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  1. Downes

    Bee Sting Cake

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    September 28, 2020. Andrea made this cake in preparation for our short vacation. It's a yeasted cake with pudding in the middle and absolutely delicious. Today I gave a seminar in the morning and did some writing in the afternoon, getting as prepared a...
  2. plowenthal

    Special issue on Online/Remote/Distance Supervision

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    Special issue on Online/Remote/Distance Supervision Special issue editors: Swapna Kumar, University of Florida, USA Gina Wisker, University of Bath, UK  The main focus of this special issue is experiences, practices, and challenges of online/remote/distance supervision in doctoral programs and professional

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  3. Downes

    Back Yard

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    September 27, 2020. It was a bit windy for cycling today, and anyhow I had my fill yesterday, so I tayed in, watched the ball game, and prepared some posts for next week's OLDaily. Work tomorrow then a few days in the Laurentians. https://flic.kr/p/2jL...
  4. Downes

    Hunting

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    September 25, 2020. This time every year we get an influx of ladybugs (or something similar) into the house. The kittens love watching them - here's Charlemagne (with his many extra toes) hunting them on the ceiling. A couple of longer meetings today h...
  5. Downes

    Cass Bridge

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    September 26, 2020. I spent the day riding from Winchester to Spencerville and back, 113 km total ride through some beautiful eastern Ontario farm and forest country. This is near Cass Bridge on the Nation River late in the afternoon. It was a beautifu...
  6. plowenthal

    Call for Papers: Innovations in Remote Instruction: Impact on Students’ Socioemotional and Cognitive Outcomes

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    Innovations in Remote Instruction: Impact on Students’ Socioemotional and Cognitive Outcomes A special issue call for papers Among the pressing concerns raised to the forefront amid the COVID-19 pandemic are the best modes and practices of remote instruction. Technology, Mind, and

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  7. Downes

    Greenbelt

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    September 24, 2020. Today wasn't especially productive as I messed around with configuring my browser extensions and wrote some posts and did some background reading. Lunchtime we went in to the Costco; this is a photo of Ottawa's greenbelt on Anderson...
  8. teresa

    Using the Scientific Method with Simple Experiments

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    Using the scientific method is essential for kids to learn about the world around them.  Kids love playing. Most kinds of play involve making guesses, trying to see if those guesses are right and trying again if you fail.  Playing is science.  Try 2 ea...
  9. Downes

    Organic Fudge Bar

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    September 22, 2020. I have no idea what makes it organic, but it's lo-cal, and I have two a day. I should probably cut back to one. Today was a meeting day, and in between meetings I caught of on email and my newsletter. https://flic.kr/p/2jKtEL8
  10. Downes

    Frozen Tuna

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    September 21, 2020. This is a piece of frozen yellowfin tuna. I have one piece each day - or sometimes haddock or cod, but usually tuna. In the past I've also eaten frozen salmon and scallops, but there were issues of these thawing and being refrozen a...
  11. @Sheefa_ahmed

    Toward zero: Reducing and offsetting our data center power emissions

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    Following the massive Australian bushfires earlier this year, I was motivated to act within my role as a data scientist at Automattic to help fight anthropogenic climate change. Together with colleagues from across the company, we formed an employee resource group focused on sustainability. We are pleased to announce that …
  12. Downes

    Tomato

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    September 20, 2020. This is a roma tomato. I try to have two of these each day (sometimes I run out, and sometimes Costco is out of stock). Today was a quiet day - I wrote a section on a paper, watched the ball game, that's about it. https://flic.kr/p/...
  13. Downes

    Emma Saying Goodbye

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    September 16, 2020. Any time I go to the basement or to the garage Emma scoots over to say goodbye to me through the stair railing. Her choice of railing isn't always smart; there's a 12 foot drop under this bit of railing (the cats have torn down the ...
  14. Downes

    The Metro

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    September 17, 2020. I spent a good ten hours writing my post 'Boxing gRSShopper' but it was crucial to have a record of the steps involved. I took a break in the middle, though, to go to the store; this is me sitting in the car waiting for Andrea in th...
  15. Downes

    Taskmaster

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    September 18, 2020. I've been enjoying a number of British comedy shows on YouTube recently, including '8 out of 10 cats does Countdown' and 'Taskmaster' (they're delayed by about three years, so the current events shows are useless). Today, as I state...
  16. natalie

    Chapter Three – Paris 60’s fashion

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    from the book MAGNETIC – Again, just a girl! In 1960 Inga revealed in a letter to her mother that she was married. She had fallen in love with an ambitious English actor and had silently married a year ago. Anna and her mother were surprised as this announcement had come so sudden, and it… Continue reading Chapter Three – Paris 60’s fashion
  17. Downes

    Voyageur Provincial Park

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    September 19, 2020. It was pretty cool today when I set out from the Laggan School parking lot for a ride to Voyageur Provincial Park and back, but it was never really unpleasant and I managed an enjoyable 101 km on a beautiful brisk fall day. https://...
  18. @Kim

    Bibliography

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    Arkin, Daniel. “Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on the Legacy of ‘Saving Private Ryan’ The Oscar-winning director and star look back on the seminal, kinetic World War II drama.” NBC News, May 31, 2019. Auster, Albert. “Saving Private Ryan and American Triumphalism.” Journal of Popular Film & Television 30, 2 (2002): 98. Ebert, Roger. “Tom […]
  19. Downes

    Rose

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    September 11, 2020. This is a ratty old rose at the Shoppers in Ottawa, where we went in the afternoon for groceries and such (the Costco is right across the street from it now). https://flic.kr/p/2jGZoBt
  20. Downes

    The Pantry

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    September 13, 2020. Exactly six months ago we started social distancing for the pandemic. Through late January and early February I had been stocking our makeshift pantry with essentials, just in case. It wasn't a huge stockpile, but the idea was to ha...
  21. Downes

    Stairway

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    September 14, 2020. Yesterday (Sunday) was a work day, making videos, and so was today, gRSShopper coding. I'm also taking pictures all through the house for our insurance company, which can't send assessors around any more because Covid. This is one o...
  22. Downes

    Geraniums in Standing Pond Water

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    September 15, 2020. I was taking more photos for the insurance company and noticed our geraniums struggling in pond water after the recent rains. I know the geraniums don't like it, but I couldn't resist a photo of the water, which has formed into an e...
  23. plowenthal

    Special Issue “Pivoting from Diversity Toward Transformative Scholarship and Practice for Advancing Equity in Higher Education”

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    Special Issue Editors Dr. Sylvia Hurtado Website Guest Editor School of Education and Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1521, USA Interests: campus racial climates; diversity in higher education; diversifying the science, engineering, mathematics, and the biomedical workforce; organizational change

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