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Sunday marked the tenth anniversary of the US' lone victory over Brazil. The match in Los Angeles was sparsely attended with under 13,000 at the Coliseum. Unlike the next several US-Brazil games on American soil (2001 in LA, 2003 in Miami, and 2007 in Chicago, the later two games I attended) the number of American fans pulling for Brazil in the crowd was minimal and the US performance reflected a desire to win a Continental Championship- the Gold Cup. Nonetheless, Brazil was a superior side much of the match. The young Ronaldinho who had figured inthe previous two Gold Cup matches in Miami strangely didn't make the trip to L.A. (I've never figured out why) That left Romario and Edmundo as the key Brazilians to dispose of. Ronaldo did not come to the Tournament.
This game will forever be remembered for Preki's 65th minute goal off his left foot (incidentally about 10 minutes after I called it a night and headed to bed, leaving my VCR running) but the real hero of the night was Kasey Keller. Keller's performance was perhaps the best in the history of US Soccer, making 13 saves, some of them simply defying logic and gravity! Romario, one of the great footballers of our time turned to Keller after a save in the 48th minute and shook his hand. After the match Romario said, "It was an honor to be on the field with him." A few years ago I caught up with Romario after a Miami FC match, while he was playing here. Romario didn't know a great deal of English, but I did gather from his broken words that he still considers Keller's performance one of the best he has ever seen in football.
Kasey Keller has often times been a contradiction. A savvy veteran goalkeeper who makes amateur mistakes. A team leader who sulked when he was bumped in favor of his longtime rival Brad Friedel prior to the 2002 World Cup. A keeper whose US career is marred by his lack of big victories in major competitions. (the three biggest US wins in FIFA competitions with Keller on the squad were all started by Friedel- the 1999 Confederations Cup win over Germany, the 2002 World Cup win over Portugal and the 2002 World Cup win over Mexico- in the case of the Germany game it is particularly unfortunate because Keller was the clear #1 at that time and Friedel just happened to start that game because Keller was banged up in the previous match against Brazil) and whose desire and willingness to play for his country at all costs (unlike Friedel) has often times rendered him a journeyman club keeper in the European game.
Kasey Keller should always be remembered for this one game above all. On that special night in Los Angeles, he wasn't just the best keeper in the world: he was the best footballer on the planet.
The US Lineup vs Brazil: Gold Cup 1998
———————-Wynalda (Preki)——————–Wegerle (McBride)——————-
The US would go on to lose the final to Mexico 1-0, the last meaningful El Tri victory on US soil. Luis Hernandez's 38th minute goal against the run of play would be blamed by some on Keller. But it was Keller who brought the US to the final in the first place, where unlike 1996 and 2003 Brazil's watered down Gold Cup squad didn't eliminate us from OUR continental championship.
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Lyrics: Robert Hunter
Music: Richard McNees
The fourth part of Robert Hunter's Alligator Moon suite.
Ah, meet me, Mama, down at the Blue NoteNote
Alligator moonlight, east of St. Lou
Ringing the old out to welcome the new
Sound and solid and possibly true
Born in an alley of Jazz America
Learned my blues from a crow on my cradle
Could be true - it might be a fable
Gonna believe it long as I'm able
Something for nothing
You can't never get (note 1)
You gotta give sometime
But maybe not yet
Ain't in no mood for no serenata
Just a hard-rockin' vision of Jazz Am-er-aka
Blue-blue-blue note
Blow me away
No bright lights
Just a touch of shade
Climb to the stars on a hook and a ladder
Who is it for? What does it matter!
Ah, meet me Mama, down at the Blue Note
In alligator moonlight - it's all she wrote
I've honky-tonked 'round in my time
But East St. Lou is the end of the line
You say you've got trouble
No complaint
You score like a sinner
Sleep like a saint
Dancing so sassy till quarter to three
To the scent of jasmine on the balcony
Playin' the blue-blue
Struttin' the strings
Does it matter?
Does anything?
Go for the feeling, that's all she wrote
Cut across America down to the Blue Note
Whole new vision born every night
Smokey Joe's Cafe just off to the right
Eat when you're hungry - sleep when you're tight
Down here they only come out at midnight
Stash your coins purse before you go down
It ain't exactly a rich part of town
But they never swing right down on easy street
There's no substitute for a strong back beat
Meet me, Mama, down at the Blue Note [see below]
Alligator midnight, east of St. Lou
They're playin' so hot on the Blue Note Stage
Gotta keep the drummer locked in a cage
Rock-and-roll vision born every night
Incredibly sweet and just so right
Born in the alleys of Jazz America - singing
Down in East St. Lou
Born in the alleys of Jazz America - singing
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NAME: Shree Bose
TITLE: Senior, Fort Worth Country Day School
LOCATION: Fort Worth, Tex.
How did you hear about the Google Science Fair?
