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Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will hold summer camps focusing on aviation and aerospace topics this summer at its Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses. The Summer Programs run from June 3 to Aug. 9, with individual camps ranging in length from five days to 49 days.
All of the residential camps include on-campus meals, classroom instruction, books, materials and field trips. Supervised on-campus housing is also included in all residential camps except the Generations program. Application is required a month before the start date of each camp.
Residential Camps include:
Aerospace Engineering (Prescott campus). This program for students ages 15-18 lays out the fundamental concepts of aerospace engineering and related fields as they apply to aircraft and spacecraft. Participants will learn the science of flight, how materials stress, strain and break and the principles of aerospace design. The program runs June 24-29 and includes classes and labs. Tuition is $1,050.
Aerospace I (Daytona Beach campus). Aspiring astronauts and scientists ages 15-18 will learn about NASA programs, space shuttle operations and the history of space flight. The course fosters a basic understanding of space and space technology through field trips, guest speakers and classroom lectures. Students design and build two space-station models, one on land and one in a zero-gravity environment. The program runs from June 24 to July 13. Tuition is $3,900.
Aerospace II (Daytona Beach campus). At the introductory level of physics, this overview of U.S. and international space programs for students ages 15-18 focuses on the Earth and its environment, methods of scientific exploration and spacecraft-payload criteria. The course includes hands-on activities, labs and classroom instruction. The program runs from July 18 to Aug. 8. Tuition is $3,900. The Aerospace I course is a prerequisite.
Aviation Career Exploration (Daytona Beach campus). Students ages 12-17 will use state-of-the-art simulation devices to sample various aspects of aircraft maintenance, air traffic management, engineering, flight, human factors, meteorology and space technology. Also included are field trips, guest speakers, labs and classroom instruction. The program runs July 8-14. Tuition is $900.
Computer/Electrical Engineering (Prescott campus). Students will specify, design, build and fly a high-altitude balloon to collect data. The course is open to high school students ages 16-18 with a strong background in math and science. The program runs June 24-29. Tuition is $1,050.
Executive Training Academy (Daytona Beach campus). Top female professionals will lead girls ages 14-17 in such activities as resume and scholarship writing, mock interviews and etiquette practice. Under the mentorship of these local executives, the girls will create simulated micro-companies and then develop and present a final product. Participants will gain the confidence to become successful leaders in the business community. The program runs July 8-14. Tuition is $450.
Generations (Daytona Beach campus). A duo of parent/child or grandparent/grandchild can share experiences as they learn about aircraft maintenance, air traffic management, flight, meteorology and space technology. The course includes flight fees, simulator sessions, field trips, classroom instruction and materials. Housing is not included. The program runs from July 29 to Aug. 4. Tuition is $3,100 per pair.
Global Security and Intelligence "Spy" Camp (Prescott campus). Participants will take on the role of "spy-catcher" while developing surveillance skills and exploring the practice of cryptology and the art of illusion. The course is open to high school students ages 15-18 who are U.S. citizens. The program runs July 1-6. Tuition is $1,050.
Flight Exploration (Daytona Beach and Prescott campuses). In this introductory course on flying and flight training, students practice flight maneuvers and get acquainted with how an airplane responds to cockpit commands. Participants also learn how to comply with aviation regulations and how to analyze weather conditions. The course includes field trips, flight and ground lab instruction and a logbook to record flight hours. Five sessions are offered at the Prescott campus for students ages 14-18: June 3-8, June 10-16, July 8-13, July 22-27 and July 29 to Aug. 3. Two sessions are offered at the Daytona Beach campus for students ages 12-17: June 24-30 and July 15-21. The tuition for each session is $1,950.
Aviation Voyage (Daytona Beach campus). Students ages 12-17 will apply the lessons learned in the Flight Exploration course to more advanced procedures such as flight planning and preflighting an aircraft. Students are required to bring their logbook from Flight Exploration to continue recording their flight hours. The course includes flight fees, simulator sessions, field trips, classroom instruction and materials. The program runs July 24-30. Tuition is $2,900.
Three SunFlight Programs (Daytona Beach campus). To enroll in the SunFlight flight-instruction courses listed below, students must be ages 16-18 and possess a FAA Class II Medical/Student Pilot Certificate before the start date of the courses. Tuition includes field trips, ground lab, classroom instruction, books, materials and a deposit toward flight fees.
- SunFlight Solo. Qualified students can solo an aircraft by the end of the program. The course runs July 15-31. Tuition is $6,500.
- SunFlight Private Pilot. Students can earn a Private Pilot Certificate. The program runs from June 24 to Aug. 9. Tuition is $18,500.
- SunFlight Custom Flight Training Camp. Qualified private pilots can continue their flight training through a variety of activities, such as undergoing upset training or gaining an instrument rating or multi-engine land rating. Course tuition and dates will be based on applicant interest.
