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Brian Spense, assistant manager of the Corn Popper, said his flavored popcorn is "a unique and great last minute gift." The Corn Popper sends popcorn around the country by UPS, and features a tin can containing any six flavors. "Spearmint, Strawberry and Cherry will probably be very popular during the holidays because they are green and red," predicted Spense...
...yesterday's cork popper, Eliot captured the Alexander Agassiz Cup, awarded annually to the men's "A" victor, for the fifth time in six years. The win avenged a four-second defeat to Dunster House in last year's race...
...Popper is at his best in defining and delineating the various types of determinism. Through a careful study of scientific disciplines, he demonstrates that "scientific determinism" can be applied only to physics--all other disciplines must be reduced to F = ma. The first chapter, with a few modifications, could serve as a basic primer of holistic and reductionist thought, a boon for those intimidated by the concepts bandied about with such ease by those in the know...
...position can be measured only to a maximum combined accuracy in celestial bodies. Thus he establishes a parallel in non-quantum mechanics to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, which states that a particle's velocity and position cannot both be measured accurately at the same point in time. Later, Popper argues that because an observer is limited by the speed of light, he observes all initial conditions affecting the system only after the event has happened...
Here the thinker reveals his greatest weakness. By assuming that the observer is limited by the speed of light, he proves not that the future is not determined--only that we cannot tell what it is. Admitting this shortcoming, Popper explains that although he cannot prove that indeterminism is right, he can offer a number of arguments why it should be. This dilemma is the least satisfying element in an otherwise effective and successful study...