text: In space, no one can hear you sneeze. Though astronauts have been flying above the Earth for more than half a century, researchers are still working to understand the medical toll that space takes on travelers' bodies and minds. Astronauts must deal with a highly stressful environment, as well as weakening bones and muscles and the ever-present dangers of radiation. If people are ever to venture far from our home planet, such obstacles will need to be overcome. Humans are adapted to living with the constant pull of the Earth's gravity. Astronauts may seem carefree while floating around in the weightless environment aboard rockets and space stations. But like teenagers, their bodies experience all sorts of awkward changes. Some of the long-term problems, such as bone loss and radiation exposure, seem to put the kibosh on plans for regular interplanetary travel, at least for now. But medical researchers at places like the National Space Biomedical Research Institute are looking for ways to counteract and cure these ailments. In this gallery, Wired takes a look at some of the curious, bizarre, and potentially dangerous ways that space affects the human body and mind. Above: Flying Space Barf Like sailors adjusting to the sea, astronauts usually take some time getting their space legs. During the adaptation to weightlessness, many space travelers' first experiences include motion sickness, visual illusions, and disorientation. Space adaptation sickness affects about half of all people who have been to space, to differing degrees of severity. Symptoms are jokingly ranked on the "Garn scale," named after Jake Garn, who flew aboard the Space Shuttle in 1985 and apparently experienced the maximum level of retching and discomfort while adjusting to zero g. Though these symptoms typically pass within a few days, they can be dangerous. Astronauts who don spacesuits need to take anti-nausea medication to combat motion sickness because free-floating vomit inside a spacesuit could be a fatal choking hazard. With several private companies now promising weightlessness during tourist trips to space, the effects of space sickness may start to factor into more people's lives. After all, who wants to float around in a swanky Virgin Galactic cabin packed with several other passengers and their flying barf? Image: Ellen S. Baker, a medical doctor, conducts a medical examination on astronaut Franklin R. Chang-Diaz on the Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1989. NASAFoot Molting After initial adjustments, an astronaut's body continues to undergo some strange changes. The weightless environment causes fluids to shift around, mostly flowing into the body and head. This gives astronauts an odd-looking puffy face but can also lead to irritation like nasal congestion. During their long months in space, astronauts' posture often slouches over into a fetal-like stance, and "standing straight" actually requires conscious effort and strain. One of the weirdest effects happens when the bottom of astronauts' feet slough off — molting "like some reptilian creature," as described by astronaut Don Pettit — leaving tender pink skin underneath. This generally occurs mid-mission, after foot callouses have outlived their usefulness since astronauts don't walk on the ground. Finally, abdominal muscle relaxation from weightlessness leads to a large number of astronaut farts. Image: Astronauts aboard the International Space Station, showing typical puffy faces and upper bodies. Sitting in the front left is Leroy Chiao who appears to have experienced the worst of it. NASABugs in Space Microbes can be found in every crack and crevice on Earth and, apparently, they've even colonized space. One test found 234 species of bacteria and microscopic fungi living alongside astronauts aboard the Russian Mir space station. While the majority of these are benign or actually beneficial to humans, there are always a few bad eggs. Astronauts working on Mir between 1995 and 1998 reported significant numbers of microbial infections, including conjunctivitis, acute respiratory illnesses and dental infections. Medical tests revealed that antibiotics are needed in higher concentrations in space and are typically less effective than when used on Earth. Perhaps most disturbing has been finding that the pathogen Salmonella typhimurium became more virulent when living in microgravity. A long-duration mission, like a trip to Mars, only increases the chance for serious infectious diseases to arise and infect the crew. Compounding this danger is the fact that spaceflight does a number on astronauts' immune systems, making them more susceptible to microbes. In the meantime, researchers are hopeful that antioxidants will prove to be an effective treatment to counteract some of these adverse effects. Image: Scanning electron micrograph of E. coli. NIAIDBone and Muscle Loss Possibly the most well known effect of weightlessness is the steady deterioration of muscles and bones. On Earth, the human body uses these organs for support and, in zero-g, they suddenly have a lot less to do. Astronauts lose an average of 1 to 2 percent of their bone mass each month in space, causing NASA to consider bone loss one of the primary hazards of long-term spaceflight. As well, muscle mass can vanish at rates as high as 5 percent a week. Making matters worse, calcium from bones leaches out into the bloodstream, where it creates increased risk for kidney stones – a potentially very painful event for an astronaut to endure. And those calcium-deficient bones become very brittle and liable to break, weakening astronauts on long missions. When they touch down back on Earth, some space travelers have to be carried away in stretchers. These numbers are only averages and the actual effects vary greatly. Some astronauts have lost as much as 20 percent of their bone mass in six months. Others get off quite lucky. Cosmonaut Valery Polyakov – the current record holder for time in space – was able to walk from his capsule to a nearby chair after returning to Earth following 438 days in space. An American astronaut said that Polyakov looked "big and strong" like "he could wrestle a bear." Once back on Earth, bones and muscles return to their former strength. Research suggests that a day of recovery in Earth's gravity is needed for each day in space. Doctors are also working to combat the weakening, in some cases through hormone therapy. Such treatments may also be able to help people on Earth who suffer from degenerative bone diseases such as osteoporosis. So far, the most effective way that astronauts can work to maintain their pre-spaceflight strength while in space involves diligent exercise. Astronauts aboard the International Space Station currently strap themselves into a special treadmill designed to minimize vibrations that could affect the sensitive microgravity experiments on the ISS. The machine is called the Combined Operational Load Bearing External Resistance Treadmill, or COLBERT, after comedian Stephen Colbert, who had members of his audience write in votes to NASA during a naming contest. Images: 1) Astronaut Ken Bowersox, jogs on a treadmill in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station. The suit was designed to measure stress on lower extremity bones and muscles during everyday activities. NASA. 2) Astronaut Michael Fincke is carried to a medical tent shortly after landing back on Earth in 2009. Though Fincke spent six months in space, he may have been strong enough to stand and getting carried in this way might just be a precautionary measure. NASASpace Blindness Someday in the future, a fearless crew may conquer all the odds and reach the end of a dangerous eight-month trip to Mars. But as they pull into orbit around the planet, they realize their pilot — and no one on the team — can properly see the controls anymore. Space blindness, for lack of a better term, is a steady degradation of vision that many astronauts have reported. The effect seems to become worse the longer someone has spent in space: Around 30 percent of those on short-duration missions have reported some blurring of eyesight while the number is double for astronauts on long-term missions. The effect has only recently come to light since previous generations of astronauts were scared to report the effect for fear of being grounded. Researchers as yet don't know the cause of these symptoms but some have suggested they are related to increased fluid pressure in the head pushing the optic nerve into the back of the eyeball. This condition, known as papilledema, can result in permanent vision loss. Blindness is certainly the worst-case scenario, though even blurred vision could badly affect an astronaut and make them unfit for duty, especially on long interplanetary voyages. Image: Jeff Dahl/Wikimedia/Wired ScienceSolar Superstorms and Radiation Approximately three months after the crew of Apollo 16 returned from the moon, the sun sent out an enormous explosion from its surface, spewing out radiation and billions of charged particles toward the Earth. This solar storm – one of the largest and most dangerous to occur during the Space Age – thankfully did not occur during Apollo 16 and Apollo 17, which launched four months later. Solar storms and the radiation they create are one of the biggest obstacles to long-term space travel. Outside the Earth's protective magnetic fields, astronauts are exposed to far more radiation than they normally experience. Solar flares and other bursts from the sun's surface generate massive amounts of dangerous X-rays and heavy charged particles that can penetrate into the cells of living creatures, damaging DNA and leading to increased risk of cancer. Had astronauts been en route to or on the surface of the moon during the 1972 "superstorm" — or similar events in 1956 and 1989 — they would have experienced massive doses of radiation. Their skin would have burned, blistered, and peeled and the radiation penetrating their bones would have caused nausea and vomiting. In all likelihood, they would have been killed. NASA is required by law to protect its crew from such events and also the longer-term effects of radiation in space. Cumulative exposure in low-Earth orbit – where astronauts receive more radiation than even people working near nuclear reactors on Earth — increases the risk of developing cancer. Since only 24 men have ever traveled beyond low-Earth orbit, the long-term effects of radiation exposure outside the planet's magnetic field are still largely unknown. NASA guidelines estimate that males should spend at most 268 days in space and females at most 159 days in space to remain below a three percent chance of contracting cancer over their lifetime. A potential Mars mission would take at least 520 days round-trip, during which a dangerous solar flare could occur. Major