Backyard Birds Workshop for KidsWant to know what kind of bird that is in your backyard? Want to attract some feathered friends to your backyard? Come learn all about backyard birds and their significance in Latin American culture. Color your very own bird guide. Find out what you can do to help wild birds ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
The Formation and Persistence of Automobile Brand ReferencesBrand preferences in the automobile market demonstrate strong persistence, which implies that market conditions and policies that inuence purchases today may reverberate far into the future. In this paper, we offer novel empirical evidence that (1) individuals tend to choose the same brand of automobile again and again and that ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Feather color variation in kestrels, and reasons for their declineIt's UCMP's Friday Vert Paleo Lunch, where people come to hear about and discuss topics in vertebrate paleontology … and to eat their lunches.Speaker: Beth Wommack, Grad student, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC BerkeleyRoom: 1101 (The Fishbowl)
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Cap-and-Trade Programs Under Delayed ComplianceAlthough sometimes exceedingly complex, cap-and-trade regulations share some common features which have escaped notice. Previous analyses have assumed that firms must be in continual compliance, surrendering permits as they pollute. As we showed in a companion paper (Hasegawa and Salant, 2010), if .rms must cover their emissions on a continuing ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nanobatteries And What We Learn From ThemElectrochemistry coupled with mechanics dictates the microstructural evolution and service life of many materials in the energy industry, and underlies problems such as stress-corrosion cracking and battery cyclability. While atomistic and first-principles modeling is adept at looking at the finer details of energetics and microstructural evolution, it often needs ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Backyard Birds Workshop for KidsWant to know what kind of bird that is in your backyard? Want to attract some feathered friends to your backyard? Come learn all about backyard birds and their significance in Latin American culture. Color your very own bird guide. Find out what you can do to help wild birds ...
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Conservation and Restoration of the Endangered Coho SalmonThe Endangered Coho Salmon of Marin County's Lagunitas Creek are imperiled by poor land use practices and habitat degradation. Conservation and restoration of this incredible species requires a diverse strategy of grassroots activism and defensible science. Come hear how Marin County's Salmon Protection and Watershed Network (SPAWN) is working to ...
In this talk, former magician and escape artist, James Randi, discusses his investigation of self-described faith healers, psychics, infomercial gurus, and medical charlatans.Editor's Note: Main Theater is sold out, but $5 tickets remain for televised viewing at the Smith Center TV Station.
Where: FremontCost: $15 gen admission ($10 w/ valid Student ID
Houge Park Start PartyMeet with members of San Jose Astronomical Society for a Star Party, weather permitting.
Where: San JoseCost: Free
Come to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory Friday Evening ProgramCome to Foothill Observatory and join us in the exploration of our Universe!Foothill Observatory is open for public viewing every clear Friday evening from 9:00 p.m. until 11:00 p.m. Visitors can view the wonders of the universe through the observatory's new computer-controlled 16-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Views ...
