query: according to science how many days are in a year

pos: Year 15. Schools and universities in Australia typically have academic years that roughly align with the calendar year (i.e., starting in February or March and ending in October to December), as the southern hemisphere experiences summer from December to February. The Julian year, as used in astronomy and other sciences, is a time unit defined as exactly 365.25 days. This is the normal meaning of the unit "year" (symbol "a" from the Latin "annus") used in various scientific contexts. The Julian century of days and the Julian millennium of days are used in astronomical calculations. Fundamentally, expressing a time interval in

neg: NASA Astronaut Group 21 on CTS-1, both aboard Boeing's Starliner, and Glover to SpaceX's Dragon 2. NASA Astronaut Group 21 NASA Astronaut Group 21 In 2011 NASA opened applications for Astronaut Group 21. The team was announced in June 2013 after a year and a half long search. With four men and four women, the class of 2013 had the highest percentage of female finalists. According to NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, "it's… a reflection of how many really talented women are in science and engineering these days." NASA received a total of over 6,300 applications, which made it the second highest number received at

neg: NASA Astronaut Group 21 NASA Astronaut Group 21 NASA Astronaut Group 21 In 2011 NASA opened applications for Astronaut Group 21. The team was announced in June 2013 after a year and a half long search. With four men and four women, the class of 2013 had the highest percentage of female finalists. According to NASA astronaut Kathleen Rubins, "it's… a reflection of how many really talented women are in science and engineering these days." NASA received a total of over 6,300 applications, which made it the second highest number received at the time (the class of 2017 surpassed both records with a total

neg: STARBASE utilizes instruction modules that can integrate state math and science objectives. A motivational module is included to teach children how to set and achieve goals, take positive action in their lives, and build strong self-esteem. Students and teachers attend the STARBASE school year program for five complete days. During the school year, these days may be consecutive or spread over five weeks; teachers use STARBASE-generated material to reinforce learning during regular school days. In addition to written materials, facilities, simulators, and trainers are made available to the students. The STARBASE acronym originally stood for "Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic

neg: Dead Chest Island, British Virgin Islands several popular Scuba diving and snorkeling sites. According to an apocryphal story, the pirate Blackbeard marooned a number of his crew on Dead Chest Island for a number of days as punishment, leaving them with nothing but a cutlass and a bottle of rum each. How many pirates, and how many days, varies according to the source retelling the story. By the end of the month, only a few of pirates were left alive. Because the earliest known references to this story are from the 20th century, it is almost certainly fakelore derived from Robert Louis Stevenson's song "Dead Man's

neg: A Guide for the Perplexed botany and sociology, while the instructional sciences are concerned with how certain systems work and can be manipulated to produce certain results, e.g. biology and chemistry. Instructional science is primarily based on evidence gained from experimentation. Materialistic scientism is based on the methodology of the instructional sciences, which developed to study and experiment with inanimate matter. According to Schumacher many philosophers of science fail to recognize the difference between descriptive and instructional science, or ascribe this difference to stages in the evolution of a specific science, which for these philosophers means that the instructional sciences are seen as being the

neg: Intelligent design in politics its Center for Science and Culture, the hub of the intelligent design movement. These strategies are seen as another iteration of the Discovery Institute's campaign to "defeat [the] materialist world view" represented by the theory of evolution in favor of "a science consonant with Christian and theistic convictions". According to the Center for Science and Culture's weblog, at least 10 state legislatures are now considering legislation reconsidering how evolution is taught. Many of these initiatives benefit from significant legal assistance from a number of conservative legal foundations including the Thomas More Law Center, the Alliance Defense Fund, and Quality Science

neg: International Year of Light panel discussion on the future of light science and technologies. Worldwide, many laboratories and photonics institutes worldwide held open days for students and the public to learn about the work of research and optical science. One coordinated event in particular was the International Illumination Commission (CIE) Gold Open Lab where over 50 laboratories in 19 countries held open days in the period from 9–25 May 2015. Many science festivals and other public events running over multiple days placed particular emphasis on the theme of light during 2015. Such large-scale visibility brought the important messages of the year to millions. A

neg: Amit Ray science of well-being, science of youthfulness, science of integrating body, mind and soul. He advocates for creating peace and positive vibration on earth. He emphasizes that it does not matter how long we are spending on earth, or how much money we have gathered or how much attention we have received. According to him it is the amount of positive vibration we have radiated in life that matters. He emphasizes the value of family. According to him there is no better example for a child than a caring mother and a dignified father. Stepless PWM speed control of AC motors:

neg: History of Artsakh under the rule of the Aranshakhiks with Vachagan the Devout at the head (487–510’s). Under the latter a considerable rise in culture and science is observed in Artsakh. According to the evidence of a contemporary, in those years in the land there were built as many churches and monasteries as there are days in a year. At the turn of the 7th century the Albanian marzpanate broke up into several small principalities. In the south Artsakh and Utik created a separate Armenian principality, that of the Aranshakhiks. In the 7th century the Armenian Aranshakhiks were replaced by the Migranians or

neg: Doctor Dolittle in the Moon more than science fiction. "Dr. Dolittle in the Moon" was ahead of its time in that it introduced the concept of 'ecology' (although it did not use that term). Dr. Dolittle helps guide the Lunar Council, headed by Otho Bludge, a ten-foot tall Stone-Age Artist and expatriate terrestrial. Together they negotiate how many seeds each person can legally produce each year. The book delves into the subject of "The Days Before There Was a Moon", as remembered in tales that Chee Chee the Monkey's grandmother told him when he was little. The story of how the moon was created is

neg: QED (conference) first year, these charities were Sense About Science and the National Autistic Society. On the "Token Skeptic" podcast,co-organiser Michael Marshall ("Marsh") commented: How we try to always pitch it and how we try and run it is – it's all about the skeptical community. Because it's being run by people who are just part of that community who are doing this because we really love it, the atmosphere, seems to be, of people coming together. It's kind of a big party, a celebration of UK skepticism and also international skepticism. QED formally comprises two days, a Saturday and a Sunday.