solar storms have been relatively rare during the last century, though this may not be the case in the future. Data from polar ice indicate that we are living through a relatively mild period of solar activity, which may pick up and cause storms larger than even the largest recorded episode – the 1859 Carrington event – which was approximately four times larger than the deadly 1972 storm. Solar astronomers are hard at work creating better models to help predict such events. Faster computers and increased monitoring might make it possible to forecast solar weather by as much as several weeks in advance. If regular travel to the moon and back ever happens, such data would be extremely useful. Image: Composite of multiple solar flares bursting from the sun. JAXA/HinodeToxic Dust Most of spaceflight's adverse effects come from weightlessness. Once on a rocky body with some gravity, like the moon or Mars, astronauts should get a little relief from degenerative problems and perhaps protection from radiation. Of course, these places come with their own set of strange dangers, primarily from dust. The lunar surface is covered in regolith that is the result of ancient volcanic explosions and meteorite impacts. About 80 percent of the regolith is made up of tiny micron-sized dust particles that have the nasty tendency of sticking to every surface. Lunar dust has properties similar to fractured quartz or silica. Apollo astronauts found it coating the inside of their lunar module fairly quickly, covering their bodies, hair, and spacesuits. If astronauts ever return to the moon, they will have to deal with the microscopic dust particles irritating and abrading their eyes and skin and, worst of all, getting inhaled into their lungs. We still know very little about the toxicity of lunar dust. What we do know is that silica dust on Earth can cause a serious ailment known as silicosis, which once created one of the biggest occupational hazards in U.S. history after dry drilling in a mine in West Virginia killed hundreds of miners during the Great Depression. Finely ground quartz particles are liable to enter the lungs, where coughing does little to dislodge them. The body's natural antibodies, white blood cells, die when they try to clean up the dust. The reduced gravity on the moon means that dust may float more, be easier to inhale, and stay in the lungs longer. After lunar dust got into the Apollo cabin in 1972, astronaut Harrison Schmitt felt congested and complained of "lunar dust hay fever." Over long periods, the dust is suspected of acting like asbestos fibers, increasing the risk of cancer for those inhaling it. An even more dangerous scenario is getting exposed to dust on Mars. The Red Planet is red because it is covered in a fine iron oxide dust. Some researchers think that such oxides would corrode organic compounds such as plastics and rubber and leave burn marks on human skin. Windstorms could whip up tiny particles of Mars dust, which would cover everything and work its way through even the finest seams. Future astronauts traveling to either of these places will need to take strict precautionary measures to keep dust out of their base. Image: Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, Apollo 17 commander, photographed inside the lunar module. His spacesuit is covered in lunar dust as is his skin. NASAPsychology in Space Living and working in space can be a highly stressful experience. Astronauts ride to a space station atop what is essentially a gigantic firecracker, with rapid acceleration and deceleration, and can experience somewhat primitive living conditions, confinement, and isolation from family and friends once in space. In the past, the tight scheduling of astronauts' lives by mission control has led to several almost-mutinies. During the Skylab days, mission control treated the men as if they were robots – shortening meal times, reducing experiment setup, and making no time allowance for the fact that astronauts could not immediately locate equipment that previous crews had not stored in the proper places. The astronauts were forbidden from their favorite activity: watching the Earth and space from the windows. In December of 1973, the crew on the Skylab space station conducted a strike to protest their treatment, reportedly becoming aggressive and hostile to their commanders. The mind can also play tricks in space. Over the years, Russian cosmonauts have reported experiencing a number of psychological symptoms from prolonged spaceflight. Some suffered from fatigue, listlessness, a fear of developing appendicitis, pain in the teeth after having dreams of toothaches, and worry over impotence. Russian psychologists and spaceflight surgeons have also noticed their astronauts experiencing a psychosomatic effect known as asthenia, a mental weakness manifesting itself as tiredness, loss of strength, and mood swings. This has shown up in missions lasting mostly more than four months. American astronauts have reported anecdotal evidence for similar symptoms, though the findings have not been consistently observed and still need to be studied. But there is another side to the psychology of spaceflight. During their stay in space, astronauts have reported what author Frank White called the "overview effect" – they became filled with a sense of wonder and awe about the universe, and experienced spiritual epiphanies such as unity with nature, transcendence, and universal brotherhood. Space affords some incredible experiences. NASA psychologists have looked into the benefits of taking photographs from the International Space Station, which may have a salutary effect on the minds of astronauts (.pdf). These positive effects seem to last. Psychologists studying astronauts who return to Earth report that they are less anxious, hypochondriacal, depressive, or aggressive. It seems that, during their stay in a tough environment, people are able to develop coping skills to deal with the challenge and stress, which they get to take with them back to Earth. Images: 1) Bruce McCandless II floats in alone in space. NASA 2) Astronaut Donald K. "Deke" Slayton embraces cosmonaut Aleksey Leonov in the Soyuz spacecraft. NASA


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If you grew up reading the G.I. Joe comics and loved issue 21 (the one that introduces Storm Shadow, features zero dialogue, and is widely regarded by fans as the best issue in the series), you're going to love what director Jon M. Chu told me earlier today at CinemaCon about G.I.Joe: Retaliation. It seems that he paid homage to the issue with a nine to ten minute sequence of dialogue-free kick ass ninja action! In addition to revealing this awesome sequence, he told me the G.I. Joe sequel is around two hours (right now) and to expect between 5 to 15 minutes of deleted scenes on the Blu-ray. We also talked about the soundtrack, the action scenes, the tone of the movie, and so much more.
As you can see in the latest trailer, the reason the sequel is subtitled Retaliation is because at the beginning of the film, Cobra wipes out most of the Joe's and the surviving members go rogue to try and take down Cobra. G.I. Joe: Retaliation stars Dwayne Johnson, Adrianne Palicki, Channing Tatum, Walton Goggins, Ray Park, Byung-hun Lee, Elodie Yung, RZA, Ray Stevenson, and D.J. Cotrona. Hit the jump for more.
Finally, this extended interview was recorded earlier today in Las Vegas at CinemaCon. You can also watch my exclusive video interview with Dwayne Johnson here, and here's my video blog recap after seeing the sizzle reel and new trailer. Also, here's the new character posters and all our previous coverage.
- Talks about the tone of the sequel. Talks about how they wanted to show that the Joe's can get hurt and bleed. Also, the film uses bullets and not lasers.
- 1:00 – Talks about the soundtrack. Henry Jackman, who did X-Men: First Class, composed the score.
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Give out homemade treats that are great in hot cocoa -- or straight from the bag. Peppermint marshmallows are easy to make; they get their red swirl from a quick marbleizing technique
- Vegetable-oil cooking spray
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 4 packages (1/4 ounce each) unflavored gelatin
- 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 large egg whites
- 2 teaspoons red food coloring
Step 1
1. Coat an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray; line bottom with parchment paper. Coat the parchment with cooking spray, and set pan aside. Put sugar, corn syrup, and 3/4 cup water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Stop stirring; let mixture come to a boil. Raise heat to medium-high; cook until mixture registers 260 degrees on a candy thermometer.
2. Meanwhile, sprinkle gelatin over 3/4 cup water in a heatproof bowl; let stand 5 minutes to soften. Set the bowl with the gelatin mixture over a pan of simmering water; whisk constantly until gelatin is dissolved. Remove from heat, and stir in extract; set aside.
3. Beat egg whites in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment until stiff (but not dry) peaks form. Whisk gelatin mixture into sugar mixture; with mixer running, gradually add to egg whites. Mix on high speed until very thick, 12 to 15 minutes.
4. Pour mixture into lined pan. Working quickly, drop dots of red food coloring across surface of marshmallow. Using a toothpick, swirl food coloring into marshmallow to create a marbleized effect. Let marshmallow stand, uncovered, at room temperature until firm, at least 3 hours or overnight. Cut into squares.


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Granita is an easy and tasty treat for the summertime that doesn't require any special equipment. It can be made with virtually any sweet liquid - juice, diluted italian soda syrup, soft drinks, etc.
In a medium saucepan, combine the sugar and water and bring to a boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Let cool. Stir in the fruit juice and lemon juice and pour into a chilled 13- by 9-inch metal baking dish. Place in the freezer and freeze, stirring every 30 minutes until the mixture is firm.
Bring 1 cup water with 1/2 cup granulated sugar to a boil.
Allow sugar and water to cool to room temperature. Pour three cups of orange juice or other fruit juice into the cooled syrup.
Pour mixture into 13 x 9 in. baking pan and place in freezer. I had to use an 8 x8 in. pan because all my 13 x 9 in. pans were in use. It takes about twice as long to freeze in an 8 x 8 in. pan.
Every twenty minutes (forty if using an 8 x 8 in. pan), take the pan out and scrape the frozen mixture with a fork until all the frozen pieces are broken into small shavings and mixed well with the remaining liquid. Continue to freeze. Scrape every twenty minutes until no more liquid is in the granita.
