FORUM: Trageser is wrong: Vista teachers care Aug 16, 2008
In case some of you newcomers don't remember, back in 1993 three conservative Christians were trustees in the Vista Unified School District ---- John Tyndall, Deidre Holliday and Joyce Lee ... bobxxxx wrote on Aug 15, 2008 8:15 PM:"In case some of you newcomers don't remember, back in 1993 three conservative Christians were trustees in the Vista Unified School District ---- John Tyndall, Deidre Holliday and Joyce Lee. They formed a majority. From Day One, they immediately started pushing a... (North County Times)
Unions about salaries, not educational quality Aug 11, 2008
Rather, school trustees John Tyndall and Joyce Lee were targeted for recall because they had asked the very sensible question of whether the district could afford to grant the teachers across-the-board raises every couple of years, on top of the built-in step raises each teacher already gets year to year as they gain experience on the job. Beaghler, too, was targeted because she questioned the financial wisdom of devoting a larger and larger percentage of the district's total budget to teachers'... (North County Times)
Bacterial Endospore Stain Jun 13, 2008
John Tyndall was a17th century Irish-born English-bred physicist who made many contributions to science, one of which was the discovery that some microbes existed in two forms. heat-stable form (endospore). (Suite101.com)
Final spring practice report May 2, 2008
Shane Vereen then broke a tackle for a 15-yard run, Devin Bishop stuffed a Brock Mansion to John Tyndall pass for no gain, and Gary Doxy sacked Brock Mansion on a safety blitz ... For sequence seven, Mansion rolled right and threw a pass which was dropped by fullback John Tyndall ... With the Bears trio of tailbacks healthy - Tracy Slocum, Shane Vereen, and Covaughn Deboskie - all able to take a lot of work, Peter Geurts saw work at fullback, behind Will Ta'ufo'ou and John Tyndall. (GoCyberBears.com)
Winter blues: Color's duality lends itself to mixed emotions, conflicting traits Mar 10, 2008
But dad was really a scientiest, so I wasn't crushed when I learned about John Tyndall, who in 1859 started to get at the reason why the sky is blue. Or with Lord John Rayleigh, who fine-tuned Tyndall's notion and is the namesake of the "Rayleigh effect.". (Missoulian, MT)
When Fire Strikes, Stop, Drop and... Sing? Jan 25, 2008
"I throw more power into my voice, and now the flame is extinguished," wrote Irish scientist John Tyndall about his experiments with sound and fire in 1857. Countless public demonstrations and a handful of lab tests later, researchers are still struggling to determine exactly how sound snuffs flames. (Scientific American)
Irving and Griffin spark fury at debate Nov 27, 2007
In 1999 it followed police advice and cancelled a debate on racism at which John Tyndall, the then British National Party chairman, was to have spoken. Controversial scholar and author David Irving was first due to speak at the Union in May 2001. (Guardian Unlimited)
Today in History September 25 Sep 25, 2007
John Tyndall, English physicist (1820-1893). 2007 The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- Race)
Book review: An ocean of air Aug 6, 2007
Somewhat less dramatically, John Tyndall, the Victorian scientist who first discovered the link between carbon dioxide and infrared radiation, drew such large crowds to his lectures at the Royal Institution in London that Albemarle Street had to be made a one-way thoroughfare Britain's first to accommodate the carriage traffic. Tidbits like this should not disguise that Walker, while cruising along at a breathtaking clip, manages to explain with exemplary clarity the chemistry of the atmosphere,... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
The Science of Global Warming May 5, 2007
It all began when John Tyndall (1820-1893), one of the great English physicists, did a study of the "radiative properties" of atmospheric gases in 1859 ... Nonetheless, John Tyndall worked with carbon dioxide and he found it too absorbs IR, but only a quarter as well as water vapor in the one to 16 micron wavelength range of IR.. (Suite101.com)
Glad you asked Apr 5, 2007
(John Tyndall discovered in 1859 that when light passes through a clear fluid holding small particles in suspension, the shorter blue wavelengths are scattered more strongly than the red. The sky around the sun is seen reddened, as well as the light coming directly from the sun. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Getting to Know: John Tyndall Mar 29, 2007
high school fullback John Tyndall. A 3-star linebacker/fullback standout from the Monterey area, Tyndall is a lifelong Bear fan fulfilling a college dream. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
Oceanside with John Tyndall Feb 5, 2007
high school standout John Tyndall is BearTerritory's latest photo feature. The future Cal fullback who starred for the Breakers the past three seasons as one of the top two-way players in the state of California, Tyndall stands out in Black and White on the Monterey shoreline. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
Tyndall's recruitment ends perfectly Feb 5, 2007
standout John Tyndall, who BearTerritory met up with in his scenic hometown near Monterey. Sign in here if you already have a username and password to any service on the Rivals. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
Tyndall powers his way to Cal Jan 22, 2007
two-way star John Tyndall had a wonderful weekend in Berkeley. The Monterey Herald's All-County Offensive Player of the Year, Tyndall has been looking for his crack in the Pac-10 and finally got it from Cal. BearTerritory has the word from the Breaker standout. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
Tyndall talks about Cal Jan 22, 2007
athlete John Tyndall emerged this past year as one of the state's top two-way performers. After visiting Cal this past weekend, Tyndall has decided to stay close to home to play his college ball. (Cal Sports -- Rivals.com)
BYU Withdraws Offer to Tyndall Dec 9, 2006
BYU Cougars Football, Basketball, and Recruiting. Covers BYU athletics on the Scout. (TotalBlueSports.com)
Novato Notches Another Shutout Dec 4, 2006
Running back John Tyndall (22 carries, 120 yards, 2 TDs) plunged in on a 4-yard touchdown run, and after exchanging multiple punts, Pacific Grove felt good about heading into the half trailing 14-7. The feeling didn't last long. After forcing a Pacific Grove three-and-out to start the third quarter, Seaside struck quickly with 4-play, 47-yard scoring drive, capped by Foster's 36-yard touchdown pass to Reggie Johnson to extend the lead to 21-7. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Novato gets 7th straight shutout Dec 3, 2006
John Tyndall led Pacific Grove with 120 rushing yards and two touchdowns. -- Jim Mannion. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Folk Science Jul 25, 2006
Huxley quipped to physicist John Tyndall, "For once, reality and his brain came into contact and the result was fatal.". When it comes to such basic forces as gravity and such fundamental phenomena as falling, our intuitive sense of how the physical world works--our folk physics--is reasonably sound. (Scientific American)
* Wake up and smell the climate change Jun 17, 2006
If there were no greenhouse gases, our world would be a decidedly chilly one, as the pion-eering British physicist John Tyndall realized almost 150 years ago. Were it not for heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide, solar radiation would be reflected straight back into space. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Profile: British National Party Apr 17, 2006
The British National Party was formed by John Tyndall, co-founder of the National Front, in 1982. He led the BNP until 1999 and died in 2005. (BBC News -- UK)
Greenhouse theory smashed by biggest stone Mar 14, 2006
The role of water vapour in controlling our planet's temperature was hinted at almost 150 years ago by Irish scientist John Tyndall. Tyndall, who also provided an explanation as to why the sky is blue, explained the problem: "The strongest radiant heat absorber, is the most important gas controlling Earth's temperature. Without water vapour, he wrote, the Earth's surface would be 'held fast in the iron grip of frost'." Thin clouds at high altitude allow sunlight to reach the earth's surface, but... (EurekAlert!)
