/classical-concert-24/ LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2022-Concerts.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T100000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220228T085438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T085438Z UID:11146-1647075600-1647079200@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:A Political Geographer's Perspective on Ukrainians and Their Territory DESCRIPTION:The purpose of this presentation is to provide a brief overview of the Ukrainian people as a “nation\,” their historic aspirations to “statehood\,” and their relationship with Russian empires.  It should come as no surprise that the Ukrainian geographical and historical narrative is more complex than that offered by Vladimir Putin.  The talk is based on Dr. McBride/Johnson’s four decades of teaching political geography to university juniors/seniors/graduate students. \nA presentation by Merrill Johnson/Meryl McBride\, Ph.D. \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://sciencecircle.org/event/perspective-on-ukraine/ LOCATION:Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Ukraine.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220228T200808Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T200808Z UID:11158-1647079200-1647082800@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:What's In Our Water: The Science of Water Quality and Testing DESCRIPTION:Liquid water is so essential to life as we know it that when we look for life beyond our planet we always look for water. What is it about water that all life on Earth needs it? \nWhat is ‘pure’ water? Is water without anything in it safe to drink? What is the difference between distilled\, filtered\, and purified water? \nWhat substances may be found naturally in water? What is the difference between contaminants and pollutants and what are their sources? \n  \nThe Hydrologic Cycle\n  \nFrom where do we get the water we use? What kinds of tests are conducted to measure the quality of that water? How often should these tests be conducted? What is the science behind different kinds of water quality tests? \nHow is the quality of water determined? What are the health limits for different organisms of having different natural and introduced substances in the water in which they live or drink? Who determines these limits? \nWhat are the human health effects of having certain substances in the water we use for recreation or consumption? \nCome join us to have these questions answered and hopefully answer others you may have about the life-sustaining substance we call water. \nPresentation by Dr. Phil Youngblood \n  \n \n  \n\n\n\nDr. Phil Youngblood\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://sciencecircle.org/event/whats-in-our-water/ LOCATION:Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/March-12-10-am-.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220312T220000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T090458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T090458Z UID:11133-1647118800-1647122400@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:How has freedom of speech or press\, helped or hampered science? DESCRIPTION:How has freedom of speech or press\, helped or hampered science?\n“If liberty means anything at all\, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” -George Orwell\n“I disapprove of what you say\, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” -S.G. Tallentyre\, The Friends of Voltaire \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://sciencecircle.org/event/freedom-of-speech/ LOCATION:Fireside ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/East-Presentations-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220313T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220313T080000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T083806Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T083806Z UID:11125-1647154800-1647158400@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Classical Concert DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/classical-concert-25/ LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Concerts-PDT-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220228T093204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220228T093204Z UID:11149-1647684000-1647687600@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:On Expectation and Prediction of Events DESCRIPTION:ON EXPECTATION and PREDICTION OF EVENTS \nwith PROOF THAT LARGE NUMBERS RULE eventually… \nEvery event\, and configuration of events in the Universe is something of an accident arising from RANDOM arrangements\, and secondarily\, self-organizing complexity can occur. \nBiological evolution has selected for increasingly intricate and efficient neuro-processing by which living things can fulfil basic needs required for survival \n– self-preservation by avoiding or coping effectively with harmful environment situations \n– self-sustenance by finding energy sources (nutrition)\, water\, safe shelter \n– propagation of the species by finding mates for bisexual reproduction. \n  \nOrganisms that are less competent in any of the above are LESS LIKELY to live long. It is evident that animals without abstract\, spoken language still respond to their environments intelligently\, assessing situations in making choices. Further\, animals clearly hold EXPECTATION for certain outcomes based on experiential pattern recognition – in other words\, even animals display the ability TO PLAY THE ODDS. \nSo what would happen if random events repeated indefinitely never came to anything more than a random outcome? What would exist in a treacherously UNPREDICTABLE WORLD? \nIn other words\, what if we lived in a Universe in which EXPECTATION did not exist? \nMeaningful\, interpretable outcomes from any process would not emerge. There would be no evolution\, no PREDICTABLE quantum orbitals in the atom\, no certainty nor recognizable uncertainty\, and NO SCIENCE WITH SCIENTIFIC INTERPRETATION OF DATA would be possible. \n“As fortune would have it”\, all of us DO live in a Universe in which we can look for EXPECTATION that most processes generally do have predictable outcomes. We live in a Universe in which the CASINO ALWAYS WINS – in a sense\, \nWE LIVE IN THE CASINO UNIVERSE. \nProbability Theory is an important discipline of mathematics\, as well as Decision Theory and Game Theory. Without applied Probability Theory which is inextricably related to Statistics and evaluation of DATA\, Science would have rigour limited to verbose\, qualitative explanations of “ALTERNATIVE FACTS” and much hand waving. \nConsider the simplest model for an experiment: the toss of a fair coin (50% Heads and 50% tails outcome per toss) – the EXPECTATION of outcomes seems obvious. But WHY will the end result PROBABLY approach the intuitive EXPECTED OUTCOME more and more closely as you toss the coin again and again? \n  \n \n  \nIn this presentation\, we will draw on the work of mathematicians: Jacob Bernoulli\, Pafnuty Chebyshev\, Andrey Markov\, Andrey Kolmogorov\, and others to show under what terms we can PROVE that an EVENT REPEATED WILL PROBABLY APPROACH AN EXPECTED VALUE EVENTUALLY without which\, Science would make no sense at all.  \nRobert Hendrix\, a.k.a. Tagline \n  \n  \n  \nPresentation by Robert A. Hendrix\, M.D.   \nPrevious talks on film \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://sciencecircle.org/event/expectation-and-prediction/ LOCATION:Auditorium ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/19-March-10-am.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220319T220000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T091608Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T092715Z UID:11135-1647723600-1647727200@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Our ideal Virtual World DESCRIPTION:Our ideal Virtual World\n“Virtual reality promises a kind of transcendence of the limits of physical reality.” -Frank Biocca\, Taeyong Kim & Mark R. Levy.\n“VR will become something everyone wants before it becomes something everyone can afford.” -Lucky Palmer \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://sciencecircle.org/event/our-ideal-virtual-world/ LOCATION:Fireside ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/East-Presentations-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220320T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220320T080000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T084033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T084033Z UID:11128-1647759600-1647763200@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Classical Concert DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/classical-concert-26/ LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Concerts-PDT-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T110000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220310T072156Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220310T072156Z UID:11166-1648288800-1648292400@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Men & Women & Etc. DESCRIPTION:Biology\, socialization\, culture\, economics\, and the internet all influence our perceptions and experience of our gender. Let’s talk about it!   \nA discussion hosted by Matt Burr at the Light house Cafe  \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://sciencecircle.org/event/gender/ LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/26-March.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T210000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220326T220000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220320T034644Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220320T034644Z UID:11215-1648328400-1648332000@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Forests DESCRIPTION:Forests\n“Knowing trees\, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass\, I can appreciate persistence.” -Hal Borland \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://sciencecircle.org/event/forests/ LOCATION:Fireside ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/East-Presentations.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220327T080000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220227T084220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220227T084220Z UID:11130-1648364400-1648368000@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Classical Concert DESCRIPTION: URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/classical-concert-27/ LOCATION:The Lighthouse Café ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Concerts-PDT-2022.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T070000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T080000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220316T091655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T103651Z UID:11197-1648710000-1648713600@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:Opening VWBPE with Arisia Vita DESCRIPTION:Warm Up with Classical Music with Ari\nTime to socialize and network with friends\, old and new! Come enjoy the lovely classical piano music of Ari (Arisia Vita). At many events he noticed the presence of a piano and it occurred to him that as long as he appeared to be playing\, he could make the illusion seem even more real. Ari strives to find musical selections and performance styles for all to enjoy. URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/vwbpe-1/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/venues2022-vwbpe-gateway.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220331T115000 DTSTAMP:20260417T124539 CREATED:20220316T092117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T103718Z UID:11200-1648724400-1648727400@sciencecircle.org SUMMARY:VWBPE: What’s Up at the Lab? DESCRIPTION:Interviewer: Kevin Feenan (RL) Phelan Corrimal (SL)\, VWBPE Director; Rockcliffe University Consortium \nInvited Speaker: Patch Linden \nJoin Phelan and Patch at this Above the Book interview as they explore what’s new at Linden Lab and the impact on educators and non-profit organizations in Second Life. \nAccessibility: Voice to text transcription \nLocations:\nAuditorium – Area 52:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Lacerta/238/247/1394\nAuditorium – Norgannon:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Monoceros/13/240/1397\nAuditorium – Skywall:  http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/VWBPE%20Cetus/244/6/1395 URL:https://sciencecircle.org/event/vwbpe-2/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://sciencecircle.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/whats-up.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR