I call them Google Maps on steroids and Greencastle, Indiana’s DePauw University is leading the way in incorporating them into their curriculum. What I’m talking about are Geographic Information Systems (GIS). By definition GIS is a computer system for capturing, storing, checking and displaying data related to positions on Earth’s surface. The system can then show…
What were the factors involved in your decision to read this blog post? Was is because you have read my blogs before and liked them? Was it because you are in a class and are required to read so many blogs a day? Was it because you are from Illinois? Was it because of the…
This past week was the district convention of the Minnesota South District of the church body to which I belong. Compared to the rest of the country, Minnesota is not thought of as a very diverse place but over the course of 24 hours at the convention I experienced a pretty impressive range of diversity.…
Continuing with our emphasis on research being done by private colleges and universities, this week’s installment of The Research Project focuses on research being done at the College of Idaho. I’ve never heard of this school before but it has been in existence since 1891 and boasts some pretty amazing statistics. What caught my eye…
About two years ago I started a journal, entitled “The Journal of Daily Unusual Events”, since I maintain that just about every day something unusual happens. This past week I’ve taken time to go through my journal and pick out the top ten most unusual events from the journal. Here they are in no particular…
The first ten weeks of The Research Project I reported on research happening at the “flagship” public research universities in each state. For the next ten weeks I’d like to report on research going on at the major private universities of the next ten states on the list. In week eleven we head out to…
Nestled among the rolling hills and lakes west of Faribault, Minnesota is a remarkable store featuring 5,000 guns along with all the parts and accessories that go with them. Here are some pictures of my visit to Ahlman’s with my son-in-law and grandson. The mirror at the end of this line of guns makes it…
Back in week five of The Research Project I reported on pastureland research done by Professor Whendee Silver of the University of California – Berkley. Dr. Silver’s research showed that managed pasture lands or range lands were quite good at removing or sequestering carbon from the atmosphere. And since carbon in the atmosphere is the…
Mirror Neurons 