U.S. Climate Extremes Index (CEI)
This link to the NOAA tool was posted to fedi, by Getzler Lab at KenyonCollege. I am sharing here as it is looks like it could be really useful to others too.
Overleaf writing webinar
How To Improve Your Writing Productivity, A Research-Based Approach
Overleaf is co-sponsoring a free webinar with ReadCube Papers: How to Improve Your Writing Productivity, A Research-Based Approach — February 28, 2023, 11:00AM – 12:00PM ET — Presented by Bec Evans and Chris Smith, co-founders of Prolifiko! 🎉✏️ See you there: Link here
Biotech & Meditech Jobs
If you've been looking for jobs in the Biotech or Medtech industries, do you ever notice they often use terms in their job descriptions that don't feel very intuitive to you? For example – if you have experience with protein purification, chromatography techniques and filtration then you most likely qualify for roles that use the term “Downstream Process Development”!
If you're used to describing yourself in academic terms, come learn the language you need to describe yourself in industry.
Sign up and join us on February 28th at 5pm ET below.
#Scismic #biotechnology #jobseeker #careerdevelopment #lifescience
LibrePlanet 2023 Schedule
This years Free Software Foundation conference is back in Boston as an in person conference, however talks will still be streamed online. It will run from March 18th to 19th, 2023.
The schedule is now available.
Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA & online
This years theme is Charting the course.
I have been helping with reviewing talks for the conference, so there are some really interesting talks, and a keynote on Free Software in Education from Erin Rose Glass.
I will be helping to test some of the infrastructure such as LibreAdventure over the coming weeks, as well as attending some training for moderator for IRC / Voice chat.
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American football – Trojans Training 26/2/2023 Reminder
The next session is on Sunday 26th Feb 2023., Foxhole, 10am to 13:00. New players welcome.
A photo from the 29th Jan
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Wise advice to employers
This was posted to LinkedIn by Brigette Hyacinth
Brigette makes a very interesting and important point with this.
ME: Candidate accepted another offer.
CLIENT: I thought she really liked our company.
ME: Yes, she did
CLIENT: I don’t understand why she would throw away a great future here.
ME: She is very talented. She will have a great future wherever she chooses.
CLIENT: But we’re #1 in our space!
Companies need to realize interviews are two-way streets. You are not only choosing the candidate, the candidate is choosing you as well. While you are taking 3+ months to hire someone (looking for perfection) putting candidates through multiple interviews and tests - another company recognized her worth and made her an offer far above the market range. If you want the best talent improve your hiring processes. Candidates have negotiating power too.
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Personal experience seems to point to employers delaying getting back and delaying moving what should be a fairly simple process forward. This leaves people not knowing what is going on, sometimes for weeks at a time.
Employees who are keen to make a start will say so, we appreciate that there are processes. This is about the endless waiting and waiting for people to get back and keep us updated.
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Dark Matter Galaxy
We are always finding something new in the Universe. This is a discover from Chinese astronomers, who have found a dark galaxy 2% Hydrogen and 98 % dark matter.
There is another Mastodon post here, with a link to the paper and more information on the FAST observatory.
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Record British Gas profits
Centrica who own British gas have announced huge profits. This is at a time when costs of food and everything are rising, people are having to choose between heating homes and eating a good meal.
Discussions on bonus payments have been delayed, with prices set to rise in April taxpayers are facing fuel price rises and more tax payers money being used to help people pay fuel bills.
Profits before people, this is going to result in a huge backlash at some point, which can't come soon enough.
We can't keep blaming the war in Ukraine for this, it us pure greed, especially as we apparently only get about 3% of our gas from Russia anyway.
Home Chemistry 12 – Red Cabbage indicator
I am slowly starting to build up a collection of chemicals we can use as part of experiments at home and or the STEM group.
So in addition to universal indicator paper, Jess from the library is going to make some red cabbage indicator, which we can use to test if substances are acid or alkali.
I have some 1M Citric Acid prepared, and intend to do the same for Bicarbonate of soda, so that there is at least 1 of each available.
So back to indicaotrs, As detailed here Red Cabbage, can be used to make an indicator.
We should then be able to use this at the STEM group and the library for various science based experiments, especially during British Science Week.
This will prove very useful and will complement the use of universal indicator papers.
The next STEM group meeting is 11th March.
American football – Trojans Training 19/2/2023 Reminder
The next session is on Sunday 19th Feb 2023., Foxhole, 10am to 13:00. New players welcome.
A photo from the 29th Jan
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