neg: Year Julian years is a way to precisely specify how many days (not how many "real" years), for long time intervals where stating the number of days would be unwieldy and unintuitive. By convention, the Julian year is used in the computation of the distance covered by a light-year. In the Unified Code for Units of Measure, the symbol, "a" (without subscript), always refers to the Julian year, "a", of exactly seconds. The SI multiplier prefixes may be applied to it to form "ka" (kiloannus), "Ma" (megaannus), etc. Each of these three years can be loosely called an "astronomical year". The

neg: Judge Judy how many days a month she works, Sheindlin replied, "Five days." Sheindlin and her producers sometimes tape only five cases per day and two days per week. The show has fifty-two taping days a year. For each season, some 650 claims are brought to the set to be "presided" over by Judge Judy. This means approximately 8,450 claims have been brought to Judy Sheindlin's Hollywood set as of the end of its thirteenth season (2008–09). For the most part, cases are taped all throughout the year except for two breaks Sheindlin and all of the staff members of her show

neg: Science and Math Institute (Tacoma) their school to all of the middle school students in a massive presentation. People are told details of the school and how they can be part of it. The student selection process is simple. An interested person submits their application with their best school work under the graduation requirement categories and then are interviewed by a SAMi student and a staff member. If a person completes the application and takes part in the interview, their name is put into lottery system which will produce the next school years names, depending on how many new students SAMi takes that year. Science

neg: Paid time off mind the payoff in recruiting and retaining employees. Generally PTO hours cover everything from planned vacations to sick days, and are becoming more prevalent in the field of human resource management. Unlike more traditional leave plans, PTO plans don't distinguish employee absences from personal days, vacation days, or sick days. Upon employment, the company determines how many PTO hours will be allotted per year and a "rollover" policy. Some companies let PTO hours accumulate for only a year, and unused hours disappear at year-end. Some PTO plans may also accommodate unexpected or unforeseeable circumstances such as jury duty, military duty,

neg: Science tourism are not ordered by geographical position or alphabetized. Below is a list of the 20 highest-ranked universities according to 2013/2014 QS world university ranking (of course rankings may differ according to year and specific subject). Science tourism Science tourism is a travel topic grouping scientific attractions. It covers interests in visiting and exploring scientific landmarks, including museums, laboratories, observatories and universities. Many of the listed laboratories have ongoing scientific research, and may not be open to the general public, although they may offer occasional special public access opportunities. Observatories are usually open to the public and have tours showcasing their

neg: 1971 Bangladesh genocide was motivated by a policy to purge East Pakistan of what was seen as Hindu and Indian influences. Buddhist temples and Buddhist monks were also attacked through the course of the year. Lt. Colonel Aziz Ahmed Khan reported that in May 1971 there was written order to kill Hindus and that General Niazi would ask troops how many hindus they had killed. According to R. J. Rummel, professor of political science at the University of Hawaii, In 1947, at the time of partition and the establishment of the state of Pakistan, Bihari Muslims, many of whom were fleeing the violence

neg: Science Olympiad to state competition, the exact number depending on how many regions there are and how many teams compete. For example, in Ohio, the number of teams qualifying for the state tournament from each regional depends solely on the number of teams participating at that regional, whereas in New York the allocation system involved determining whether or not the winning team in a regional tournament had won the previous year (this method has since been discontinued). In most states, the top team advances from the state to the national competition. Some states with a larger number of teams are allotted a

neg: Theosophy and science "misleading", "vacillating", "uncertain" and "incomplete". It is this last word that is most important, that is, "science is a half-truth." The Theosophical doctrine "not so much" denies the truth of science, how much condemns its inability to explain an essence of the spiritual processes that "are supposedly the real causes" of the physical and chemical phenomena. According to Hammer, "The Secret Doctrine" is completely "imbued with the rhetoric of scientism". Although the "basic cosmological" concept in this work ultimately derives "from ancient wisdom" that was received by Blavatsky, as she claimed, from her "Masters," many of the details of this

neg: Eastern Hancock High School the year around the county. Eastern Hancock offers Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, English, and Fine Arts academic teams. They all compete annually at the Academic Super Bowl. They also won the 2003 and 2011 State Science Academic Championships. The Eastern Hancock Fine Arts Team finished 6th in the State in 2012. In addition, Eastern Hancock has a Spell Bowl team. Spell Bowl members spend the semester figuring out how to spell complex words and compete every year at the annual Indiana Spell Bowl Competition. There are many facilities around the school, including: Eastern Hancock also has many athletic facilities, including:

neg: Galician Wikipedia version of the portal. It took four more days until the first article would be created in the database: ou. Other entries would soon follow like calcium hydroxide, experimental science, social science, mysticism, applied science and botanics. Months later Agremon registered and become the first Galician administrator at Galipedia. Agremon was the person who put forward the name of Galipedia to refer to the Galician project, which was still under a year old. Soon afterwards, Galipedia would be quoted on newspaper websites, and other media, by those interested in the work undertaken. According to this are some of the key

neg: Truck to annual renewal unlike the five-year renewal period of a normal license. The requirements for obtaining the different classes are below. In the United States, a commercial driver's license is required to drive any type of commercial vehicle weighing or more. The federal government regulates how many hours a driver may be on the clock, how much rest and sleep time is required (e.g., 11 hours driving/14 hours on-duty followed by 10 hours off, with a maximum of 70 hours/8 days or 60 hours/7 days, 34 hours restart ) Violations are often subject to significant penalties. Instruments to track each

neg: Complexly "Holy Fucking Science", "Tangents" is a science-based show where "SciShow" staffers puzzle and entertain each other with fascinating facts. It is intended for a mature audience, as foul language and adult themes are featured. Podcast: "SciShow Tangents" "Hosts: John Green, Chris Waters" "100 Days" was a personal initiative of John Green, exploring how to 'have a healthy midlife crisis'. He is joined in physical exercises and other feats by his best friend Chris. It ran through the early months of 2017. Channel: "100 Days" "Hosts: Hank Green, Rachel Calderon Navarro" "How to Adult" was a general advice channel directed toward

neg: Science 2.0 non-scientists. For others, it includes building vast databases of case histories. There is a sense in which "Science 2.0" indicates a general direction for scientific collaboration, although there is little clarity about how exactly this might happen. One aim is to "make scientific collaboration as easy as sharing videos of trips home from the dentist," according to one view. Closely related terms are "cyberscience" focussing on scientists communicating in the cyberspace and "cyberscience 2.0" expanding the notion to the emerging trend of academics using Web 2.0 tools. The rise of the Internet has transformed many activities such as retailing and

neg: Ceratophyllus gallinae Under optimal conditions of temperature and humidity, adults can emerge from the cocoon in 23 days. How many generations there are in the year depends on how many broods their host bird rears. The fleas usually undergo metamorphosis and overwinter as pre-emergent adults. These are fully formed within the cocoon and emerge when certain stimuli occur; suitable stimuli are vibration, heat, or increased levels of carbon dioxide. These fleas generally come into contact with their host by jumping. The jumping is found to be initiated when the intensity of light is reduced. The host is infected during the spring, when

neg: Connect Charter School are equipped with SMART board technology, and every classroom has a NEC projector and a screen. Classes use SMART boards for creative math and science debates/discussions. From its first creation in 1999, Science Alberta School enforced a compulsory course known as SAS Quest. When the school was renamed as Calgary Science School, the program became Quest. The objective of this course was to familiarize students with everyday problems in the world and how to solve them. This program was removed in the 2004 school year. For electives (options) there are many choices including: C02 Cars, Digital Film Making, Photography, 3-D

neg: Political science many factors, including stability, justice, material wealth, peace and public health. Some political scientists seek to advance positive (attempt to describe how things are, as opposed to how they should be) theses by analysing politics. Others advance normative theses, by making specific policy recommendations. Political scientists provide the frameworks from which journalists, special interest groups, politicians, and the electorate analyse issues. According to Chaturvedy, In the United States, political scientists known as "Americanists" look at a variety of data including constitutional development, elections, public opinion, and public policy such as Social Security reform, foreign policy, US Congressional committees, and the

neg: Payroll taxes in New South Wales Payroll taxes in New South Wales Employers, or a group of related businesses, whose total Australian wages exceed the current NSW monthly threshold are required to pay NSW payroll tax. Broadly speaking, the tax amount is a percentage of taxable wages paid within NSW. This percentage is called the payroll tax rate. The following table lists the payroll tax rate and annual threshold in force for the indicated dates. The monthly threshold is the appropriate fraction of the annual threshold according to how many days there are in the month. Each monthly payment or 'nil' remittance is due seven days

neg: Now You See It (Cathy Davidson book) President Barack Obama to a six-year term on the National Endowment for the Humanities. Now You See It (Cathy Davidson book) Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn is a book by CUNY Graduate Center professor Cathy Davidson published by Viking Press on August 19, 2011. In "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn," Cathy Davidson suggests that breakthroughs in cognitive science should recalibrate our sense of what it means to learn. According to Davidson, those

neg: Yaroslav Belousov 2013, and at that time was also a political science student. She and her husband are the parents of a son, Andrei, who was 4 years old as of June 2015. According to his wife, Belousov is “a scholarly man interested in political science” Describing him as “a man of books,” she told the "New York Times" in June 2013 that “this saves him now that he is in jail….I asked him how he celebrated the New Year; he answered that he finished reading five volumes of the history of the Middle Ages.” Yaroslav Belousov Yaroslav Gennadievich Belousov (born July

neg: Wandering Stars Wandering Stars Wandering Stars is an anthology of Jewish fantasy and science fiction, edited by American writer Jack Dann, originally published by Harper & Row in 1974. It represented, according to the book cover, "the first time in science fiction that the Jew - and the richness of his themes and particular points of view -- will appear without a mask." In his introduction, "Why Me?", Isaac Asimov discussed how many Jewish science fiction writers prior to that time had used gentile pen names in order to get published: "Many of the Jewish pulp writers, however, used pen names as

neg: Cégep de Sainte-Foy in Quebec city, because the Campus Notre-Dame-De-Foy is a private college. Each year, the music program count approximately 250 students in 3 different programs, "music, music/science and music/social science". Students learn how to master correctly their instruments, but also learn more on the music history and its evolution through years, they learn how to analyze pieces of music, to do "solfege" and musical dications so they can develop their ear. There is a wide choice of instruments the students can learn: Trumpet, trombone, percussions, piano, guitar and many many more... Students can participate to many musical activities, contests, concerts and

neg: Mesoamerican Long Count calendar days by 13. This means that 106,395 whole 13-day cycles have been completed and the numerical portion of the Tzolk'in date is 5. To calculate the day, divide the total number of days in the long count by 20 since there are twenty day names. This means 16 day names must be counted from Ajaw. This gives Kib'. Therefore, the Tzolk'in date is 5 Kib'. The Haab' date 8 Kumk'u is the ninth day of the eighteenth month. There are 17 days to the start of the next year. Subtract 17 days from the total, to find how many complete

neg: Prevalence (month, year, etc.). The difference between prevalence and incidence can be summarized thus: prevalence answers "How many people have this disease right now?" or "How many people have had this disease during this time period?" and incidence answers "How many people per year newly acquire this disease?" In science, "prevalence" describes a proportion (typically expressed as a percentage). For example, the prevalence of obesity among American adults in 2001 was estimated by the U. S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) at approximately 20.9%. Prevalence is a term which means being widespread and it is distinct from incidence. Prevalence is a

neg: Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon legislative body. The council is made up of nine standing members. Each member is meant to serve a three-year term with three council seats up for re-election every year and no restrictions for how many terms a council member can serve. To qualify for a position as a council member, a person simply needs to be 18 years or older and be an enrolled member of the Tribe according to the Tribal Constitution. To vote for council members, confirmed tribal members mail in ballots with verified signatures on file with the Tribal Election Board, and the forty-five days preceding the

neg: Jurģi took them away once they got warm on Jurģi, Pentecost and Jāņi. Time fore-tellers watched, how many days had dew before Jurģi: that way they counted how many days is going to be spent on harvesting rye before Jacob's day. Wind is checked on Jurģi morning ; if it's windy on Jurģi, then it meant that it will be windy all year. If it rains on Jurģi, it meant a wet summer, and believed that forest meadows will not have medical herbs because of that. If Jurģi falls on Friday, it meant a miserable year, if on Monday - it

neg: English-language education in Japan science according to PISA. MEXT took steps beginning in 1998 for a select number of public primary schools to have mandatory English classes; many Japanese parents send their children to Eikaiwa schools starting even before elementary school. According to 2003 statistics provided by MEXT children from ages 12 to 14 spend roughly 90 hours annually in a school classroom setting. Traditionally, the Japanese have used the Grammar-translation method, thanks in part to Nakahama Manjirō's "kanbun" system, to teach their students how to learn the English language. However, there are innovative ways that have been adapted into and outside the classroom

neg: Tourism in Omaha Latino in South Omaha and the Dreamland Ballroom are cultural bookmarks in the city's most diverse communities, while events such as Native Omaha Days, the Festival of the Virgin of Guadalupe, the Day of the Dead and many other holidays celebrate the city's broad racial and ethnic roots. The Toddler Farm at the Omaha Children's Museum gives children 4 and younger a place for imagination, while creative arts and dress up areas are for younger children as well. A hands-on science gallery and television studio and traveling exhibits are designed to help children discover how the world works and learn

neg: Materials science field of science and engineering, and major technical universities around the world created dedicated schools of the study, within either the Science or Engineering schools, hence the naming. Many of the most pressing scientific problems humans currently face are due to the limits of the materials that are available and how they are used. Thus, breakthroughs in materials science are likely to affect the future of technology significantly. Materials scientists emphasize understanding how the history of a material (its "processing") influences its structure, and thus the material's properties and performance. The understanding of processing-structure-properties relationships is called the . This

neg: Metrics (networking) Service providers usually express that a service will be available for a "percentage" of this time. To calculate the availability of a service expressed in this format, one needs to do the following calculation: 98% availability on 24/7/52 One can then deduce how many full hours/days per year the service can be unavailable before the supplier is in breach of their Service Level Agreement. In this example, 8736 (hours) - 8561 (hours) = 175 hours (or around 7.3 days). Metrics (networking) Router metrics are metrics used by a router to make routing decisions. A "metric" is typically one of many

neg: Lists of holidays Lists of holidays Lists of holidays by various categorization. "In the order of the Wheel of the Year:" The Christian Patronal feast days or 'name days' are celebrated in each place's patron saint's day, according to the Calendar of saints. The following holidays are observed to some extent at the same time during the Southern hemisphere's summer, with the exception of Winter Solstice. Many other days are marked to celebrate events or people, around the world, but are not strictly holidays as time off work is rarely given. Other secular holidays not observed internationally: These are holidays that are not

neg: International British School of Bucharest contains a dedicated science laboratory and ICT suite. There is a substantial play area to the front of the school. The school provides a bus service, hot lunches and an extensive programme of after school activities. There is also a programme of Saturday morning revision classes for senior students on examination programmes. The academic year is 180 days for students and the year always begins in September. School uniform is worn, as in England, and a school prefect system and student council are in operation. The school has an open admissions policy and children are placed according to their ages

neg: California Area School District a defined benefit pension, health insurance, professional development reimbursement, paid personal days, 11 sick days, 4 paid bereavement days, 3 personal days and many other benefits. Teachers work 7 hours and 15 minutes. Teachers are guaranteed daily prep periods. Teachers are paid extra if they are required to work outside of the regular school day Teachers receive a severance bonus the amount of which depends on length of service. According to State Rep. Glen Grell, a trustee of the Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System Board, a 40-year educator can retire with a pension equal to 100 percent of their

neg: Science education available. The practice of science education has been increasingly informed by research into science teaching and learning. Research in science education relies on a wide variety of methodologies, borrowed from many branches of science and engineering such as computer science, cognitive science, cognitive psychology and anthropology. Science education research aims to define or characterize what constitutes learning in science and how it is brought about. John D. Bransford, et al., summarized massive research into student thinking as having three key findings: Educational technologies are being refined to meet the specific needs of science teachers. One research study examining how cellphones

neg: Valerie G. Hardcastle and Technology Studies at Virginia Tech, as well as being the Director of Graduate Program in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at Virginia Tech from 2000-2006. She also held many teaching roles at The University of California, San Diego as well as The University of Houston before heading to Virginia Tech and also was taught at The University of Cincinnati for one year from 1998-1999, prior to her current positions held there at U.C. currently. Many of Hardcastle's publications and articles are based on her research in cognitive science. She focuses on how and why the brains function and react

neg: Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 0.707, ranking it 192nd out of 209 journals in the category "Management". Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal Science, Technology & Society is a peer-reviewed journal. It provides a forum for discussion on how the advances in science and technology influence society and vice versa. It is published three times a year by SAGE Publications. Science Technology & Society has been honoured with the Charles et Monique Moraze Award by Fondation Maison Des Sciences De l'homme. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). "Science, Technology and Society" is abstracted and indexed in: According to

neg: Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal Science, Technology & Society is a peer-reviewed journal. It provides a forum for discussion on how the advances in science and technology influence society and vice versa. It is published three times a year by SAGE Publications. Science Technology & Society has been honoured with the Charles et Monique Moraze Award by Fondation Maison Des Sciences De l'homme. This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). "Science, Technology and Society" is abstracted and indexed in: According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2017 impact factor of

neg: 59th World Science Fiction Convention about mass market paperbacks, the catastrophic reduction in the number of book distributors from about 300 to three, and the high percentage of books returned unsold. On the panel "The Science Fiction Short Story Today" it was noted that even famous short story magazines are seeing declining circulation. Greg Bear talked about how common many of the tropes of science fiction have become, and how this is an encouraging sign of the mainstream acceptance of science fiction. He also spoke of his father-in-law, the late Poul Anderson. Gardner Dozois said the science fiction field had endured many boom and bust

neg: Education in New Brunswick for Grade 8/Secondary II students." The lowest proportion, 87%, of students meeting "level 2" in the science test was found in New Brunswick while the scores of the students in the science test were, on a statistically significant basis, much lower than the Canadian average. The reading and mathematics tests gave similarly poor results for New Brunswick. Students were asked, for example, "to classify substances according to their physical properties, and to describe how the movement and tilt of the Earth affects cycles such as years, days and seasons". New Brunswick lengthened its school day by 30 minutes early in

neg: The Language of God book is meant to be "the story of how and why he came to believe in God...There are many conversion stories and many scientific autobiographies, but few books in which prominent scientists tell how they came to faith." Barr concludes that while "so many people on both sides are trying to foment a conflict between science and religion, Collins is a sorely needed voice of reason. His book may do more to promote better understanding between the worlds of faith and science than any other so far written." The Language of God The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence

neg: Bold hypothesis understanding very much. According to Popper, In Popper's philosophy of science, scientific statements are always provisional, they have limits of application, and they could always be wrong. If a statement cannot even in principle be proved wrong, it cannot be a scientific statement. Thus, in Popper's eyes, the falsifiability criterion clearly demarcates "science" from "non-science". This Popperian idea has been very controversial, however. The reason is that it can be quite difficult to test scientifically how true a particular idea is. Even if scientists do "want" to test an idea, they may not know yet "how" exactly to test it

neg: Paul VI High School students are expected to act according to Catholic teaching. The school day is organized into eight periods, each 43 minutes long. Preceding 1st period is a homeroom period, where students receive news and announcements. Occasionally, periods are shortened to allow for a student assembly or pep rally, or for half days. Monthly, students attend mass together in the auditorium; a special mass schedule is used. Students are required to take four years of math, English/Literature and religion in order to graduate. Three years of science and history are also required, as are two years of a foreign language, one year

neg: Management Science (journal) down as editor, the journal was publishing almost twice as many papers per year as it had in the first volume. True to his vision, Churchman published papers representing a wide range of disciplines, from optimization, inventory, and game theory to management psychology, leadership, and the epistemology of science. The following persons are, or have been, editors-in-chief: According to Google Scholar, the following three papers have been cited most frequently: Management Science (journal) Management Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers research on all aspects of management related to strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, information technology, and organizations as well as

neg: New York Local Government Assistance Corporation 1993-94 fiscal year. As of March 31, 2018, there was $1.758 billion in debt outstanding. There is ongoing debate in New York State politics regarding the size and scope of New York State public benefit corporations, i.e., how many there are, how much debt they carry, how much power they wield to issue bonds for funding, who they are accountable to, etc. For example, the New York Local Government Assistance Corporation has a 24-member staff to oversee the operations of an organization that no longer serves a purpose, according to the New York State Comptroller's office, other than to reduce

neg: Plum Borough School District at least 10 days' public notice of its intent to adopt the final budget according to Act 1 of 2006. In 2013, the school board furloughed three teachers and a guidance counselor, and eliminated the Family and Consumer Science program at the high school. During the budget setting process, many electives that had been cut, in an attempt to close a $1.5 million deficit. Those electives were restored in the final budget. The Board will utilize $950,422 from the budgetary reserves in order to balance the budget. This builds in a deficit for the next school year which will be

neg: Human trafficking Trafficking in organs is a lucrative trade because in many countries the waiting lists for patients who need transplants are very long. There are many different estimates of how large the human trafficking and sex trafficking industries are. According to scholar Kevin Bales, author of Disposable People (2004), estimates that as many as 27 million people are in "modern-day slavery" across the globe. In 2008, the U.S. Department of State estimates that 2 million children are exploited by the global commercial sex trade. In the same year, a study classified 12.3 million individuals worldwide as "forced laborers, bonded laborers or

neg: School holiday that is the New Year holiday but it depends on every single college which days will be free for students. For example, in 2015, most university students also had First May holidays. Short holidays usually begin after exams and depend on how good students are at their exams or how many exams they have taken for each term. Most of the time, university students have holidays on national holidays. In Sweden, the school year starts around mid or late August (September 1 at the universities). The week before All Saint's Day (taken as a Saturday around November 2) primary and

neg: Westercon the years several events and activities are traditionally held at Westercon. These events are common to most science fiction and fantasy conventions. Westercon is traditionally four days long; however, due to it traditionally being held near the American Independence Day holiday, the actual days of the week on which it is held vary from year to year, and this can affect the precise timing of events. Westercon traditionally includes those functions that other general science fiction and fantasy conventions have, including programming on a variety of subjects related to science fiction, fantasy, and fandom. Westercon also includes an art show

neg: Aldershot Military Cemetery down resulting in the permanent chapel being built. The cemetery is divided into sections according to religious denomination and conflict; for example, there are sections relating to the two World Wars, the Falklands War of 1982 and for children. The graves are set in beautifully tended steep rolling grounds of , traversed by many tarmacadam paths. The area is well wooded with oaks, pines, firs and chestnut trees, interspersed with yew topiary and rhododendrons. Some parts are of bracken and heather, that are typical of the Aldershot countryside nearby, and possibly this was how this land was in the days

neg: Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin book) Kong". This reflects the fact that the whole trip was a kind of "race against time" effort, and being aware of how many days have passed and how many days are left before the magic number 80 arrives adds extra excitement. An interesting aspect of this trip is that almost 3/4 of the time (59 days) was spent getting around the first half of the globe (Europe, Middle East, Asia, Pacific to the International Date Line) and only 1/4 of the time (21 days) for the last half of the trip (rest of the Pacific, U.S.A., Atlantic). This is also

neg: Mathematical Tripos applied courses that students may choose from according to their preferences. In Part II, students are free to choose from a large number of courses over a wide range of mathematical topics. Until recently, some students took options within the Tripos that allowed them to give up some Mathematics courses in exchange for courses in Physics or Computer Science, with the possibility of changing to those subjects at the end of the first year—however, the Computer Science option was discontinued from the 2008–2009 academic year. The Tripos was an important institution in nineteenth century England and many notable figures were

neg: Hemachandra He died at Anhilavad Patan. The year of death differs according to sources but 1173 is generally accepted. A prodigious writer, Hemachandra wrote grammars of Sanskrit and Prakrit, poetry, prosody, lexicons, texts on science and logic and many branches of Indian philosophy. It is said that Hemachandra composed 3.5 crore verses in total, many of which are now lost. His systematic exposition of the Jain path in the Yogaśāstra and its auto-commentary is a very influential text in Jain thought. According to Olle Quarnström it is "the most comprehensive treatise on Svetambara Jainism known to us". This Sanskrit grammar was

neg: Now You See It (Cathy Davidson book) Now You See It (Cathy Davidson book) Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn is a book by CUNY Graduate Center professor Cathy Davidson published by Viking Press on August 19, 2011. In "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn," Cathy Davidson suggests that breakthroughs in cognitive science should recalibrate our sense of what it means to learn. According to Davidson, those of us in higher education are paradoxically obsessed with the implications of living in

neg: Genesis flood narrative such as how long the flood lasted (40 days according to Genesis 7:17, 150 according to 7:24), how many animals were to be taken aboard the ark (one pair of each in 6:19, one pair of the unclean animals and seven pairs of the clean in 7:2), and whether Noah released a raven which "went to and fro until the waters were dried up" or a dove which on the third occasion "did not return to him again," or possibly both. Despite this disagreement on details the story forms a unified whole (some scholars see in it a "chiasm", a