Non-Residential Day Camps for Ages 8-13 (Daytona Beach Campus) include:
Girls Exploring Math and Science (GEMS): During this week-long experience, girls will participate in hands-on projects and experiments focused on science, technology, engineering and math while also earning Girl Scout badges. The program runs June 11-15. Tuition is $275.
Science, Technology, Engineering, & Math (STEM):
- Physics/Astronomy: Students will learn the basic concepts of physics in order to understand objects in motion, how the Earth spins and how the solar system rotates. The program runs June 18-22. Tuition is $275.
- Robotics: Faculty and teaching assistants will demonstrate the basics of robotics, electronics and computer programming in an interactive experience. The program runs June 25-29. Tuition is $275.
- Advanced Robotics: Students will progress to the next level of understanding robotics, electronics and computer programming. The program runs July 9-13. Tuition is $275.
- Aviation: Students will learn the basics of weather, air traffic control, forensic science, maintenance and aviation through various informative sessions and hands-on activities. The program runs July 16-20. Tuition is $275.
- Math: This hands-on program emphasizes critical thinking through the student's creative problem-solving skills and artistic abilities. The program runs July 23-27. Tuition is $275.
- Space Adventure: Students will learn how the human body adapts to space flight and extraterrestrial environments. The program runs from July 30 to Aug. 3. Tuition is $275.
Daytona Beach campus: For registration details and a brochure, call 800-359-4550 or 386- 226-7945 or write to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Community Outreach and Summer Programs, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. More information can be found online
Prescott campus: For registration details and a brochure, call 928-777-3956 or write to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Summer Programs, 3700 Willow Creek Road, Prescott, AZ 86301. More information can be found online
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Suffice to say, though children are at play, this is not a game.
Those who have been toying with outright war against Russia, and an escalation of the conflict in Syria, are putting the lives of all Americans at risk.
Of course, the threat of nuclear annihilation has been with us since the earliest days of the Cold War, but Russia has now positioned itself with the largest and most destructive nuclear arsenal of any country in the world.
Economist and political critic Dr. Paul Craig Roberts explains how diplomatic relations have broken between Russia and the United States, after the U.S. knowingly attacked pro-Assad Syria forces… that, of course, was the cherry on top of a host of insults, deliberate antagonism and a strategy that could only result in further chaos and war.
The end of negotiations is unfortunately, given that fighting it out could mean thermonuclear war that would make Hiroshima and Nagasaki look trivial in comparison.
After a period of some patience, Russia is now warning that the United States is dangerously close to turning a proxy war into a direct world war – and they are deadly serious about defending the motherland and their sworn allies – namely Assad.
Any further attack could result in immediate destruction.
Putin is a formidable opponent and Russia a powerful enemy. At present time, they have the capability of wiping the entire East Coast of the United States off the map – where more than 100 million people live. Will the ranking misleaders in Washington continue to gamble with all of our lives?
via the Express:
VLADIMIR Putin's nuclear stockpile could completely destroy the east coast of the US in one clean swipe should the Russian leader launch an attack on the West, an expert has warned.
A staggering 112.6million people could be at risk of extermination from the deadly missiles.
Russia has the largest haul of nuclear weapons of any country in the world and reportedly has the most powerful bomb named the SS-18 – menacingly nicknamed the Satan.
Experts estimate Russia has 55 of the deadly weapons, but only five would be needed to destroy the East Coast of the US.
"Five or six of these 'Satans' as they are known by the US military, and the East Coast of the United States disappears."
Dr Roberts said: "The atomic bombs that Washington dropped on these helpless civilian centres while the Japanese government was trying to surrender, were mere popguns compared to today's thermo-nuclear weapons.
What's more, the Russian have hinted strongly at the possibility that they would be able to disable electronics, communications and defense shields in the U.S. via electromagnetic warfare – perhaps an EMP.
Worst of all, the American misleaders haven't even got a good reason for putting the population at such a risk – strategy in the middle east is muddied at best, and prodding for war with Russia doesn't carry a clear narrative either.
The world could change, and American power could end in a few decisive minutes.
Hopefully it would never come to that, but we shouldn't live in a false world where we pretend these situations can't harm us.
Read more:
Unrest and Martial Law? Leaked Military Drill Anticipates "No Rule of Law" After Election Results
Nuclear War Is On The Horizon: "This Is Not Just Talk… Action Has Been Taken"
Russia Conducts "Nuclear Drill" With 40 Million As U.S. Pushes for War in Syria
This Tipping Point Could Easily Escalate To World War III: Putin Says "The Threat of Nuclear War Is Very Real"

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Holy Symbol, Silver or Wooden
A holy symbol focuses positive energy. A cleric or paladin uses it as the focus for his spells and as a tool for turning undead. Each religion has its own holy symbol.
Unholy Symbols
An unholy symbol is like a holy symbol except that it focuses negative energy and is used by evil clerics (or by neutral clerics who want to cast evil spells or command undead).
