Mad About Science

Casey Wood

The mad scientist students of Emery High School traveled to Ogden on March 28 to demonstrate their mental athletic abilities in the Science Olympiad held at Weber State University.

Led by Lee Moss, physics and chemistry teacher at Emery High, 17 students faced off in the competition, which factors in many types of science in competitive tests, labs, and events.

Emery High students competed in 17 different events: Boomilever, Cell Biology, Chemistry Lab, Circuit Lab, Disease Detective, Electric Vehicle, Experimental Design, Five Star Science, Food Science, Forensics, Herpetology, Physics Lab, Robot Ramble, Rocks and Minerals, Sounds of Music, Wright Stuff, and Write It/Do It.

Although the school is competing against much larger schools from throughout the state, the Science Olympiad always serves as a good learning experience for students and allows them to stretch their creative and scientific muscles.

-Casey’s World-

Virtual Computers for a Virtual World

Casey Wood

As the integration of technology into everything we do continues to expand, the constant need to have your computer is becoming something of a necessity. While a laptop computer is the most common solution to the problem of keeping in touch with the virtual world, there are other solutions.

One option is a virtual computer. Two major providers of this technology are VMware and Virtual PC, and each work in about the same way. The first step is to buy a USB hard drive. Download either VMware Server from VMware.com or Virtual PC from Microsoft.com. The necessary programs are free. Install one of these two programs to your computer, but save the setup file. Attach your USB hard drive to your computer.
Partition the hard drive into two sections, one of about 1 GB for the installation software, and the rest for your virtual computer. This creates a virtual machine. It is also important that you have the operating system disk and serial number so that you can install it onto your virtual computer.

Then you can carry your hard drive wherever you go and use the installation software you put into the partition on any computer. When installed, open your virtual machine on the computer.

When your virtual computer is not in use it will compress down to, at most, 3 GB of space. When you open the computer it will take RAM from the system you open it on and expand there.

Another option is MojoPac. MojoPac allows you to install and run programs off of a zip drive. You install MojoPac on a zip drive and then can also download a program onto your zip drive. Then you can carry your zip drive with you, plug it into any computer, and run programs straight off of your zip drive. MojoPac can be downloaded for free at MojoPac.com.

While in some senses buying a laptop may be somewhat less time consuming, and simpler, Virtual computers and MojoPac are more cost efficient for those who can not afford to buy a laptop.

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-Swell Recipes-

A ‘Stick to Your Ribs’ Kind of Meal

Judi Bishop

Hilary Gordon of Huntington was born in London, England and when she came to America she brought with her many of the recipes that had been a part of her life growing up in England. Over the years she has shared some of her tasty recipes with her friends and associates. One of her favorites is Yorkshire Pudding. In America when we think of pudding we associate it with dessert, but in England pudding is an appetizer. Named after the town of Yorkshire, the dish was often made for farmers.

The Yorkshire pudding is a staple of the British Sunday dinner and in some cases is eaten as a separate course prior to the main meat dish.

“It’s a stick to your ribs kind of food,” Hilary said. Hilary also related that growing up in England they never used sugar and she had to acquire a taste for it after coming to America.

Yorkshire Pudding
1 cup flour
1 cup cold milk
4 eggs
Combine the milk and flour to a smooth consistency and add the eggs one at a time. Dilute with a little more cold milk, until the consistency is such that it coats a wooden spoon. In a muffin pan place 1 tablespoon of oil in each of the holes. Then place the pan in the oven that has been preheated to 450 degrees. Let the oil get smoking hot, take out of the oven and place 1/3 cup of batter in each of the holes. Place back in the oven and bake until they raise, about 15-20 minutes. Then turn oven down to 325 and bake for another 10 minutes. They are usually served with a good gravy.