The high school students made their own sensors and collected data shown in a graph in the scientific article they co-authored describing the work....
Elaine Doctor, a senior at Channel Island High School in Oxnard, Calif., and McCall Wood, a senior at Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, Calif., participated in the summertime Research Mentorship Program at UCSB on this work. Elaine Doctor said, "At first I felt kind of intimidated by all the graduate students who are used to all the equipment, but we caught on really fast and everyone was really helpful. I felt honored to help America's war on drugs." Elaine plans to continue her studies in the sciences, either in biochemistry or biology.
McCall Wood said, "I'm really excited about this work. It let me know what research is like and I definitely want to pursue this. Everyday we would go into the lab and test a different hypothesis. I found it really exciting and extremely challenging. I found my limits, like patience. Being in the lab every day taught me so much about myself and about science in general. It's not really the results that were so important but the journey and the process."
Maybe it's because I'm involved in making an open source radio playout/automation system (http://livesupport.campware.org/ but something tells me Google's interest isn't just in the ad distribution part of dMarc's holdings. Playout/automation systems are in many ways similar to content management systems, and that's an area where Google already has made significant inroads, and it's probably looking to leverage what it already knows. dMarc's ScottSystems is an outstanding playout/automation tool for radio stations, so here's how it seems to fit: 1) Ad buyer buys radio spots through Google 2) Using an AdSense-like mechanism, Google places ads on relevant stations 3) Using the ScottSystems playout/automation instances already in place, the ads are automatically inserted.
The OSRM site says they will indemnify kernel developers, but what can project leaders on less-popular projects do to make sure they - and their users - are covered?
The Czech publisher Albatros posted the following comment on its website (http://www.albatros.cz/article.php?sid=528) and I've taken the liberty to translate it, and hope I won't get dinged as well:
> Before you run amok and start cursing Albatros please read this!
First of all: It would have been enough if the translators informed us of their intent, and we would have come to an agreement similar to that reached between Harry Potter's German publishers and its "unofficial translators." They were smarter and more fair, and went directly to the publisher first.
In our opinion, Harry Potter can, in our opinion, exist in unofficial translations on the web, but of course Albatros is bound by a contract with Mrs. Rowling and cannot support such activities - even if it wanted to. We must act according to the law and report the theft of copyright that occurred.
These (web) pages (with the translation) were not redirected by Albatros, but out of incomprehensible revenge on the authors of the illegal translation. We are sorry that they did not have the courage to contact us, and we continue to refuse to pursue the case.
If readers would rather look forward to the illegal translation instead of the book, we will respect their decision.
Further complaints can be addressed directly to Mrs. Rowling. This entire misunderstanding occurred thanks to her.
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According to this article on the Science Blog two local high school students helped on the research: http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/might_gauchos_devel op_portable_cocaine_sensor_10107.html
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The high school students made their own sensors and collected data shown in a graph in the scientific article they co-authored describing the work.
Elaine Doctor, a senior at Channel Island High School in Oxnard, Calif., and McCall Wood, a senior at Santa Barbara High School in Santa Barbara, Calif., participated in the summertime Research Mentorship Program at UCSB on this work. Elaine Doctor said, "At first I felt kind of intimidated by all the graduate students who are used to all the equipment, but we caught on really fast and everyone was really helpful. I felt honored to help America's war on drugs." Elaine plans to continue her studies in the sciences, either in biochemistry or biology.
McCall Wood said, "I'm really excited about this work. It let me know what research is like and I definitely want to pursue this. Everyday we would go into the lab and test a different hypothesis. I found it really exciting and extremely challenging. I found my limits, like patience. Being in the lab every day taught me so much about myself and about science in general. It's not really the results that were so important but the journey and the process."
Maybe it's because I'm involved in making an open source radio playout/automation system (http://livesupport.campware.org/ but something tells me Google's interest isn't just in the ad distribution part of dMarc's holdings. Playout/automation systems are in many ways similar to content management systems, and that's an area where Google already has made significant inroads, and it's probably looking to leverage what it already knows. dMarc's ScottSystems is an outstanding playout/automation tool for radio stations, so here's how it seems to fit: 1) Ad buyer buys radio spots through Google 2) Using an AdSense-like mechanism, Google places ads on relevant stations 3) Using the ScottSystems playout/automation instances already in place, the ads are automatically inserted.
The OSRM site says they will indemnify kernel developers, but what can project leaders on less-popular projects do to make sure they - and their users - are covered?
The Czech publisher Albatros posted the following comment on its website (http://www.albatros.cz/article.php?sid=528) and I've taken the liberty to translate it, and hope I won't get dinged as well: > Before you run amok and start cursing Albatros please read this! First of all: It would have been enough if the translators informed us of their intent, and we would have come to an agreement similar to that reached between Harry Potter's German publishers and its "unofficial translators." They were smarter and more fair, and went directly to the publisher first. In our opinion, Harry Potter can, in our opinion, exist in unofficial translations on the web, but of course Albatros is bound by a contract with Mrs. Rowling and cannot support such activities - even if it wanted to. We must act according to the law and report the theft of copyright that occurred. These (web) pages (with the translation) were not redirected by Albatros, but out of incomprehensible revenge on the authors of the illegal translation. We are sorry that they did not have the courage to contact us, and we continue to refuse to pursue the case. If readers would rather look forward to the illegal translation instead of the book, we will respect their decision. Further complaints can be addressed directly to Mrs. Rowling. This entire misunderstanding occurred thanks to her. Albatros