01-15-19 REM sleep - Phobias - Building Blocks of the Universe
01/15/19
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Presentations
David Lippman:" Rem Sleep what might it be useful for?
Experiment with rats"
David Lippman: "Cortisol measurements in treating human phobias"
Doug Wind: "The Building Blocks of the Universe — Phiala Shanahan"
In her public lecture at Perimeter Institute , Phiala Shanahan will introduce the audience to the subatomic realm and describe what supercomputer calculations of quarks and gluons can reveal about the origins of mass, the primordial nuclear reactions that power the Sun, and the nature of the elusive dark matter that permeates the universe.
Phiala Shanahan is currently an Emmy Noether Visiting Fellow at Perimeter Institute. Perimeter’s Emmy Noether Visiting Fellowships support exceptional young women at critical stages of their physics careers.
Location & Time: Tuesdays, 11:30am to 1:30pm
Quinta Loreto Hotel, Cjon. de Loreto 15, Centro, Zona Centro, 37700 San Miguel de Allende, Gto.
From Cjon. de Loreto, enter the Mercado de Artisanias alley (East, going up-hill) about twenty yards and turn to your left into the Hotel Quinta Loreto compound.
The community center is on the Southeast side of the little central park. If you are coming by car, there is a parking lot within the compound.
(The community center is in the same location as the Philosophical get-together which is held on Fridays.)
A 50 pesos donation is suggested.
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Links from Tuesday's presentations 01/15/19:
Video: Is Organic Really Better? Healthy Food or Trendy Scam? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PmM6SUn7Es
Video: Phiala Shanahan Public Lecture: The Building Blocks of the Universe
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SMA Lifelong learning program
http://instituto-allende.edu.mx/en/lifelong-learning-program/
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...Because the acquisition of clean water in our town is not only a science, but a necessity, especially in the San Miguel de Allende area:
Link to John Wharton's Shelter Space; an excellent source of SciTechNature trace elements:
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Coming up: The next event is Vicente Fox on Nov. 12th at 5 pm at real de Minas
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SMA Rotary Club rests upon a foundation of compassion and science, so it too gets a heads up from SciTechNature.
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Best,
Stephen Goodfellow