I like to serve the granita in a wine glass with some lemon zest and a sprig of mint on top.
Basic Granita
1 cup water
freeze scraping every 20 min.
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups fruit juice
2 tsp. lemon juice
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Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:16 pm
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I add a few table spoons of vodka to keep the liquid from freezing too hard = less scraping
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:29 am
Post subject: Low Sugar Granita
Is there something that can be substituted for the sugar in the
basic granita? Yes, there is sugar in the fruit, but that would
generally be acceptable. ( Besides you don't have to do fruit juice,
kyou could use something like coffee. )
I can use a sugar substitute like Splenda, but sugar doesn't just add sweetness, it decreases the freezing point and makes the mixture
thicker. I don't think Splenda would do that.
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Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:06 am
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I'm not sure how substituting spleda will affect the freezing point, but if it doesn't lower it, they you can always add a little bit of vodka - just 1 Tbs. will make a difference to the texture without it being noticable in the final dessert.
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Posted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 3:13 am
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When I was in Sicily, I tried some granita that had egg white added to it to alter the texture (not as coarse). Play around with it and let people know...
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Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:59 pm
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Dinner with friends last Friday began with a glass of cucumber/Gerwertztraminer Granita and it was delicious. It actually tasted more like melon that cucumber.
The hostess made a simple syrup of 1 cup water and 1 cup sugar. Added 1 cup Gerwertztraminer white wine and the 'juice' of 1 cucumber. She seeded the cucumber and peeled it. You could probably put the cucumber in a blender after peeling and seeding and run it through a sieve if you don't have a juicer. It was a lovely refreshing beginning to a delicious meal.
You could let your imagination go wild with fresh berries and fruit that is in season now.
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Posted: Fri May 28, 2010 12:32 pm
Post subject: Easy and refreshing!
What an easy and refreshing dish. I will have to come up with some different flavors for it. Hmmm..
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2010 11:50 am
Post subject: Basic Granita
As an easy way to present this, try cutting a pineapple in half, scraping out and pulping the flesh, which handily yields about 3 cups. Save the shells.
Prepare as per the recipe, then put granita into the shells to serve.
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:08 am
Post subject: great for breakfast!
I like to eat coffee granitas along with brioche for breakfast durring hot summer months!
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Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 2:21 am
Post subject: granita
Great, great suggestions. I just made a version of granita and looked up a recipe afterwards. Processed frozen cranberries & frozen raspberries & poured red wine over. Guess what it lacked was the lemon and simple syrup.
I wish there was a way to print out the recipe (not the table) and comments in a Word doc...?
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 8:54 am
Post subject: Granita
Hi, Thanks for the recipe, tried it yesterday .. it came out brilliant .. i tried it with a multivitamin juice i found at my local grocer .. it tastes like a fruit salad and it came out really good.. i added a tbsp of vodka as suggested here in comments .. dont know if it made a difference .. still i love vodka so why not
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:05 am
Post subject: Cola Granitas, anyone?
I used 3 cups of cola instead of fruit juice. I'm hoping it turns out great. It's in the freezer right now.
I used 1/2 cup of sugar and 1 cup water and 3 cups cola.
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I just wanted to say that I used Splenda because I didn't have sugar to make a Watermelon Granita and it turned out great.
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CARSON, Calif. – The last edition of the Superclásico left a bitter taste in the LA Galaxy's mouth as for the first time in 11 meetings, Galaxy fell to cross-hall rivals Chivas USA in a 1-0 defeat. But now with the Galaxy on the rise after a recent run of results, LA is determined not to suffer the same fate on Saturday.
Although dropping an important result to their archrivals could have sunk a Galaxy team that was mired in last place in the Western Conference at the time, it in fact did the opposite. Since the defeat to Chivas in May, the Galaxy have begun a steady ascent in the Western Conference standings by going 5-4-1 following the loss to the Rojiblancos.
Following training on Friday, Galaxy captain Landon Donovan admitted that the loss to the Rojiblancos was a wakeup call of sorts for an LA team that has begun a steady ascent in the standings.
"We certainly weren't happy about [the result] and I think given the situation that we're in now, it becomes a lot more meaningful for us," Donovan told reporters. "We have a chance to get to 30 points and five or six weeks ago, we were on 11 points. It's a big deal for us and we don't like losing to that team so it left a bad taste in our mouths."
While the Superclásico is traditionally an emotionally charged affair, with the clubs in close proximity in the standings, the emotion levels are expected to rise even higher on Saturday. Currently, the Galaxy sit just one spot ahead of Chivas in the Western Conference standings in fifth place, but despite LA holding a four point advantage on their rivals, the Rojiblancos hold three games in hand. STANDINGS
With the two teams in the midst of a dogfight in the standings, Donovan admits that Saturday's match could be a potential turning point for the Galaxy if they are to continue to climb up the table.
"We've done a decent job of getting back in the mix and now we have to start distancing ourselves from teams below us and start catching some teams ahead of us," said Donovan. "We're in a really interesting spot and if we take advantage of it then we can do some damage."
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This blogs exists because of cross. The first year of Rolling Thunder I was overwhelmed with excitement for cyclocross. The blog was an avenue to express my passion for the sport. Montana is no Portland, but it's for sure a hot bed for cx. Here are a couple thoughts before training begins:
Coaches - Now more then ever coaches in Montana are becoming the rage. With local coaches coming on board and racers taking it more seriously, coaching has become prominent. If your in the market, check out Brad Morgan, Elliot Bassett, Momentum Fitness, and Brendan Halpin.
Events - This year's Montana calendar is going to be the best ever. Promoters are more excited and more experienced. I'm telling your right now don't miss the season kick off at Psyclocross. CX legend Bill Cochran will have his usual masterpiece in Bozeman. Moose Cross is coming back another year with a great course and atmosphere. Flathead, Helena, and Butte will all have the courses you love and the sections you talk about all winter. Byron is cooking up something new in Helena. Don't forget about Mulecross on Halloween. First year promoter Rob Newsome is throwing down a Billings weekend that should be bananas. This year's state championship will either be in Polson or Kalispell (like last year). We will post it on the MBRA calendar ASAP.
Equipment - Tubulars, super light brakes, and gear ratios. Check out Josh's blog for the latest cx gear reviews. The times have changed. I used to roll the Bianchi Volpe touring bike. I still remember telling people that would be a good bike for cx. Now a days Owen's Red Danger sticks out like a sore thumb (no offense OG, I love Red Danger).
Teams - I'm guilty as anyone getting on the team band wagon. I wanted to be like all the other regions and have cross specific teams. This year you'll see several different jerseys out there. The cross forces of MT Velo and GAS will once again be at the front. MTcx and the LPO Wheelman will be back. New for this year is a small team from Hellgate Cyclery and a team from Missoula Bicycle Works. Both teams will bolster strong lineups. Also, look out for the men in black from the Flathead. I'm sure Matty B will get the boys organized.
The Rolling Thunder Poster will be out next week. Registration will be up as well. Who's the cover boy :)


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In 2017, ISO announced the City of Greenville's receipt of the highest Public Protection Classification - a Class 1 rating.
The Insurance Service Office (ISO) evaluates municipal fire protection efforts in communities throughout the United States through its Public Protection Classification (PPC) program and assigns a PPC from 1 to 10. Class 1 is the highest rating and represents superior property fire protection. Consequently, fire insurance premiums for communities with better public protection are significantly lower than those areas served by departments with higher ratings. According to ISO data, out of an estimated 46,042 fire protection areas in the United States, only 241 are currently classified as Class 1. There are 21 Class 1 departments in South Carolina, including Spartanburg, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.
According to Fire Chief Steve Kovalcik, the Greenville City Fire Department has worked diligently over the past few decades to improve its response capabilities through ISO classification. "This prestigious designation as a Class 1 department marks the culmination of that hard work, as well as the beginning of a process of excellence," said Kovalcik. "In addition to being proud of this accomplishment, we're also extremely gratified that our citizens can be assured that they're receiving the highest quality protection and that home and business owners may also see a decrease in the cost of their fire insurance."
According to the ISO, a community's PPC depends on:
- Emergency communications systems, including facilities for the public to report fires, staffing, training, certification of telecommunicators and facilities for dispatching fire departments
- The fire department, including equipment, staffing, training and geographic deployment of fire companies
- The water supply system, including the inspection and flow testing of hydrants and a careful evaluation of the amount of available water, compared with the amount needed to suppress fires
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What are "Phylacteries"?
"I havent missed a day in the last six years."
This was the proud boast of a recent visitor to Ohr Somayach in Jerusalem as he spoke of his dedication to the mitzvah of tefillin which he discovered in the middle years of his life in a most interesting way.
