11-12-19 T Mizwa-Garbage L Dworski-The Inescapable Casino

11/12/19

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Terra Mizwa:

Presentation

News,

"All that plastic garbage"

Lawrence Dworski:

Presentations

"The Inescapable Casino"

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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 this week Terra Mizwa's links:

Scientists train rats to drive tiny cars around an arena

Behavioral Brain Research, doi.org/dc7f

How a high-salt diet can gum up the brain

Nature, doi.org/dc7h

Altered gut bacteria make it harder to get over old fears

Nature, doi.org/dc7c

Crabs can navigate a complex maze

Biology Letters, doi.org/dc6n

From a small seed, a mighty building

Frontiers in Plant Science,doi.org/dc6k

(Video)Scientists Have Trained Rats To Drive Tiny Cars In Order To Collect Food

https://youtu.be/Xwcsv6Tmgmg

Lawrence Dworski's links:Wealth Distribution (PDF)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzY2l0ZWNuYXR1cmV8Z3g6NzA3YzFlN2JkZTk4NDc2Nw

Scientific American Article (PDF)

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzY2l0ZWNuYXR1cmV8Z3g6ODAzZTNmZTM2NGY5NmU5

Last week's links

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SMA Science Book Club

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/scitechnature/

The SciTechNature get-together is also on Facebook. ********

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:

Caminos de Agua

https://caminosdeagua.org/en/home

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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