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Viscount Bryce on how the President in wartime becomes "a sort of dictator" (1888)
Found in The American Commonwealth, vol. 1
The British jurist, historian, and statesman Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) observed as early as 1888 that "in troublous times" the powers the American President had at his disposal made him "a sort of dictator" which had not been seen in the English-speaking world since the time of Oliver Cromwell:
The direct domestic authority of the president is in time of peace very small, because by far the larger part of law and administration belongs to the state governments, and because federal administration is regulated by statutes which leave little discretion to the executive. In war time, however, and especially in a civil war, it expands with portentous speed. Both as commander in chief of the army and navy, and as charged with the "faithful execution of the laws," the president is likely to be led to assume all the powers which the emergency requires. How much he can legally do without the aid of statutes is disputed, for the acts of President Lincoln during the earlier part of the War of Secession, including his proclamation suspending the writ of habeas corpus, were subsequently legalized by Congress; but it is at least clear that Congress can make him, as it did make Lincoln, almost a dictator….
In quiet times the direct legal power of the president is not great… In troublous times it is otherwise, for immense responsibility is then thrown on one who is both the commander in chief and the head of the civil executive. Abraham Lincoln wielded more authority than any single Englishman has done since Oliver Cromwell. It is true that the ordinary law was for some purposes practically suspended during the War of Secession. But it might again have to be similarly suspended, and the suspension makes the president a sort of dictator.
Although few presidents have shown any disposition to strain their authority, it has often been the fashion in America to be jealous of the president's action, and to warn citizens against what is called "the one man power."
This "Presidents Day" in the U.S. (the 3rd Monday in February between the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln - it was first proclaimed in 1880) our quote comes from the British jurist Viscount James Bryce who noted the enormous powers granted to the President in what he called "troublous times." Bryce was not the first to observe or fear that the President might one day assume the powers of a king or a tyrant. Tom Paine, James Madison, and Thomas Jefferson all expressed these worries well before Lincoln showed how it might come about, during a war when "the direct domestic authority of the president… expands with portentous speed. " It is interesting that Bryce thought that one of the distinguishing features of such a dictatorship was the suspension of habeas corpus. In the late 19th century he still believed that "the one man power" of a tyrant president would be held in check by the rivalrous powers of Congress and the various state governments.


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The Lhammas
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|The Lost Road and Other Writings chapters
The Lhammas is the fifth chapter of the second section, 'Part Two: Valinor and Middle-earth before The Lord of the Rings', of The Lost Road and Other Writings.
Synopsis[edit | edit source]
The Lhammas comprises a linguistic account attributed to Pengolod of Gondolin, which he authored on Tol Eressea, based on some earlier work of Rúmil of Tun. A note suggests that it was one of the sources of Aelfwine who had seen the work. Lhammas is actually comprised of two versions of the same revised text. The later and third form of the text, having the title Lammasethen, is shorter and deviates from the Lhammas at some points.
The essay represents an old linguistic view of the Languages of Middle-earth which was later dropped, in which all languages belonged to either the Valarin, Oromëan, Aulëan, or Melkian phylums:
- The Valarin phylum is the origin of all other phylums and led to Valarin (the language of the Valar.)
- Oromëan is named after the Vala Oromë and is used for all languages of the Elves, because Oromë taught the Elves language. Most languages of Men also belong to this phylum.
- Aulëan is named after the Vala Aulë, father of the Dwarves, and is the origin of the Khuzdul language. It has had some influences on the tongues of Men.
- Melkian is named after the fallen Vala Melkor (or Morgoth) and is the origin of the Black Speech of the Orcs and other evil beings.
Tolkien later revised and simplified the linguistic history of his world, and some elements cannot be applied to the later languages of Middle-earth. However, Tolkien in later writings still held that Rúmil wrote Lammas, but himself never wrote an "updated" form that would be coherent with his later mythology.
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name lhammas is Noldorin and roughly means "assortment of languages" (cf. Quenya word lambë). When Tolkien revised the history of the languages and Noldorin became Sindarin, he renamed the word as lammas (initial lh changed to l. See also: Noldorin).


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For over 60 years, the Institute had a separate Deaf-Blind Department. The original building that opened in 1938 is now where the business office and museum are located. It was a significant program that was very innovative and progressive since its inception.
From 1964-1965, before the development of a vaccine against the disease, a rubella epidemic swept the United States. Of children whose mothers are infected during their first trimester of pregnancy, studies suggest that between 50% and 90% would suffer from Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). During that short period, there were 12.5 million cases of rubella. Twenty thousand children were born with CRS: 11,000 were deaf, 3,500 blind, and 1,800 mentally retarded. It was this epidemic that lead to the Institute building Frampton Hall which served this population for over 30 years.
As this population grew out of school age, the Institute started our current pre-school program in Frampton Hall. The Readiness Program provides special education services to children ages 3-5. Students who have been identified as a preschooler with a disability and have a recommendation for special education are placed in the program through their local Committee on Preschool Special Education.
NYISE had a program for persons with #deaf #blindness for over 60 years. #ThrowbackThursday @deafblindness #Tbt https://t.co/H2sfX5lAP5 pic.twitter.com/f7iYPBi4mL
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