CNPS 2018 A Great Success!
The 4th edition of the CNPS conferences (and almost 30th edition of the combined NPA / CNPS conferences) was a resounding success. Live Broadcast to YouTube For the first time, there was multi-camera live coverage of the event. The coverage had up to 4 camera angles and the slides of the presenters were piped directly […]
Continue Reading...Dorm-Style Room Accommodations at CNPS 2018
This year’s conference at the University of Connecticut is being held in the beautiful Nathan Hale Inn on the UConn campus and offers economy rooms to guests of the 2018 CNPS International Conference. With 3 people to a room, rooms cost $69 a night plus tax. This all information about other accommodations can be found […]
Continue Reading...CNPS New Landing Page, Volunteers, CNPS 2018
We are currently working on a new landing page for the CNPS that will be focused on attracting new members to the CNPS. The emphasis will be on “marketing” the group, its scientists, its critiques of mainstream, new theories and ideas, where to read and learn, and how to become involved. We are tailoring a […]
Continue Reading...CNPS 2017 a Success!
It’s hard not to be a success in such a beautiful setting: Vancouver Canada in the summer! Many conference goers toured this beautiful city and the nature around it with towering pines, beautiful mountains, and cliffs about a blue and green sea. The conference itself was held at the beautiful University of British Columbia campus […]
Continue Reading...CNPS Forums
After many months of work, Bruce Nappi and myself (David de Hilster) have opened to our members, the CNPS Forum which is based on the MyBB open source software written in PHP and MySQL. The idea is for all the CNPS members to move their email chains and discussions to the forum where people are […]
Continue Reading...State of the CNPS: 2016-2017
As we close out the year 2016, the CNPS’ future could not look brighter. Let’s take a look at where have been this year, and where we are going in 2017. 2016 In 2016, the CNPS saw it’s second annual conference as the CNPS held in Maryland, next to The University of Maryland. The attendance was double […]
Continue Reading...Common Mistakes with Latex and ShareLatex
Now that I have spent over 20 hours editing people’s papers on ShareLatex, I will sum up the most common mistakes being made. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION! Subscripts and Superscripts This is a common one. To include more than one character in a super or subscript, you simply put those characters between curly brackets. This: f_s_u_b should […]
Continue Reading...2016 CNPS Conference and Proceedings
CNPS 2016 Everyone, we are almost ready to open official registration for the 2016 CNPS conference. This year’s conference and proceedings has more than double the number from CNPS 2015. Proceedings Abstracts deadlines are May 31. If you want to include your paper or papers in the 2016 Proceedings, you must get them in by […]
Continue Reading...CNPS 2016 and Beyond
The John Chappell Natural Philosophy Society is now in full swing. After a long and sometimes painful journey for 95% of the NPA membership, we have successfully righted the ship, corrected some problems, and are now sailing full-steam ahead. This journey was made possible by several heroic CNPS members including Duncan Shaw, Lou Lalafollette, Nick […]
Continue Reading...A Farewell to the Globe Maker from Werdau/Saxony
These are some emails about the passing of Klaus Vogel, pioneer in Expansion Tectonics. Yellow Roses and the sounds of Schubert’s music and very intimate words and images: 100 funeral guests prized the merits of Klaus Vogel On November 18th 2015 Klaus Vogel peacefully passed away at Werdau within the circle of his extended family. The […]
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