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Our
Foxes
David Brooks, Laura Caughlan,
Susan Caughlan, July 2006
We begin our story with what we hope
is a simple common-sense warning: Do Not
touch foxes, alive or dead, or fox stool,
with your bare hands! Foxes and related
animals may be infected with a parasite
that can be transmitted to humans and
can sometimes be fatal. Be careful around
pets who may have come in contact with
foxes or their stool. See this CDC
Web site for Alveolar Echinococcosis
for more information.
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A
Matter of Time:
Part 2.
Mike Dziekan
VP Engineering, Connecticut Analytical
Corporation
Most of us are familiar with that antique-looking,
flat, horizontal metal plate that sits
(mostly ignored) in many gardens. It was
likely purchased as a decorative ornament
where the purchaser intended to set it
up as a sundial to indicate the time,
only to be frustrated that the indicated
time is way off. If you are even the slightest
bit serious about purchasing a sundial,
DO NOT buy one of those garden center
sundials unless it has an adjustable gnomon
that can be set for your exact latitude.
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SPECIAL
STATEMENT
Wrapping Up the Pianka Controversy
Shawn Carlson, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Society for Amateur
Scientists
In a special feature published in The
Citizen Scientist on 31 March 2006, editor
Forrest M. Mims III reported on a controversial
speech given by University of Texas ecologist
Eric Pianka at the annual meeting of the
Texas Academy of Science.
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