A professional musician for most of his adult life, he was overjoyed at receiving front row tickets to a Broadway musical from a close relative who was a member of the cast. It turned out that this production had a pronounced anti-Semitic and anti-religious flavor. As he watched a song and dance skit poking fun at Jews wearing phylacteries his blood began to boil. Although married out of his faith and even unaware of what phylacteries were, his Jewish soul rebelled against this sacrilegious satire and he decided to do something about it. After the show he called a rabbi with whom he had been studying in his quest to return to his Jewish roots and asked him to purchase for him the most expensive set of phylacteries, whatever they were.
"You mean tefillin," explained the rabbi, adding that a male adult Jew is obliged to put them on every day except for Shabbat and Holidays.
This did not weaken his resolve, and his commitment to tefillin eventually led him to a full Jewish life-style and marriage to a fine religious woman.


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Ignorance is the motherBy CIOinsight
Management by Wishful Thinking Is More Common than You'd (Wish to) Think
"Nothing is so easy as to deceive one's self. What we wish for, we readily believe." Demosthenes
Too many executives with control over system implementation projects practice MBWT (Management by Wishful Thinking), blundering into predictable box canyons, and incinerating budgets and energy that could have been spent wisely elsewhere.
The wishful thinkers share amazement at the steaming rubble of their costly failure, and then move on to the next project where they do it all over again, refusing to learn the basic lessons from their previous flub.
What is MBWT?
MBWT managers believe that if you sprinkle enough fairy dust and wish hard enough, you can make anything happen, regardless of available resources, appropriate team members and schedule realities.
But mostly what the MBWT manager overlooks is the hard work of managing and fine-tuning or overhauling details along the way.
Frequently in big organizations like multinational corporations and in governments, the outfit makes a plan that has been shaped by "political" considerations, not rigorous planning.
Then it holds a couple of rah-rah meetings, and the execs cross their fingers, hoping that their desire for success and the importance of the outcome will "make" the outcome happen they way they want it to.
You see MBWT behavior from IT executives who believe (or let system vendors convince them) they can deploy significant new systems without doing serious testing ("Oh, we'll just catch those mistakes early in the deployment"), or running the new system in parallel with the old system, or investing effort in change management.
Both testing and running systems in parallel (at least for a few months) are known requirements, like Newton's Laws.
And every once in a while, someone comes along and pretends their faith means the Laws don't really hold for them personally, until reality thumps them back into line.
Next Page: Making projects "succeed."
Making projects
All experienced IT project managers know that testing, gradual migrations and investment in change management are all mandatory if the project is going to "succeed."
They also know when they don't do it, the effort spent fixing things is no less than it would have been before (and just as often it requires more effort), and the failures cause the implementers to lose credibility with the users in a way that debilitates productivity in the present and erodes credibility for the future.
Steve Yastrow at Tom Peters' site recently wrote about a great example of this in retail.
The Walgreens drug chain used to print one of those corporate mission statements on their register receipts: "Hi, I'm (cashier name). I'm here to serve you with the 'Seven Service Basics.'"
Yastrow apparently always asked the cashiers what they were and none of them ever knew any.
So, being a good marketer, he did the gadfly thing and pointed it out.
After enough of Yastrow's agitating, Walgreens simply removed the Basics from the receipt.
As Yastrow said, "I guess they finally decided it was easier to drop the program than to tell their employees about it."
Typical redefining the specs to accommodate incompetence.
It's also a great example of the MBWT that goes on around most mission statements.
A team crafts it, sends it out through the comm. channels, and then pretends that Lysenko-style, everyone will suddenly embody the executives' intentions.
Every time someone running a project tries to ameliorate a failed original estimate by pulling budgeted resources out of testing to pay for a development schedule more realistic than the one he pitched, he's engaged in MBWT.
Nelson's Observation is "The first Wishful Thinking failure makes subsequent Wishful Thinking failures more likely."
As accomplished project manager Stephen Nelson says, if you allow several MBWT-based decisions to cascade (that is, you try to erase the toxic effects of one MBWT decision by making another with the same technique), the toxicity compounds like credit card debt, and eventually the management effort to remediate the waste (overhead) is greater than any effort left available to do something positive (work).
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There's a different weakness that can look like MBWT, but is both more damaging when unrestrained and easier to ameliorate: brute ignorance.
This ignorance happens when people without formal IT training, usually from finance or computer science backgrounds, end up in control of big software projects.
The academic trendies who invented and proliferated the "real time" organization and the "more with less" cult, because they never actually ran an organization that produced anything tangible, just don't let real tendencies or experience get in the way of their ideologies.
Ignorance is not, in itself, a bad thing. The ignorant person can observe and see things the experienced take for granted.
The ignorant person is free to ask questions with a free pass.
But ignorance that's not seeking to learn for whatever reason is toxic. This was pandemic in the '90s and, ironically, even in the contraction, holds a lot of sway.
My favorite example was an entrepreneur, a really interesting English lit major who was using venture funding for his startup.
He was describing the super-fast development cycles he was holding his team to.
I asked him about testing, and he said (I love this), "Sometimes you just have to build the airplane while you're flying it."
Fatal thinking that is bald-faced obvious. This analogy doesn't "fly".
In real life, you can't fly an un-built airplane.
The analogy was as predestined to crash and burn as the business model he was trying to support.
Ignorance is not stupidity. Smart people do this, too.
Mensa, the elite membership group for people who are in the top 2 percent for smarts as measured by IQ tests, had an implementation that crashed and burned because instead of running in parallel, the group cut over quickly from a working one to a new one during a holiday weekend.
They Live. We Sleep.
There are plenty of ways to cut time and costs out of big projects.
Pimping quality, however, has a very poor track record of success.
That doesn't mean it's going to stop. The Permafrost Economy, with thin margins going anorexic and investors seeking increased returns, puts pressure on executives and managers to find places to cut.
The ignorant think they can get away with it because they don't know any better.
The MBWT types are the good soldiers, and are less likely to make waves, ergo more likely to stick around.
That means it's more likely over time that projects will display the results of this behavior.
The solution is to defend your specfor development and QA despite budget cuts and pressure from cost-sensitive integrators.
In addition, be prepared in advance for the wishful thinkers to do their thing, so you can negotiate a compromise, yielding on details you can live without to get assurance you'll get testing and quality control.
And never let anyone talk you out of running in parallel for at least a few months (and at least close out a month after a full fiscal quarter if the application has any finance features).
You have to manage the Brutishly Ignorant and the MBWT dingbats kindly but firmly because the consequences are expensive.
You can slap those plane-parts in place as fast as you want, but if you're counting on fairy dust to get you airborne and keep you up there, you're building your project's coffin, not the airplane.


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Tangy roast pepper & walnut dip
Prep: 10 mins Cook: 2 mins
A nice and spicy partner to pre-dinner drinks. Great with some toasted pitta for dipping
Nutrition and extra info
- Vegetarian
- Vegan
- Dairy-free
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal198
- fat18g
- saturates2g
- carbs6g
- sugars5g
- fibre0g
- protein2g
- salt0.44g
- 1 tsp each ground cumin and ground pimenton (smoked paprika), plus extra to serve
- 6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 100g walnut halves
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- 225g roasted red pepper from a jar, drained
- 1 tbsp tomato purée
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses (or substitute lemon juice or red wine vinegar)
In a pan, heat the ground cumin and pimenton in the olive oil until fragrant. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a food processor, then season with salt and pepper. With the motor running, slowly pour in the spiced olive oil until incorporated. Add a tbsp of water if it's too thick. Scoop into a bowl and serve with freshly ground black pepper and pimenton on top.
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20th Nov, 2012
This is delicious! I never have all the correct ingredients so I swapped-out the pimento for smoked paprika, the red wine vinegar for white, fresh garlic for half a tsp garlic granules & substituted 30g pre-soaked almonds to make up the 100g of nuts... The result is a tasty vegan sandwich filler served on wholemeal bread with sweet pea shoots.


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"As part of the Aegean style, traditional Santorini architecture exhibits an unusual freedom of expression as it incorporates the particularities of the island into the structured environment. The peculiarity of the ground allows for the creation of subterranean buildings under cultivated fields, buildings so closely connected to each other that you cannot tell where one property ends and where the other begins...".
The basic factor in the creation of the built-up space on the island from the Middle Ages until late 18th century had always been that of safety. Living under circumstances of turmoil and being exposed to pirate raids, the inhabitants were forced to an incessant defensive struggle. Therefore, architecture ought to have had a defensive character,that is to provide security above all.