neg: Romani diaspora of four shillings, to go to the king at Hunthall, to get letters subscribed to the 'King of Rowmais'". Two days after, a payment of twenty pounds was made at the king's command to the messenger of the 'King of Rowmais'. According to the Scottish Traveller Education Programme, an estimated 20,000 Scottish Gypsies/Travellers live in Scotland. It is not known how many of this number are ethnic Romani, rather than other Travellers. The society and government recognize that there are several ethnic groups, each with different histories and cultures. The term "gypsy" in the United Kingdom has come to mean

neg: Planets in science fiction stories, a planet is mainly considered as an object in space: the interest of the fiction depends upon its astronomical characteristics, such as its mass, its geological composition, its atmosphere, how many moons it has and what size they are, how close it is to its sun (or suns) and how hot they are. Such considerations are found prominently though not exclusively in the hard science fiction genre. In other stories, a planet is considered as a world or setting. Such a planet will be described from the point of view of a person dwelling on it, rather than from

neg: Hebrew calendar "Sanctification of the New Moon", in which he discusses the calendrical rules and their scriptural basis. He notes, "By how much does the solar year exceed the lunar year? By approximately 11 days. Therefore, whenever this excess accumulates to about 30 days, or a little more or less, one month is added and the particular year is made to consist of 13 months, and this is the so-called embolismic (intercalated) year. For the year could not consist of twelve months plus so-and-so many days, since it is said: throughout the months of the year (), which implies that we should

neg: Alex McDowell creative thinkers across multiple disciplines to explore how world building and narrative design can be applied in broad contexts. Current members include: Christopher Bailey, Wolfgang Bergmann, Jim Bissell, John Seely Brown, Rick Carter, Chris Defaria, Dr. Syliva Earle, Scott Fisher, Terry Jones, Ann Pendleton-Jullian, Yuval Sharon, among many others. The World Building Institute hosts the Science of Fiction Festival every eighteen months. Centered around how creativity and art-science projects affect the human experience, the event reaches upwards of 300 participants each year, including a group of children between ages 6–16. In 2014, the practice-based initiative focused on how world building

neg: Nature's Great Events to give up. The following year, there was a second and final opportunity. Just in case they were unsuccessful again, the producers devised an alternative sixth episode which would have explored the science behind seasonal changes, looking at how the "Great Events" are triggered and how environmental change may be affecting them. As luck would have it, the sardine run returned for the first time in three years and the team captured the shots they needed. The BBC claimed a number of TV firsts achieved by the production team. Many of the filming techniques first used on "Planet Earth", such

neg: Preservation (library and archival science) An institution should determine how many, if any, other repositories hold the material, and consider coordinating efforts with those that do. Institutions should establish an environment conducive to preservation changes, involve staff, and create an understanding among administration and staff. The first steps an institution should implement, according to the NEDCC, are to establish a policy that defines and charts the course of action and create a framework for carrying out goals and priorities. There are three methods for carrying out a preservation survey: general preservation assessment, collection condition surveys, and an item-by-item survey. General condition surveys can be part

neg: Service de police de la Ville de Montréal P90 sub-machine guns are also stocked by the SPVM and its SWAT armory, but these long arms are rarely used. On 3 November 2005, the United Nations Human Rights Committee advised the Canadian government to allow an enquiry on the SPVM about its mass arrests tactic during political demonstrations. The tactic is a rapid encirclement of as many protesters as possible regardless of how they may have conducted themselves during the demonstration, and is argued to be a violation of their fundamental rights. According to Francis Dupuis-Déri, a political science professor at Université du Québec à Montréal, police officers employ

neg: Pechenegs far as the Siret River (or even the Eastern Carpathian Mountains), and was four days distant from "Tourkias" (i.e. Hungary). According to Omeljan Pritsak, the Pechenegs are descendants from the ancient Kangars who originate from Tashkent. In the Armenian chronicles of Matthew of Edessa Pechenegs are mentioned a couple of times. The first mention is in chapter 75, where it says that in the year 499 (according to the old Armenian calendar — years 1050–51 according to the Gregorian calendar) the "Badzinag" nation caused great destruction in many provinces of Rome, i.e. the Byzantine territories. The second is in chapter

neg: École nationale supérieure d'ingénieurs des systèmes avancés et réseaux a project to manage) and professional contact with technology transference. Some projects have led to products which are highly commercialised today. With the industrial project, the student-engineers have learnt how to use their many skills to carry out a project. The teaching in the 5th year is conceived in keeping with the same logic using electronics, computer science and other industrial techniques, with importance attached to synthesis, effective "pooling" of knowledge and the deepening of scientific understanding. After following a common programme, the student engineers choose between two "in depth" modules. The ISE module - embedded computer science, is oriented

neg: Organ (anatomy) to ontologies and taxonomies in information science (for example, to count how many organs exist in a typical human body) are topics explored by writer Carl Engelking of "Discover" magazine in 2017 as he analyzed the science journalism coverage of the evolving scientific understanding of the mesentery. He explored a challenge now faced by anatomists: as human understanding of ontology generally (that is, how things are defined, and how the relationship of one thing to another is defined) meets applied ontology and ontology engineering, unification of varying views is in higher demand. However, such unification always faces epistemologic frontiers, as

neg: How to Become Happy How to Become Happy How to Become Happy () is a 1986 Soviet comedy-science fiction film directed by Yuri Chulyukin. 1980 year. In the small town of Lesogorsk lives a modest teacher of physics. He invents a miracle device that can determine in a child the ability to a profession and the degree of talent. The inventor comes to Moscow, but everyone is skeptical about his device. Ten years pass. The future is coming and, according to the predictions of the inventor, talents begin to appear one after another and all of them come from Lesogorsk: artists, sportsmen, scientists ...

