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Fall Section Event/Meeting: November 5th & 6th, 2010, Concord, CA

You are invited to our Fall 2010 Mini-conference / Meeting, Friday and Saturday, November 5th & 6th. Friday afternoon/evening Program Join us for a tour and presentation on some of the cutting edge energy research being conducted at the DOE Joint Genome Institute. 5:00-6:30 PM 2800 Mitchell Drive Walnut Creek, CA 94598 Social Food and drink (no host) and socializing at one of the Bay Area’s quality brewpubs. 7:00-9:00 PM Pyramid Alehouse, Brewery & Restaurant 1410 Locust Street Walnut Creek, CA 94596 Saturday, November 6th Mini-conference and Meeting 7:45-3:00 Carondelet High School 1133 Winton Drive (@ Treat) Concord, CA 94518…

Physics Equipment Donation at Sacramento State

From Hossein Partovi at Sacramento State: We have put aside a large collection of lab equipment (scopes, meters, supplies, light sources, PAACO interfacing devices, …) to give away to schools and colleges on Saturday, October 16, 2010 (in Room 138, Sequoia Building, i.e., first floor of the science building), 9-12 AM. You can preview them on Friday, October 8, 2010, 1-3 PM. If interested, please Print the attached acceptance letter (a “WORD” document) on your official letterhead, have it signed by your school or college official, and bring it with you on October 16th, and RSVP both October 8th and…

Section Meeting/Mini Conference: November 5th and 6th

Save the dates! Our Fall 2010 meeting will be held on November 5th and 6th. The Saturday events will be at Carondelet High School in Concord, CA (close to I-680 and Pleasant Hill BART). We’re still working out the details for our Friday afternoon event, but we’ll have our usual social event somewhere local in the evening. Tentative Saturday schedule: 8:00 — Registration, coffee and goodies, socializing 9:00 — Welcome and Announcements 9:15 — Show and Tell (members have five minutes to present their favorite demonstration or teaching tip). 10:15 Break 10:30 — Invited speakers and other presentations. Noonish —…

What’s going on here: Poly Density Kit

A new feature on our web site will be a “What’s going on here?” post. Each month we’ll post an interesting question or device, and ask our members to make comments. The first person with the right answer gets bragging rights (or the voice of our web weaver, Lee Trampleasure, on your home answering machine if you’re a fan of “Wait Wait, Don’t Tell Me”). July 2010: Poly Density Kit Educational Innovations sells a “Poly Density Kit” shown in the video below: First the bottle is shaken, and all the beads mix uniformly. After the shaking stops, the blue beads…