The magic of toys and candy has finally come to downtown Golden. Having opened in late April, Golden Goods is a relatively new addition to the Golden community. Owners Todd and Deanne Aichholz shared their thoughts and plans for their new store to The Oredigger.
Wally West: The Flash (at the time of this storyline anyhow) is the fastest man alive. His fast-paced stories have high stakes, but when the writers add characters and problems from across centuries, things really start to heat up. The Flash: Race Against Time is the sequel to The Flash: Dead Heat. It spans issues #112-118 of The Flash and chronicles the adventures of two time-traveling speedsters, one pinballing through time and the other trying to live up to the legacy of another century.
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Talk of global warming and climate change often raises concerns as to how much longer the earth will remain habitable for humans. Recent discoveries by astrobiologists at the University of East Anglia can help ease some of these concerns–at least for the next billion years. The research team, led by Andrew Rushby, discovered that the earth is expected to be habitable for at least another 1.75 billion years. “After this point,” Rushby said, “Earth will be in the ‘hot zone’ of the sun, with temperatures so high, the seas will evaporate. We would see a catastrophic and terminal extinction event for all life. “Although the earth may be in the habitable zone for at least another 1.75 billion years, humans may not survive that long. “Humans would be in trouble with even a small increase in temperature, and near the end only microbes in niche environments would be able to endure the heat,” Rushby said.
After a week full of rain and flooding, it was entirely fitting to have a Van Tuyl over the challenges of designing storm-water control measures. The talk was given by Holly Piza, who is a senior project engineer for the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District on the front range. While there was some anticipation of discussion over the recent deluge of water that assaulted the Front Range, Piza was frank with the audience, “I guess it is a great time to talk about rainfall and flooding, but that’s not what I planned.” Luckily for the audience, there was much more at stake than large floods in the design for storm-water control measures.
Coming straight from the University of California Irvine, Dr. Martha Mecarthney shared recent developments made in the world of materials engineering. Dr. Mecarthney and her teams most recent project involved the investigation of monazite ceramics and their potential applications.
Gorilla Glass is a Corning Science and Technology brand of glass that bends and deforms without breaking under pressures that cause most other types of glass to crack or break. It is most commonly seen in the marketplace as a display cover for many mobile electronic devices such as cell phones, laptops, and other display applications. However, this glass does not rely on exceptional strength to avert scratches and other failures. As Dr. G. Scot Glaesemann, a Research Fellow at Corning, explained it, “The reason [Corning] invented Gorilla Glass was not because it was strong. It was because it was damage resistant.”
On Monday, a lone gunman, Navy contractor Aaron Alexis, fatally wounded twelve people and injured three others before being killed by police at the Washington Navy Yard. According to FBI Director James Comey, the shooter moved without any “discernable pattern” and that “It appears to [Comey] that he was wandering the halls and hunting people to shoot”. The ongoing investigation has yet to determine a motive.
Steel is everywhere, and Mines researchers in the Advanced Steel Processing and Products Research Center (ASPPRC ) are only working to make that steel better. ASPPRC is an industry and university cooperative research program on campus in the metallurgical and materials department in Hill Hall. Dr. John G. Speer is head of the research group in addition to being a professor. “There is a lot going on; it’s an exciting area,” said Speer.
Autumn officially made its appearance on the calendar Sunday, and recent cooler weather has been a welcome change to those who enjoy hot beverages. Whether out of necessity for waking up during 8AM labs or for pure enjoyment while reading a book or doing homework, every person has their own personal favorite of hot drink. This week Minds at Minds sought to find out which drink was most popular among students.
The No. 13 Lady Oredigger soccer team opened up their conference schedule at home against CSU-Pueblo Friday night and showed why they are so highly ranked, winning 2-0. Mines is now 4-0-1 on the early season and 1-0 in the RMAC after capturing their fourth straight shutout.