neg: Mars and April access to CGI, no doubt Jean Cocteau would have made. So much in this film is vibrantly original and odd. How many future-set films exist that are in no way dystopian, that feature not a single moment of violence, and that have a 75-year-old virgin musician as their hero? (…) With its robot bartenders, dream machines, teleportation devices, missions to Mars and sleek steampunk sets, Villeneuve’s astonishing debut has all the furnishings of science fiction, yet in breaking down the barriers between science, art, philosophy and religion it becomes something much more than a mere genre piece. It’s a meta-cosmo-poem

neg: 2008 Pacific typhoon season a season and/or how many tropical cyclones will affect a country or territory. Since the 2000 typhoon season, the Laboratory for Atmospheric Research or the Guy Carpenter Asia-Pacific Climate Impact Centre (GCACIC), both of the City University of Hong Kong have issued forecasts of activity for each upcoming typhoon season. Forecasts are issued in April and June of each year and predict how many tropical cyclones, tropical storms, and typhoons there will be in a season. This season, the GCACIC is predicting a slightly more active than usual season. An average season, according to the GCACIC, has 31 tropical cyclones,

neg: Royal Hours was a special singing of "Many Years" to the Emperor, the Imperial Court, and the Hierarchy. This singing of "Many Years" continues to this day (in modified form) in cathedrals and monasteries. By his presence, the Emperor acknowledged his submission to Christ the true King. The three holy days on which the Royal Hours are celebrated were chosen as days in the church year which most particularly demonstrate Jesus' "kenosis" (self-emptying), and thus His true royal majesty. According to Sacred Tradition, the Royal Hours of Great Friday were composed by St. Cyril (378 - 444), Patriarch of Alexandria. Although the

neg: Hindu cosmology BCE, presents many theories of cosmology. For example: According to Henry White Wallis, the "Rigveda" and other Vedic texts are full of alternative cosmological theories and curiosity questions. For example, the hymn 1.24 of the Rigveda asks, "these stars, which are set on high, and appear at night, whither do they go in the daytime?" and hymn 10.88 wonders, "how many fires are there, how many suns, how many dawns, how many waters? I am not posing an awkward question for you fathers; I ask you, poets, only to find out?" To its numerous open-ended questions, the Vedic texts present

neg: Découvertes Gallimard are about fifteen old titles from the collection that are updated every year according to the current cultural and scientific research. History is the main point of "Découvertes". It is completed by archaeology, art history and science, richly accompanied by unpublished illustrations from ancient times to our days. Thus it forms a solid editorial base. On 25 March 1994, "Découvertes Gallimard" celebrated its publication of 200 title at the Musée national des Monuments Français. The collection underwent two successive redesigns, one in September 1998 (№ 359 – ) for exterior model (colour of book's back-cover, more explicit signage), and the

neg: Natural Sciences (Cambridge) their degrees are colloquially known in University slang as "'NatSci"s (pronounced "Nat-Ski"'s), being broadly nicknamed physical science ('phys') or biological science ('bio') NatScis, according to their course choices. (Of course, many students choose both physical and biological options in first year.) The split tends to be about 50:50 between the physical and biological sciences. In 2007, 2112 students applied and 639 were admitted to the Natural Sciences Tripos. Natural Sciences (Cambridge) The Natural Sciences Tripos (NST) is the framework within which most of the science at the University of Cambridge is taught. The tripos includes a wide range of Natural

neg: Science education course up until year 11, meaning students learn in all of the branches giving them a broad idea of what science is all about. The National Curriculum Board of Australia (2009) stated that "The science curriculum will be organised around three interrelated strands: science understanding; science inquiry skills; and science as a human endeavour." These strands give teachers and educators the framework of how they should be instructing their students. A major problem that has befallen science education in Australia over the last decade is a falling interest in science. Fewer year 10 students are choosing to study science for

neg: American automobile industry in the 1950s to the total population of the United States by the end of the decade, 179,323,175, that is almost one new vehicle for every three living persons of all ages. Production numbers are sometimes conflicting, depending on how they are calculated and how vehicles are classified, but according to Ward's, the number of actual autos and duty trucks manufactured in North America for each year, including domestic production intended for export, are represented below: Many innovations were introduced or refined in the 1950s to make driving safer and more comfortable. Combined with lower prices and the growth of the suburbs, car

neg: Gordon Hugenberger of Malachi for the English Standard Version of the Bible (Crossway, 2011). In another area of differences of opinion, Hugenberger preached a series of sermons on science and creation in November 2007 through February 2008 in which he defends both a positive view of modern science and the framework interpretation of Genesis 1. Gordon has articulated that while he has held on to many different positions on how to properly interpret Genesis 1, he favors a 'Days in Heaven' view. Hugenberger lived in Boston with his wife Jane during his tenure in the Park Street Church pulpit; they have four

neg: Media and American adolescent sexuality about sexuality readily available to them. For example, in one study of 13-and 14-year-olds, heavy exposure to sexually oriented television also increased acceptance of non-marital sex. Another study found that teens overestimate how many of their peers are sexually active, a problem contributed to by the media. Another study found that middle-school-aged boys who watch music videos or pro-wrestling one day a week are 10% more likely to have a higher acceptance rate for rape than boys who do not watch any. Boys who watch music videos four days a week and pro wrestling 1.7 days a week (the mean

neg: Science and technology in Israel policy instruments supporting business research and development. Thanks to government incentives and the availability of highly trained human capital, Israel has become an attractive location for the research centres of leading multinationals. The country's national innovation ecosystem relies on both foreign multinationals and large corporate investors in research and development, as well as on start-ups. According to the Israel Venture Capital Database, 264 foreign research centres are currently active in Israel. Many of these centres are owned by large multinational firms that have acquired Israeli companies, technology and know-how and transformed them through mergers and acquisitions into their own local

neg: Frederik Ruysch parts with lace. By the time Ruysch was 24, his cabinet had become extremely popular and attracted the attention of many foreign dignitaries.In 1697 Peter the Great and Nicolaes Witsen visited Ruysch who had all the specimens exposed in five rooms, on two days during the week open for the public. He told Peter, who had a keen interest in science, how to catch butterflies and how to preserve them. They also had a common interest in lizards. Together they went to see patients. In 1717, during his second visit, Ruysch sold his "repository of curiosities" to Peter the Great

neg: Constructivism in science education to support the development of either alternative or canonical knowledge according to how teachers proceed, whereas alternative conceptions (or misconceptions) tend to be seen as learning impediments to be overcome. What research has shown is the prevalence among learners at all levels of alternative ways to thinking about just about all science topics, and a key feature of guidance to teachers is to elicit students' ideas as part of the teaching process. The success of constructivism is that this is now largely taken-for-granted in science teaching and has become part of standard teaching guidance in many contexts. Previously there was