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Central Connecticut junior Jamal Fruster and senior Craig Hunt both competed at the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field East Preliminary in Jacksonville, FL on Thursday night. Fruster ran the 400 meters and Hunt the 10,000 meters, both won their respective events at the 2014 Northeast Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Fruster's time of 47.82 was the second fastest of his career. His personal best remains the 47.36 second performance that earned him the victory at the 2014 NEC Outdoor Championships.
Fruster finished 44th in the field of 48 elite sprinters, he did not qualify for tomorrow's quarterfinal round. James Harris of Florida State posted the day's fastest time, a 45.571, running in Heat #3.
Hunt finished 32nd out of the the field of 48 in the 10K, which was run with all 48 competitors in a single heat. Hunt posted a time of 31:13.75, but he did not qualify for the NCAA Championships. His mark was just 1:08.51 behind the 12th place finisher, the top-12 runners qualified for the NCAA Championships in Eugene, OR.
John Mascari of Indiana State posted the fastest time of the day with a 29:41.95.
Tomorrow, Blue Devil junior Brian Biekert will run the steeple chase and CCSU women's track and field student-athlete Ronea Saunders will compete in the high jump.


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It's a ritual that's occasionally seen but rarely captured on camera. No, it's not the mating dance of the North American Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Rather, it's the traditional Cohen Family Hanukkah dance. Shhhhh . . . if we're very quiet, we might be able to catch a glimpse of them in action. According to anecdotal evidence, this Hanukkah dance tradition goes back to the days when the Cohen girls were babies. The Cohen parents wanted to get the girls into the spirit of Hanukkah, so every night after lighting the menorah, they would put on Hanukkah music and dance around the living room with the girls in their arms. This tradition continued when the girls began walking. Within a few years, Hanukkah became an all out dance-a-thon. We aren't talking about low key, graceful dancing. Nahhhh, that's for sissies. We're talking about anything goes, build-up-a-sweat-crazy-chicken dancing. Those Cohen girls sure do have rhythm! The Cohen parents . . . not so much. But they have oodles of fun despite their wacky dancing skills. It's an annual holiday tradition that the whole family looks forward to. And look, even Grandma is getting into the act! It's usually just the immediate Cohen family members who participate in this ritual, but if you happen to be invited to the Cohen house for Hanukkah dinner, you'd better bring your dancing shoes!!
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A Lyons police officer makes sure the state is safe by driving a Bearcat vehicle for his SWAT team.
The vehicle may not be built for speed, but it will stop an AK-47 bullet cold.
Thanks to its bullet-proof exterior, the Northern Illinois Police Alarm System vehicle has seen — and stopped — such bullets in the time it's been assigned to Lyons police officer Matt Buckley.
Purchased for almost $250,000 by the Department of Homeland Security, the vehicle is assigned to the NIPAS Special Weapons and Tactics team to be used primarily throughout northern Illinois, Buckley said. The team concentrates in areas from the I-55 expressway, the Wisconsin border and almost to Rockford. NIPAS covers about 92 areas in northern Illinois. It can also be called up for cases anywhere in the state, said Buckley, who trains with the team three times per month.
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The Bearcat can pull a perfect U-turn and features four spotlights, sirens and several gunports. The hood weighs 750 pounds and each door weighs 250 pounds.
"The vehicle is used by our SWAT team to get up in sites when officers need protection," he said. "It's a fully armored, half-inch tempered steel vehicle. It'll stop anything."
The vehicle, which has been kept at Lyons for about a year, also features combustible gas detectors and equipment with radiation detection, Buckley said.
"It's definitely an asset for us," he said. "It's called a rescue vehicle. If someone gets injured, 10 suited-up guys (are there). Lyons is grateful to have it in town ... because it has multiple uses and makes our jobs a lot safer."
Buckley said the vehicle is requested for assistance in high-risk search warrants, barricaded gunmen and general high risk calls about four times per month. While Buckley is the only Lyons police officer on the SWAT team, all Lyons officers are trained to drive the Bearcat.
Lyons Police Chief Daniel Babich, a commission member on the NIPAS board, said the vehicle is an asset in protecting officers in violent situations.
"It's already proven effective," he said. "When you have a hostage situation ... this allows you to get up close and personal. It has so many things. We're almost 99.9 percent protected. That's the difference."


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FIRST Transatlantic Air Line LINKS TWO CONTINENTS (Feb, 1933)
FIRST Transatlantic Air Line LINKS TWO CONTINENTS
By Rene Leonhardt
SLIDING down the map 1,800 miles from the bulging west coast of upper Africa to the projecting northeastern tip of South America, a few weeks hence, a flying boat will inaugurate the world's first regularly-scheduled transatlantic airline.
This aerial bridge across the South Atlantic will link Bathurst, just west of the Sahara, in British Gambia, with Pernambuco, south of the Amazon, in Brazil. It will clip nine days from the traveling time between Berlin, Germany, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
At first, the big machines, on a biweekly schedule, will carry only mail and express. Later, passengers will be accommodated as well. Following the trail blazed by daring ocean flyers, the pilots will take off surrounded by elaborate precautions and aided by the last word in navigation instruments. For behind the project lies more than three years of intensive preparation by the Lufthansa, the great air transportation organization of Germany.
While German ships will be the first to shuttle back and forth in an air service over the South Atlantic, the planes of other nations will be close behind. Both France and Italy have entered the lists and at this writing are putting finishing touches on plans for similar links across the sea to South America.
Four large flying boats are nearing completion in French factories for use in a transatlantic airline which will connect Paris with Buenos Aires, 8,200 miles away in the Argentine. On this route, the hop-off for the ocean crossing will be made from the African coast at Dakar, on Cape Verde, a hundred miles north of Bathurst.
For the last two years, Italian experts have been busy compiling weather data and other information vital to a transoceanic airline. They have even worked out time-tables and elaborate cost figures. Latest advices from Rome indicate that the construction of the Italian planes will be pushed forward at top speed.
While the race is thus on over the South Atlantic, the powerful Pan-American Airways, in the United States, announces it is building six giant flying boats, larger than anything hitherto flown on commercial airlines, for use over the North Atlantic between America and Europe. These fifty-passenger planes, designed to fly 2,500 miles with full load, will probably go by way of Greenland and Iceland. They may also pioneer on an airway to the Orient, crossing the Pacific with one stop at the Hawaiian Islands. The keels of these superplanes have already been laid and work on them is progressing at the Sikorsky plant, Bridgeport, Conn., and at the Glenn L. Martin factory, Baltimore, Md. In 1927, when Charles A. Lindbergh made his historic thirty-three-hour dash to Paris, the possibility of transatlantic airlines was discussed on all sides. Predictions were made that they would be in operation at dates that ranged from a decade to a century hence. The average between the time set by the most optimistic and the most conservative prophets indicated that a generation would pass before they became a reality. Yet children born in 1927 will hardly be in first grade when the German boat climbs into the air on its first scheduled transatlantic run to South America in March or April of this year!
The most unusual feature of the German plan is the Westfalen, a 6,000-ton North German Lloyd liner, which will cruise about in circles 900 miles from shore and act as a refueling station and repair depot for the aerial fleet in mid-ocean. The 409-foot vessel will carry tools, spare parts, fuel and oil. Expert mechanics will stand ready to repair or tune up an incoming plane at a moment's notice. From a powerful broadcasting station on board, signals will flash to the airliners speeding toward the circling ship, giving its position and hourly weather reports. In storms or heavy weather, the Westjalen will form a midocean harbor of refuge for the planes.
Under such conditions, one part of the unique vessel's equipment will be of special value. This is an immense drag sail of heavy canvas, similar to the one carried by the Swedish cruiser Gotland, which served as the basis of the cover design of last month's issue of Popular Science Monthly. Fifty feet wide and more than half a block long, it will trail over the water from the stern of the vessel, allowing the ship to pick up seaplanes from the water while traveling at full speed. Crosswise pontoons near the end have a braking effect, keeping the canvas taut. The flying boats, with engines running, land in the wake of the steamer, slide up on the trailing edge of the canvas, and then are hauled up the incline to the deck by a powerful crane of special design. In stormy weather the dragging canvas will create a strip of relatively smooth water behind it, thus aiding the pilot in landing his heavy ship.
A few days ago German liners, steaming out into the North Sea from Hamburg and Bremen, passed the Westfalen off the island of Helgoland. It was dragging its long white train behind it, carrying out painstaking experiments to determine the best speeds for different water conditions. Time and again, during this three-day test, a big Dornier-Wal flying boat swooped down, skimmed over the water and slid up on the canvas while the Westfalen was being driven ahead at full speed by her 2,700-horsepower engines.
