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December 30, 2007
December 27, 2007
Bathroom Remodel: Concrete Done
This photo is actually a few weeks old, but this is what it looks like after the new concrete floor is in place. In the last photo, the underground plumbing was about to be put in place. Now the plumbing is done, inspected, and the floor put on top.
December 17, 2007
Compelling video for taking action on global climate change
This video is a compelling argument for taking action on global climate change, even if you aren't 100% convinced that global climate change is really happening.
December 14, 2007
Recipe: Camille's Asopao de Pollo
This is a delicious dish that Camille made for us on her last visit to Portland.
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken - with adobo
1 cup of rice
4 cups hot water
2 oz cooking jam
1 oz bacon
1 tbs olive oil
Sofrito (chop all of these in food processor):
1 chopped tomato
8 stuffed olives (w/ pimentos)
1 chorizo cut in 1/2 inch slices
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 4oz can pimentos, including liquid
1 can 1 lb petit-pois, drained
1 can 10 1/2 oz asparagus tips
Instructions:
Ingredients:
1 lb chicken - with adobo
1 cup of rice
4 cups hot water
2 oz cooking jam
1 oz bacon
1 tbs olive oil
Sofrito (chop all of these in food processor):
1 green pepper (w/o seeds)1 tbs capers
3 small sweet peppers (w/o seeds)
1 large onion
2 garlic cloves
3 cilantro leaves
1/2 tsp oregano
1 chopped tomato
8 stuffed olives (w/ pimentos)
1 chorizo cut in 1/2 inch slices
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1 1/2 tsp salt
1 4oz can pimentos, including liquid
1 can 1 lb petit-pois, drained
1 can 10 1/2 oz asparagus tips
Instructions:
- Heat olive oil on medium and add bacon and ham. Discard bacon and add chopped ingredients, cook for 5 minutes.
- Add capers, tomato, olives, chorizo, tomato sauce, pimentos, and mix.
- Add chicken and salt and when it boils reduce heat to low and cook for 15 minutes.
- Add hot water and mix, change to high until it boils.
- Add rice and mix, cook on medium for 10 minutes.
- Reduce heat to low and cook until it is soupy 20 minutes, add more water to taste.
- Add petis pois and cook 5 minutes.
- Serve with asparagus tips on top.
December 13, 2007
Collecting Meteorites
This is way cool: collecting micrometeorites!
The Geminid meteor shower is tonight. Why not celebrate by collecting some meteorites?
The actual steps are quite easy:
Collecting Micrometeorites
In order to increase your chances of finding any micrometeorites, you need to collect material which is likely to have a higher than average concentration of micrometeorites. The roof of a house or building makes a good collector of micrometeorites, since they are continuously falling from the sky. When it rains, the dust, pollen, micrometeorites, and other debris will be washed from the roof and carried to the rain gutters and downspouts by the rushing water. If you check these areas, you will find a very fine powdery material. This fine dust is likely to be rich in micrometeorites. Ordinary dirt does not work as well: it should be fine dust.
Follow the instructions of your lab supervisor in collecting the dust. You can look around the downspouts, in the cracks of the sidewalks, or on the roof of McLane Hall. Use a magnet to pick up this fine dust, to collect any micrometeorites that are high in iron. Smear this dust onto the sticky part of a sticky-note card. Once back in the lab, use a microscope to examine the on the sticky-note card. The micrometeorites will be shiny and spherical, because they were once melted. Other than in meteors, few processes in nature (volcanoes or lightning) are hot enough for long enough to vaporize iron. Any naturally occurring spheres of iron are therefore micrometeorites. Once you find one, try to separate it from the other material using a straight pin or tweezers. Look for more micrometeorites in your sample.
December 11, 2007
The Story of Stuff
I absolutely loved The Story of Stuff. This fun, fast-paced 20 minute movie explains where stuff comes from and where it goes. Watch it. Forward it on to friends.