{"id":53673,"date":"2014-02-16T16:00:23","date_gmt":"2014-02-16T21:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53673"},"modified":"2014-02-15T12:49:43","modified_gmt":"2014-02-15T17:49:43","slug":"opl-offers-diversions-for-students-on-winter-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=53673","title":{"rendered":"OPL Offers Diversions for Students on Winter Break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-609\" alt=\"oneida-public-library\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/oneida-public-library.jpg?resize=226%2C170\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Oneida, NY \u2013 Feb. 2014) During winter break, students can take advantage of Oneida Public Library\u2019s programs: After School Science with Prof. Jen Herzog,\u00a0Tuesday, Feb. 18, at\u00a04 p.m.; Robots on the Move with the FIRST LEGO League\u00a0Thursday, Feb. 20, at\u00a010 a.m.; and a free movie matinee showing of \u201cCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2\u201d\u00a0Thursday, Feb 20, at\u00a02 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Herzog from Herkimer County Community College will be exploring the secret life of cells, bringing with her powerful microscopes so the young people can actually see the complexity of the basic life form.<\/p>\n<p>Robots on the Move is a demonstration of robots created and programmed to do basic tasks by local students who have joined the FIRST LEGO League, which the LEGO Group and Dean Kamen founded to encourage 9- to 16-year olds to pursue science and engineering. Members of the League enter their robotic creations in regional and national challenges.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph Kohler and Tandy Paugh from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome, which actively supports the FIRST LEGO League, will guide the students in their demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Winter Break\u2019s movie special, \u201cCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2,\u201d is a recently release animated film about inventor Flint Lockwood\u2019s continuing pursuit of \u201cfood-animal monsters\u201d churned out by his food-processing machine gone haywire. Both the show and the popcorn are free.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, stop by the Oneida Library, 220 Broad St., or call 363-3050.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Oneida, NY \u2013 Feb. 2014) During winter break, students can take advantage of Oneida Public Library\u2019s programs: After School Science with Prof. Jen Herzog,\u00a0Tuesday, Feb. 18, at\u00a04 p.m.; Robots on the Move with the FIRST LEGO League\u00a0Thursday, Feb. 20, at\u00a010 a.m.; and a free movie matinee showing of \u201cCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2\u201d\u00a0Thursday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-libraries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-dXH","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53673\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}