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		<title>Talk by Genevieve Bell of Intel on &#8220;Does Data Have a Secret Life:  An Ethnographic Account of &#8216;Big Data&#8217; and the Cloud&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/13/talk-by-genevieve-bell-of-intel-on-does-data-have-a-secret-life-an-ethnographic-account-of-big-data-and-the-cloud/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/13/talk-by-genevieve-bell-of-intel-on-does-data-have-a-secret-life-an-ethnographic-account-of-big-data-and-the-cloud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 06:52:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On May 10, Genevieve Bell of Intel gave a Department of Informatics talk at UC Irvine, titled “Does Data Have a Secret Life: An Ethnographic Account of ‘Big Data’ and the Cloud” For her remarkable achievements, I quote from the &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/13/talk-by-genevieve-bell-of-intel-on-does-data-have-a-secret-life-an-ethnographic-account-of-big-data-and-the-cloud/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating Climate Science and Earth System Sciences</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/08/communicating-climate-science-and-earth-system-sciences/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/08/communicating-climate-science-and-earth-system-sciences/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 05:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communications]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While I am in no way a climate scientist, I use the occurrence and predictions of more climate change to motivate the study of present and future clean energy sources, conservation, and efficiency improvements.  I also added commentary to our &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/08/communicating-climate-science-and-earth-system-sciences/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why It Is Hard to Convince the US Public of Climate Change</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/06/why-it-is-hard-to-convince-the-us-public-of-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/06/why-it-is-hard-to-convince-the-us-public-of-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 15:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuel Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The primary reason that acceptance of climate change has been opposed in America, is that climate change is mainly caused by CO2 from fossil fuel burning, and is strongly opposed by those industries, which are the richest in America.  They &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/06/why-it-is-hard-to-convince-the-us-public-of-climate-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Kenneth Feinberg&#8217;s Talk at UC Irvine, March 21, 2013</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/kenneth-feinbergs-talk-at-uc-irvine-march-21-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/kenneth-feinbergs-talk-at-uc-irvine-march-21-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 23:56:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuel Energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kenneth Feinberg spoke to the UCI Law School in the Disaster Law Lecture Series sponsored by the Center for Law, Environment and Natural Resources, on March 21, 2013. He has now taken on the task of distributing charitable contributions for &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/kenneth-feinbergs-talk-at-uc-irvine-march-21-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Ocean Acidification Conference by the Newkirk Center, May 3, 2013</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/ocean-acidification-conference-by-the-newkirk-center-may-3-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/ocean-acidification-conference-by-the-newkirk-center-may-3-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 17:21:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ocean Acidification]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Toward a Sustainable 21st Century Ocean Acidification There was a great one day conference on Ocean Acidification (OA) at the Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering next the UC Irvine.  The speakers were the major researchers &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/04/ocean-acidification-conference-by-the-newkirk-center-may-3-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UC Irvine Chancellor Michael Drake&#8217;s Address to the Retiree&#8217;s Association on April 30, 2013</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/02/uc-irvine-chancellor-michael-drakes-address-to-the-retirees-association-on-april-30-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/02/uc-irvine-chancellor-michael-drakes-address-to-the-retirees-association-on-april-30-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:57:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chancellor Drake and UCI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In discussing the financing of students, the tuition is $13,400. Yet with aid, the average tuition paid per student is $5,000. Also, 45% of students pay no tuition. UCI is rated in the top 20 for value. In applications, UCI &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/05/02/uc-irvine-chancellor-michael-drakes-address-to-the-retirees-association-on-april-30-2013/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Comments on the Movie &#8220;Switch&#8221; and discussion at UC Irvine</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/23/comments-on-the-movie-switch-and-discussion-at-uc-irvine/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/23/comments-on-the-movie-switch-and-discussion-at-uc-irvine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Autos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy Efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fossil Fuel Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just returned from a showing of the movie Switch about forms of energy generation, and searching for our energy future, sponsored by the Newkirk Center.  Presenting was the film&#8217;s director, Harry Lynch.  We are planning to show this to &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/23/comments-on-the-movie-switch-and-discussion-at-uc-irvine/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Universal Background Check Defeat and its reflection on the US as a democratic nation.</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/22/universal-background-check-defeat-and-its-reflection-on-us-as-a-democratic-nation/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/22/universal-background-check-defeat-and-its-reflection-on-us-as-a-democratic-nation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 01:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In some past posts, I have commented on how the US differs from a perfect, real, or even effective democracy.  There have been many excellent articles in major newspapers on the need for universal background checks, and I don&#8217;t have to &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/04/22/universal-background-check-defeat-and-its-reflection-on-us-as-a-democratic-nation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Higgs contributions to Weak Bosons With Weak Isospin and Spin</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/29/higgs-contributions-to-weak-bosons-with-weak-isospin-and-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/29/higgs-contributions-to-weak-bosons-with-weak-isospin-and-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Mar 2013 02:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higgs Boson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here we attempt a diagram to show where the Higgs Bosons fit into the Weinberg-Salam Electroweak Unification Bosons, when the symmetry breaking turns on the particle masses. Initially, all particle masses start out at zero, so that there is weak &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/29/higgs-contributions-to-weak-bosons-with-weak-isospin-and-spin/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on the Naming of the Higgs Boson</title>
		<link>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/16/musings-on-the-naming-of-the-higgs-boson/</link>
		<comments>http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/16/musings-on-the-naming-of-the-higgs-boson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dennis SILVERMAN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higgs Boson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First of all, I am the world&#8217;s worst science historian, so don&#8217;t take this as a reputable history article.  Second, the field will sort out the historical credit, so I am not concerned with that.  Here is a picture of &#8230; <a href="http://sites.uci.edu/energyobserver/2013/03/16/musings-on-the-naming-of-the-higgs-boson/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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