Immediately afterwards, the big ship docked at Bremen. Here, workmen began installing the world's biggest aerial catapult on her deck. Driven by giant blasts of compressed air from a battery of heavy steel cylinders, this 150-foot gun will have sufficient power to shoot a loaded fifteen-ton flying boat into the air at takeoff speed. After the machines of the ocean service have been pulled up the canvas drag sail and refueled, they will be shot off the deck from the catapult to begin the second leg of their over-water journey to Pernambuco.
The present catapult launching record is held by England. In the summer of 1931, at the Farnborough flying field of the Royal Air Force, near London, a land catapult, with a 4,000-horsepower compressed air engine, hurled a nine-ton bombing plane into the air with a run of ninety feet. The Westfalen catapult, mightiest of all, will be similar in general design to those now used on the North German Lloyd liners, Europa and Bremen, to launch mailplanes as the vessels draw near to the coasts of either North America or of Europe.
Because of his wide experience with these catapults, Heinz Blankenburg, a veteran ship-to-shore pilot, has been selected to handle the controls on the initial transatlantic flight of the new airline. The 6,000-mile route, over which planes will fly on their three-day race from Berlin to Rio de Janeiro, will carry them above mountains, deserts and jungles, as well as over the South Atlantic.
Imagine that journey. The start from Berlin is a little before noon. Tempelhof Airport, the busy hub of European skyways, is at the height of its activity. Air liners are coming and going. The roar of big motors fills the air. At the starter's signal, the land plane, which will cover the first legs of the long journey, speeds down the runway, climbs slowly into the air, and heads south over a patchwork carpet of farms spread out half a mile below. Potsdam, Leipzig, Nuremberg pass by. Ahead, is the blue water of Lake Con-stance with the white backbone of the Swiss Alps rising above it. A few minutes later, the plane spirals down to a landing at Friedrichshafen, 400 miles south of the point at which it took off.
Fuel is pumped into the tanks, mail is stored away on board, and the ship is off again, out over the lake and the huge Zeppelin sheds on its shore. In wide circles it climbs to nearly 15,000 feet before it heads south, clearing the snow-covered barrier of mountains and sliding down over southern France to the "second landing at Marseilles, 800 miles from Berlin. Here, it refuels and takes off by floodlight, climbing over the Pyrenees and heading diagonally across Spain. The landscape below spreads out in moonlight. Finally, the ship comes down in the bluish glare of the floodlights at the airport at Cadiz, eighty miles up the Atlantic coast from Gibraltar, fourteen hours after the takeoff in Berlin.
There the Bathurst plane is warmed up for its 1,800-mile dash southward across Africa. Leaving at sunrise, it sweeps down the Spanish coast, out over the Rock of Gibraltar and the narrow entrance to the Mediterranean, and begins the lonely flight across mountainous Morocco and the wastes of the western Sahara. All day long, hour after hour, it rushes through the sky above desert sand, rolling and monotonous. Toward evening, the Senegal River winds across its path. Tangled jungles are now below. Three hours later, the lights of Bathurst appear in the dusk. The plane slips down with throttled motors to a landing on the floodlighted field. It has been in the air eighteen hours in one stretch.
FOR the ocean leg of the journey, winged boats produced by the famous Dornier factory are used exclusively. The first machines put in service will be twin-engined Dornier "Whales." Later, it is planned to substitute giant twelve-engined DO-X models, fitted with special staterooms and Pullman beds for passengers.
The twin-engined machines have the motors placed in tandem above the high monoplane wing, one pushing, the other pulling. In the hull, below the wing, immense gasoline tanks hold sufficient fuel to drive the two 400-horse-power engines for nearly fourteen hours. With throttles wide open, the Whales will rush through the air at more than two miles a minute.
Both on tropical airways and in northern Siberia, these sturdy machines have demonstrated their endurance. A remarkable example is the old Dornier-Wal, D1422, which recently was retired from service and placed on exhibit in the museum of Munich, Germany.
It began its career in 1925 above the Arctic ice when Roald Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth tried to fly to the North Pole. Two years later, Capt. Frank T. Courtney, the British war ace and test pilot, used it in an attempt to fly the Atlantic from east to west, starting from the Azores. Finally, in 1930, the veteran of the air carried Wolfgang von Gronau and his companions on their pioneer flight from Germany to America, in which they followed the trail of the Norsemen, flying by way of Iceland, Greenland and Labrador. After seven years of exploring uncharted skyways, D1422 was still flying when it was retired from service.
Before daylight the next morning, the Dornier is packed with mail and express, ready for the takeoff. At the nose of the long hull, the pilot sits behind a control wheel. In front of the cockpit is an empty anti-collision chamber to reduce the hazards of a head-on smash. Just back of the pilot is the radio room. Here the operator, with his 2,500-mile short-wave transmitter, and his receiving set, will keep in touch with the shore and the Westfalen during the flight. Back of the radio room is the mail and express compartment and back of it a storage space for extra gasoline supply and motor oil.
WITH idling engines, the plane swings slowly out to sea. The pilot opens the throttles. His speed increases. There is a flash of spray, a dizzying rush of water and the craft is in the air. The ocean drops away. Rapidly, the coast line recedes into the morning mist. The plane is over the sea heading for a tiny 400-foot island floating in mid-ocean, nearly a thousand miles away!
On the top of the white hull is something looking like a barrel hoop standing upright and pointing straight ahead. It is the loop antenna of the radio compass. Like a bloodhound's nose, it will lead to the goal, following the radio waves coming from the Westfalen.
The strength of the signals received depends upon the position of the loop, which can be moved on a vertical axis. When it is edgewise to the direction from which the signals come, the volume is greatest; when the opening of the loop faces the direction of source, the volume is least. By adjusting the loop to keep the signals at their maximum volume, the radio operator guides the boat through the sky to its moving target.
This route over the ocean will slice across the Equator from twelve degrees north, the position of Bathurst, to eight degrees south, the position of Pernambuco. From time to time, the radio man passes up weather reports. All are favorable. Only small tropical showers, that pound on the seventy-four-foot wings and the hull of the boat for a few minutes and then are gone, break the monotony of the flight.
A little after noon, the pilot sees far in the distance, a toy ship trailing a faint black thread of smoke. Behind it, appears a tiny white blotch. It is the Westfalen with the drag sail ready. The vessel is heading into the wind. The plane comes down in a long slant, skims over the water, slows down in a cloud of spray, and slides up on the canvas without a jar. Mechanics, clambering on the wing, attach the hoisting cable and it is pulled slowly to the deck. The first half of the sea flight is over.
Less than half an hour later the Dornier is refueled, tuned up, and on the launching rails of the great catapult. Before a row of gages the man in charge of the 150-foot air-gun stands ready. With racing engines, the pilot signals for the start. An instant later the big plane whizzes down the steel track as though shot from a giant sling. One breathtaking rush and it is in the air. In five minutes the Westfalen is again a toy ship.
A little after two in the afternoon the craft passes the Equator. From then on until dusk it plows straight ahead for the Brazilian coast. Near sunset it passes three or four vessels steaming slowly across the water below. But darkness falls before the island of Fernando Noronha, the first point of land met on the westward passage is sighted. It is nine o'clock when the cluster of lights marking Pernambuco appears dead ahead and the pilot dips downward and plows to a stop in the bay. He has crossed the Atlantic in slightly more than eighteen hours. By catching the night plane for the south, passengers can reach Rio de Janeiro by mid-morning and complete the 6,000-mile air journey from the capital of Germany to the capital of Brazil in less than three days.
THE trip in the reverse direction, crossing the Atlantic from west to east, takes from half a day to a day longer. Near the Equator, where the ocean crossing is made, trade winds blow steadily from the east, speeding up planes flying west and slowing them down flying east. This is exactly the reverse of conditions over the North Atlantic.
The first pilots who bridged the South Atlantic on wings all made the westward passage to get full advantage of steady tail winds.
It is interesting to note that the first machine to blaze an air trail from Europe to South America was an early model of the Dornier-Wal, the type of ship to be employed on the new airway. In 1926, Capt. Ramon Franco and three companions flew from Spain to Buenos Aires, taking two weeks for the journey and making frequent stops. The takeoff of the historic flight was made from the very bay of Huelva out of which Christopher Columbus, 434 years before, had sailed in his Santa Maria on his voyage to the New World.
The first non-stop crossing came in October 1927, five months after Lindbergh's dash to Paris. With one companion, the famous French flyer, Capt. Dieudonne Costes, left St. Louis, Senegal, Africa, and headed his Breguet land plane southwest over the Atlantic, landing nineteen hours and twenty minutes later at Natal, Brazil.
In the two years after Costes' exploit three pilots flew non-stop from Europe to South America. Two started from Seville, Spain, while the third, Major Carlo del Prete, took off from Rome, Italy, remained in the air fifty-one hours and fifty-nine minutes, and covered 4,450 miles before he brought his record-breaking monoplane to earth at Natal.