neg: Regional airline in New York averages $17 an hour, according to the city's Taxi & Limousine Commission. On Feb 12th, 2010, a year after the crash of Colgan flight 3407, "Frontline" premiered its WGA Award-winning exposé on the industry entitled "Flying Cheap". In the program, reporter Miles O'Brien questioned how the impact of low salaries are having on pilot psyches and how safe this could be for the flying public. When asked to respond to the question, Roger Cohen, president of the Regional Airline Association, told "Frontline" that, "...there are many other people who earn less money than that and work more

neg: Gun shows in the United States of firearms from the U.S. into Mexico, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report in June 2009 that stated: While it is impossible to know how many firearms are illegally smuggled into Mexico in a given year, about 87 percent of firearms seized by Mexican authorities and traced in the last 5 years originated in the United States, according to data from Department of Justice's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). According to U.S. and Mexican government officials, these firearms have been increasingly more powerful and lethal in recent years. Many of these firearms come from

neg: International Fixed Calendar calendar: <nowiki>*</nowiki>These Gregorian dates between March and June are a day earlier in a Gregorian leap year. March in the Fixed Calendar always has a fixed number of days (28), and includes the Gregorian 29 February (on Gregorian leap years). Lunisolar calendars, with fixed weekdays, existed in many ancient cultures, with certain holidays always falling on the same dates of the month and days of the week. The simple idea of a 13-month perennial calendar has been around since at least the middle of the 18th century. Versions of the idea differ mainly on how the months are named, and

neg: Inventory in "inventory turnover ratio" or "average days to sell inventory" since it tells them something about relative inventory levels. and its inverse This ratio estimates how many times the inventory turns over a year. This number tells how much cash/goods are tied up waiting for the process and is a critical measure of process reliability and effectiveness. So a factory with two inventory turns has six months stock on hand, which is generally not a good figure (depending upon the industry), whereas a factory that moves from six turns to twelve turns has probably improved effectiveness by 100%. This improvement

neg: The Highfield School Throughout the year there are inter-house competitions including various small tournaments that are held in timetabled P.E lessons, dance competitions and a sports day (at the end of the school year). Highfield School specialises in Science, and there are many Science and Maths events including a Science Festival. Students at the Highfield alongside Fearnhill School and many local primaries take part in Science-related events including a celebration evening. The school also works closely to develop science and maths in their partner primary schools throughout the year. The original school buildings were designed using a system of standard prefabricated components, and

neg: Education in Pakistan space or surge in military expenditure or debts. At the same time, there is a need to debate others options about how Pakistan can "invent" the miracle of raising education expenditure to 7 percent of GDP by 2015. According to the Quality Standard World University Ranking for 2014, QAU, IST, PIEAS, AKU, NUST, UAF, LUMS, CIIT, KU and UET Lahore are ranked among top 300 universities in Asia. Education in Pakistan is heavily influenced by religion. For instance, one study of Pakistani science teachers showed that many rejected evolution based on religious grounds. However, most of the Pakistani teachers who

neg: Waterloo, Ontario while summer temperatures generally occur between the middle of May to close to the end of September. Temperatures can exceed 30℃ (86℉) several times a year. Waterloo has approximately 140 frost-free days per year. Many locals are of ethnic German descent. There is also a strong Mennonite presence. The universities and colleges along with its thriving technology and electronics presence attract a large number of individuals from elsewhere in Canada and the world. The population according to the 2016 Canadian Census is 104,986 (Sources other than the census may indicate higher numbers due to treatment of the student population.) According

neg: Linda Rising Patterns for Introducing New Ideas", co-authored with Mary Lynn Manns and published 2004. Rising has been keynote speaker at the "agile 2007" conference (topic: "Are agilists the bonobos of software development?"), the "OOP 2009" conference (topic: "Who Do You Trust?"), the "Agile testing days Berlin 2010" (topic: "Deception and Estimation: How we fool ourselves"), at the "GOTO Amsterdam 2014" conference (topic: "Science or Stories?"), and at the "European Testing Conference 2016" in Bukarest (topic: "The Agile Mindset") Her work has inspired many in the agile community, for instance Steve Adolph and Paul Bramble, who, together with Alistair Cockburn and Andy

neg: SpongeBob SquarePants the series will continue despite his death. As of the ninth season, former writers and storyboard directors Vincent Waller and Marc Ceccarelli act as showrunners. According to writer Luke Brookshier, ""SpongeBob" is written differently than many television shows". Initial storylines are created by a team of five outline and premise writers. A two-page outline is then developed by storyboard artists into a full episode—jokes and dialogue are added during this stage. Unlike most of its contemporaries, "SpongeBob SquarePants" does not use written scripts. Brookshier has likened this storyboarding process to how cartoons were made "in the early days of animation."

neg: Maternity leave and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development salary and benefits, and the last four weeks can be covered by the government. In Romania, women have two options: a one-year leave at 75-percent salary, with a bonus when they return to work, or two years at 75 percent without the return bonus. In Bulgaria women receive 410 days of maternity leave at 90-percent salary, with 45 days granted before giving birth. French women are given 16 weeks of paid maternity leave for their first child, and time off increases with subsequent children. The amount paid is based on household income and how many children are already in the

neg: Arthur Danto it is possible to imagine that its solution will consist in showing how appearance has been taken for reality." While science deals with empirical problems, philosophy according to Danto examines indiscernible differences that lie outside of experience. Danto "believes that persons are essentially systems of representation." Danto laid the groundwork for an institutional definition of art that sought to answer the questions raised by the emerging phenomenon of twentieth-century art. The definition of the term “art” is a subject of constant contention and many books and journal articles have been published arguing over the answer to the question "What is

neg: OryCon many panels and workshops discussing topics from how to write a great science fiction novel to current events in science, as well as numerous filk sessions and concerts. Some of the recent panel topics have included: The Susan C Petrey Scholarship Fund Auction awards scholarships to the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop (both in the East and West) The Endeavour Award is presented to a distinguished science fiction or fantasy book written by a Pacific Northwest author or authors and published in the previous year. OryCon Orycon is Portland, Oregon's annual science fiction/fantasy convention, held in November since 1979. The