I have a Ph.D. degree. I love to travel, visit museums, national parks, and places few people know. I share my travel stories and more on this blog.
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No doubt, Storm Wanda, will go down in history as one of the severe Midwest storms. In my 6 years of living in South Dakota, this is the first time that I have heard schools and universities being closed because of the worse weather condition. Snow has been falling for…
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My Catholic community back home in the Philippines used to sing this Marian song that we called the “Magnificat”. The real title is actually “I Will Sing” written by Vince Ambrosetti. Magnificat is found under the Gospel of Luke. It describes Mary praising God for all the things He has…
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Note: Below is a guest post from my Costa Rican friend, Christopher Solis Ocampo. Chris is a PhD student in Biochemistry at South Dakota State University. Nowadays, I have been finding myself under so much struggle and hard work. Here is the thing: I have been thinking myself as somebody…
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What do political leaders John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and author Ralph Waldo Emerson have in common? Answer: They are the few of the famous alumni of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. When I was still in my early years of schooling, each time I…
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This is a video of a workshop conducted recently at the South Dakota State University for all graduate students who wanted to learn how to correctly format their thesis and dissertation. It is an hour-long video presentation, so enjoy watching. VIDEO
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If you are a student who plans to take up Remote Sensing as a graduate study in the future, you may encounter this question along the way. Here is the question: What fraction of the total power radiated by the sun falls in the ultra violet spectral region? Assume that…
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The molds attacked my Oscar Mayer Light Bologna (Chicken and Pork) product! And it was not even expired! I bought one pack in WalMart in the third week of January, ate some of it, and the rest were properly stored in the fridge. Voila, molds appeared 4 days later! I checked…
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Question: How different from the average temperature of the earth would the temperature of a blackbody need to be in order to balance the energy received by the earth from the sun? Assume that the earth’s albedo (hemispherical reflectance) is 0.31, which means the earth reflects 0.31 of the solar…
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