The most careful survey of conditions over the ocean airway between Africa and South America was made during the past two years by the Graf Zeppelin. Under the direction of Lufthansa officials this famous German dirigible made ten round trips between Friedrichshafen and Brazil. During the previous summer it had crossed the South Atlantic six times.
From these pioneering flights information was gathered which will be of value to the daring men who lead the way on a regularly-scheduled transatlantic air service. When the Santa Maria of this service, the first Dornier-Wal, takes off and heads out to sea, it will mark an important step toward dramatic possibilities which lie ahead.


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An Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series, Mary J. Blige and Nelly Furtado, an execution of a major character and a successful four-day musical event are all part of the drama, achievement and acclaim for ABC's "One Life to Live" in the past year. The Emmy Award-winning drama reaches a new milestone on FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, the airing of the 10,000th episode. Beloved characters will return to Llanview to celebrate the life of character Asa Buchanan. Returning favorites include Nathan Fillion (Joey Buchanan), Dan Gauthier (Kevin Buchanan), John Loprieno (Cord Roberts), Tonja Walker (Alex Olanov) and James DePaiva (Max Holden). To mark the occasion, the NYC Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting will honor the show during an on-set celebration on TUESDAY, JULY 3. Additionally, as a special "wink" to the audience, the show will reference the number 10,000 in every episode between JULY 30 and AUGUST 10.
"10,000 shows is a remarkable achievement," said executive producer Frank Valentini, who started at "One Life to Live" in 1985 with episode 4209. "I am extremely proud to be part of a show that has been able to make such an enduring mark on popular culture."
Agnes Nixon created "One Life to Live," which premiered on July 15, 1968, as a half-hour show. The show has been lauded for its groundbreaking exploration of social issues, award-winning performances and innovative storylines. Along with the history-making live week in 2002, "One Life to Live" is responsible for many "firsts" in daytime television, including themes of interracial romance and gang violence, as well as problems of literacy, medical misdiagnosis, lupus and racial prejudice.
"With immense pride, I congratulate all of the talented and dedicated people over many years who are responsible for the heartwarming success of 'One Life to Live,'" said Agnes Nixon.
Most recently "One Life to Live" produced another "first," "Prom Night: The Musical." The four-day musical event featured the high drama of a high school prom with a score of original songs assembled by executive producer Frank Valentini and music director Paul Glass. The stylized production included musical performances and dance numbers, and told the star-crossed love story of Starr (Kristen Alderson) and Cole (Brandon Buddy). With the success of "Prom Night: the Musical," "One Life to Live" continues to forge its unique path in ABC's daytime lineup as a music-focused show, having hosted an impressive list of performers including Nelly Furtado, Mary J. Blige, Jeannie Ortega, Lifehouse, Tito Puente Jr., Simply Red, Chris Botti and Erykah Badu.
Additional accomplishments include mass critical acclaim for its 1992 homophobia storyline, which captured national headlines when it introduced the character of a gay teen and culminated with the emotional display of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt. In 1994 the show received equally high praise and garnered four Daytime Emmy Awards -- including one for Best Writing -- for its riveting fraternity gang rape storyline. "One Life to Live" won four Emmys again in 2000, including awards for costume design and music direction, and in 2001 it was the recipient of two Emmy Awards. Viki's breast cancer storyline was honored with the 2000 CDC Sentinel for Health Award.
Friday, June 29, 2007
OLTL Reaches Milestone of 10,000 Episodes!
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Casting News!
- Eden Riegel (Bianca Montgomery, All My Children) will be returning to the show for one day at the end of the summer, but she won't be in Pine Valley. Bianca and Kendall will be having a phone conversation, with Kendall in Pine Valley and Bianca in Paris. Her scenes are scheduled to air August 18.
- Actor, comedian and musician Alan Thicke returns to The Bold and the Beautiful reprising his role as talk-show host Rich Ginger on Monday, August 6.
- Pop/R&B singer Lil' Keesha comes to The Bold and the Beautiful playing a Boldface Records artist and performs her new single "Heaven Knows." Her airdate is scheduled for July 30, 2007.
- Paul Fitzgerald returns to Guiding Light as Colin to help Reva through a difficult time on Friday, June 29.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Chatting With Jason Priestley
While my print article won't appear until July 20, I just had to share some of my interview with actor Jason Priestley (of 90210 fame, of course). I got off the phone with him literally an hour ago and am still so excited, I just had to share it with you all.
Jason is co-starring in a new dramedy from Lifetime Television called Side Order of Life. I saw the pilot episode last night, and I can tell you that this one is a winner. It was so good. It had everything: humor, pathos, drama, quirkiness -- everything you could ask for in a television show.
Plus, it has friggin' Brandon Walsh!
I asked him how he felt, with the renewed interest in Beverly Hills, 90210 since its DVD release, about the fact that some people will always see him as Brandon Walsh. Like, does he ever get tired of talking about 90210 and answering questions about it?
His response: "I guess a certain amount of people still see me as that. There is no way around that. It was one of those seminal television shows that people related to strongly. It was a big part of my career. So many of the good things in my career I owe to that show. You can't bite the hand that feeds you. You also have to be respectful of people. If someone loved the show, and loved watching you on that show, that is their opinion and you shouldn't take that away from them. 'You liked watching me on the show? Well, thank you!' You know?"
I was so impressed by his realistic and mature attitude about the show. So many actors try to forget what made them famous as they move on in their careers, and they forget where they came from. He knows that doesn't define him, and he came away with lifelong friends and great memories and experience.
Also, he was especially impressed with and happy about the fact that I had seen his movie, The Fourth Angel, where he stars alongside Jeremy Irons and Forest Whitaker. It was supposed to be released in the theatres shortly after 9/11, but because a plane gets hijacked in the beginning of the movie, of course, the studio didn't see it as appropriate to release. So, the movie kinda got swept under the rug. However, it is available on DVD. I rented it from Netflix. It really is an undiscovered gem, and ya'all should check it out. This is truly a departure from Brandon Walsh, that's for sure.
In the meantime, be sure to catch Side Order of Life on Lifetime Television. It premieres Sunday, July 15 at 8 p.m.
SPOILERS for B&B, Days, Passions and Y&R!
Tomorrow on The Bold and the Beautiful
Ridge confronts Rick about his "Other Woman" in front of Phoebe.
Next Week on Days of Our Lives
* Roman admits that he is attracted to Anna.
* Belle, Philip and Claire have a family day.
* Chelsea and Nick meet Jett's fiancée Danielle.
* An argument between Tony and EJ causes Stefano to collapse.
* Everyone gathers at Bo & Hope's to celebrate the 4th of July.
Next Week on Passions
Monday, July 2
* The Blackmailer promises to bring Pretty to town if Sheridan kills Theresa.
* Rebecca tracks a lead to J.T.'s USB stick.
* Ivy lets it slip that Fox is not really ill!
Tuesday, July 3
* The Blackmailer kisses Ethan.
* Kay is stunned when she discovers Fox has been lying to her.
* Theresa thinks she is being chased through the woods.
Wednesday, July 4
* The Blackmailer fantasizes about dancing with Ethan.
* Fox blames his parents for ruining his life.
* Chad vows to win Whitney back.
This Week on The Young and the Restless
* The election results are in – who will win? Jack or Nikki?
* An injured Nick returns to Genoa City.
* Victor arrives home to see his son. Will he forgive Nikki for her indiscretion with David?
* Colleen agrees to help Kevin in his dangerous quest to find Jana, causing a rift between her and Adrian.
* Gloria schemes to prevent William from revealing her secret as a determined Maggie and Paul come closer to discovering the truth.


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Although it was a rough start and I didn't make the unveiling of the York kite due to the marathon and the streets being blocked off, I finally made it to the museum. At first I wondered if it was going to be worth fighting the traffic with 2 young boys in tow, fighting for a place to park 3 blocks away, again marathon day madness, and making my way there. I soon found out it was, as much for the boys as myself because they got a great history lesson and I got a great art lesson.
This is not your typical store bought kite. Quite the contrary; these kites are cloth, sometimes hand sewn, and take days if not weeks to finish. On Display from November 4th 2011 – January 14th 2012, The Visions of Lewis and Clark kites exhibit are based on journals from Lewis and Clark and tributes to people and natural resources they encountered as they journeyed. This is the first historical theme-based kite exhibit in the United States.
The Masterpiece is Ed Hamilton's kite. It is a kite honoring York, a highly-revered slave who accompanied Lewis and Clark. This kite was unveiled at the opening reception and it is truly a work of art. Mr. Hamilton has put many hours, and dedication into this kite, as have the other kite makers, and I applaud them for their brilliance.
This is an exhibit you'll not want to pass up. If you love kites, of any kind, and you're a history buff, get on down there and check this one out. Marathon and traffic or not I'm glad we did.
715 West Main Street
Monday-Friday 10am-5pm
Saturday 11am-5pm
Closed Sunday
First Friday Trolley Hops And Exhibition Openings Are Free


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Sierra Pacific Surgery is seeking a Vascular Surgeon to join their busy independent surgery group in Roseville/Sacramento, CA. We are seeking a candidate with a collegial demeanor, collaborative spirit, strong endovascular experience, and interest in practicing in an environment that offers autonomy, robust earning potential, and a flexible schedule promoting life balance.
Community Based Recruitment involves a variety of unique and independent practices. Please contact the recruiter for additional specific information about the medical group recruiting for this opportunity.Dignity Health Mercy San Juan Medical Center is a 370-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Carmichael, California, serving the areas of north Sacramento County and south Placer County for more than 50 years. It is one of the areas largest and most comprehensive medical centers. Dedicated to the communitys well-being, our staff and volunteers provide excellence in care for our patients each year.
Carmichael is a suburb in the Greater Sacramento metropolitan area. Sacramento is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation and one of the most affordable places to live in California. The area offers a wide variety of activities to enjoy, including fine dining, shopping, biking, boating, river rafting, skiing, or attending one of many different cultural events. Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, the vineyards of Napa Valley, and the historical Gold Rush towns of the foothills are all within easy driving distance.
If you are planning to relocate and would like to do some homework on the area, below are a few websites that may be of assistance.
Dignity Health Webpage: www.dignityhealth.org
Mercy San Juan Medical Center: https://www.dignityhealth.org/sacramento/locations/mercy-san-juan-medical-center
General information about Sacramento, CA:
Sacramento City Unified School District: www.scusd.edu
Sacramento County Office of Education: This covers all schools districts within Sacramento County. http://www.scoe.net
Elk Grove Unified School District: http://www.egusd.k12.ca.us/
Placer County Office of Education: http://www.placercoe.k12.ca.us/
Natomas Unified School District: http://www.natomas.k12.ca.us/
Davis Joint Unified School District: http://www.djusd.net/
Folsom Cordova Unified School District: http://www.fcusd.org/FAMILY ACTIVITIES:
Sacramento Parks and Recreation: See this website for all the local parks and activities; www.cityofsacramento.org/parksandrecreation/
Sacramento Railroad Museum: www.csrmf.org
Sacramento Zoo: www.SacZoo.com
Fairytale Town: www.fairytaletown.org
Discovery Museum: www.thediscovery.org
Old Sacramento: www.oldsacramento.comCULTURE:
Crocker Art Museum: www.crockerartmuseum.org
Mondavi Center: www.mondaviarts.org
Sacramento Ballet: www.sacballet.org
California Musical Theatre: www.californiamusicaltheatre.com
Camellia Symphony Orchestra: www.camelliasymphony.orgSPORTS:
Sacramento Kings (Basketball): www.nba.com/kings
Sacramento River Cats (Baseball): www.rivercats.com
Sacramento Republic FC (Soccer): www.sacrepublicfc.com


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Lindsay Lohan's estranged father is out of a Tampa hospital and back in the slammer.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office says Michael Lohan will be held in administrative confinement in the infirmary at the Falkenburg Jail. He will make his first court appearance Saturday morning.
Tampa police say Lohan's on-and-off girlfriend reported receiving a harassing phone call from him Wednesday. Police went to Kate Major's condo, and she put the call on speaker so detectives could listen.
U.S. & World
Authorities then went to a hotel where Lohan was staying. He jumped from a third-floor balcony in an attempt to escape.
Lohan was taken into custody, the second time within a week. He was jailed Tuesday on domestic violence charges and later released.
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Tulsi Tanti, Suzlon chairman, unveiled the new turbine at the Amercian Wind Energy Association conference in Atlanta.
The S111, designed for IEC Class III winds, will initially be sold in North America and manufactured in India. It will later be rolled out globally.
The turbine, with a tower of 95 or 120 metres, will deliver a 20-29% per cent increase in annual energy production over Suzlon's S97 2.1MW design, said officials.
The first prototype will be operating in late 2013, with serial production beginning in 2014.
Asked why the S111 is being launched when the US market is starting to nose-dive, Duncan Koerbel, Suzlon's interim US chief executive, said: "We're in this for the long-term. You can't sit back in the tough times and just cherry pick the good times."
On why the turbine will have fibreglass rather carbon-fibre blades, he noted that fiberglass can be one-tenth of the price of carbon fibre.
"Customers look at the cost of the entire system," he said. "A design [such as carbon fibre] must earn its way into the turbine."
A 10-year warranty package will be offered with the new turbine, said John O'Halloran, president of technology for Suzlon Energy.


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911 Review
* Everything you need to know about the new 911 * From show debut to first review * Related Porsche news and reviews...
What is it? It's the new generation of Porsche's iconic 911 sports car.
Codenamed 991, this version gets a longer wheelbase, revised powerplants that are more powerful and more fuel-efficient, lighter bodywork, and a cabin and fascia influenced by the larger Panamera.
There's also a revised chassis set-up that includes a switch to electro-mechanical power steering, and a world first: a seven-speed manual gearbox. The new model is 56mm longer (at 4491mm), 65mm wider (at 1873mm) and 11mm lower (at 1299mm) than the car it replaces.
The wheelbase stretches too, by 10cm and that's probably the change that's easiest to notice when you see the new car's side profile.
The 911's engine stays firmly out at the rear, of course, but the motors themselves get a refresh. The models at launch will be the Carrera, which now has a 3.4-litre flat-six engine producing 345bhp and 288lb ft of torque, and the Carrera S, which gets a revised 3.8-litre motor producing 394bhp and 325lb ft.
The two models look almost identical, although Carreras have two exhaust pipes, while S variants get four.
Performance, as you might expect, is brisk; equipped with a PDK dual-clutch gearbox, the Carrera S can reach 62mph in 4.3 seconds and a top speed of 188mph. Weight-savings of around 40kg help it to an average economy of 33mpg and emissions of 205g/km with the PDK transmission improvements of 10% and 15% respectively.
The Carrera, meanwhile, dips under 200g/km for the first time, but only with the PDK transmission.
What's it like to drive? Monumentally fast, for starters. Only the more potent S variant was available at Porsche's launch venue in California, and it lived up to its billing, with colossal performance, huge lateral grip and a dogged determination to hang on through long, sweeping corners.
The flat-six engine sounds as good as ever especially above 6000rpm.
We tried both the PDK transmission and the new manual. The three-pedal system does offer the satisfaction of changes, of course, and the PDK's stick is all the more frustrating because it uses the unintuitive layout of 'push to change up, pull to change down'.
However, having seven gears does mean that you need to focus on what gear you're in, particularly since the shift needs a positive throw for a rapid change. It doesn't feel quite as crisp a unit as the (extremely slick) six-speed from the outgoing car. Sad to say it, but this means that in many situations the PDK paddles come into their own.
The steering is precise and totally trustworthy; you'll feel confident to commit to it within minutes. No, it's not quite as communicative as the outgoing car's hydraulic set-up, but it's good enough when pushing on for you focus on other things beyond the fact that it's not giving you chapter and verse on what the front wheels are doing. Odd, but true.
The longer wheelbase does change the 911's character and for the better. Most pleasingly, the tiresome road noise that has bothered generation after generation of 911 has been much reduced nearly eradicated altogether, in fact.
Slip either transmission into seventh at motorway speeds and the Carrera S is an entirely civilised companion, soaking up the worst surfaces (and this despite the Carrera S standard wheel size increasing from 19-inch to 20-inch).
What's it like inside? From the driver's seat, very much like a Porsche Panamera; that car's dashboard layout, with a huge centre console and transmission tunnel, has been transferred to the sports car.
The trademark five-dial instrument panel remains, but the steering wheel is now adjusted electrically. The seating position remains excellent, although you might want to spec body-hugging sports seats if you're planning on regular track work.
The sat-nav screen still has a cluttered button layout beneath it, although the display itself is very clear.
The front boot capacity remains the same, at 135 litres; you can also fold the rear seats down to create a further 205 litres of space there. That could prove a popular option, since the rear seats themselves aren't suitable even for children.
There's just six millimetres more rear legroom a tiny gain that feels it.
Should I buy one? Yes, and not only if you are in the market for one of the most charismatic sports cars on the market. Fact is, the latest 911 is such a well-rounded device that it's actually capable of filling the roles of B-road hooligan and refined GT. That makes it a very remarkable achievement indeed.
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