I did science fairs before, but it was mostly the "cut paper out and paste it on a board" sort of thing. And I saw this little ad on the Google home page introducing the first ever Google online science fair. And so I thought, well, I love Google and I love science fairs, so maybe this could work for me.
What was your project's focus?
My project was about finding a link between this protein in the cell called AMP kinase, which is an energy protein of the cell, and the development of drug resistance of ovarian cancer cells to this drug called cisplatin. Basically, we found that this protein might be playing a role in cancer cells becoming resistant to the drug.
That would actually mean that for a patient with ovarian cancer who first responded well to treatment but then came back years later with a resistant strain of the disease, if we added in an AMP kinase inhibitor, we could boost the efficiency of their drug therapy almost back up to where it was when the cells were still responding
to the drug.
What drew you to this topic?
Well, two summers ago, actually, my grandfather passed away from cancer. I had already known I wanted to do research, but I didn't know what field, and that just kind of decided it for me. I knew I wanted to go into cancer research.
Where did you do this research?
I worked at the University of North Texas Health Science Center. It's a graduate school for biomedical sciences in Fort Worth. I e-mailed professors there, and one accepted me. Her name is Dr. [Alakananda] Basu. She specializes in breast and ovarian cancer, so she made me do some background research. We came up with this project, and I put it all together. And she allowed me to work in her lab all summer. So I was really lucky to find her.
You spent your whole summer working on this project?
It took about three months, and then I worked a little bit on weekends, but I'm already a high schooler who doesn't sleep. So that did not help. I spent all summer, and I spent over 40 hours in the lab every week, but it was worth every second.
Do you plan to pursue higher education in the sciences?
Yes. I want to major in biology, I hope, as an undergrad, and then my dream job would be an M.D./Ph.D., which is a medical researcher, where I could combine treating patients by being a physician with coming up with the treatments for the patients as a researcher. But if that falls through, I would love to just be a doctor and make the world just a little bit better.
Other than a scholarship award of $50,000, a free trip to the Galapagos Islands and an internship at CERN in Geneva, what will you take away from this year's Google Science Fair?
The one thing I will always remember are the other finalists. [These 14 people are] the most incredible minds that I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. And I am sure that I will definitely be friends with a lot of these people, if not for my entire life, then definitely for a really long time.


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Benghazi attack a 'sobering reminder' of Libyas challenges, UN official tells Security Council
12 September 2012 – Yesterday's attack on the American diplomatic presence in Benghazi, Libya, which killed the United States ambassador and three other diplomats, was a "sobering reminder" of the serious security challenges that persisted even as the country made steady progress toward democracy, the United Nations' top political official told the Security Council today.
"This horrific and tragic attack, together with a spate of assassinations of security personnel in Benghazi, a series of explosive devices in Tripoli, and attacks on Sufi shrines, further emphasizes the security challenge facing the authorities in Libya," the UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, told the 15-member body at a meeting on th4e situation in Libya.
Mr. Feltman strongly condemned the attack as he introduced Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's latest report on the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL), while also signalling Mr. Ban's appointment of a new Special Representative, Tarik Mitri, replacing Ian Martin, who helped establish the Mission last year.
According to initial media reports, it is believed the US ambassador to Libya, Christopher Stevens, and three other diplomats were killed when suspected Libyan religious extremists stormed the US Consulate in Benghazi late Tuesday. The extremists reportedly attacked the location in protest against an anti-Islamic video produced by an American-Israeli real-estate developer.
In his remarks to the Council, Mr. Feltman welcomed statements by the Libyan authorities to bring to justice those responsible for the Benghazi attacks. He said that Secretary-General Ban reminded Libyan authorities of their obligations to protect diplomatic facilities and personnel.
In his report – written before Tuesday's attack in Benghazi – Mr. Ban says that Libya's General National Congress elections, held on 7 July, marked a major milestone in the country's transition toward a modern democratic State, after decades of autocratic rule and toppling of the regime of Muammar al-Qadhafi.
Colonel Qadhafi ruled the North African country for more than 40 years until a pro-democracy uprising last year – similar to the protests in other countries in the Middle East and North Africa – led to civil war and the end of his regime.
Mr. Feltman underlined the importance of the 8 August transfer of authority from the National Transitional Council, which emerged from the civil war, to the 200-member General National Congress, that quickly and transparently elected a President and two Vice-Presidents in accordance with the country's Constitutional Declaration.
"For the first time in over four decades, Libya now has a democratically elected body," he said, noting that today, its Congress will vote to appoint a Prime Minister following lengthy deliberations and public presentation of candidates, setting "new standards for the region."
However, he added, the General National Congress now needs to address several urgent governance priorities, including the initiation of a national reconciliation dialogue, providing oversight over all levels of government, tackling decentralization and fighting corruption.
"Progress on local governance issues will constitute the first step towards addressing the legitimate and urgent need for decentralized government," he said, adding that it was crucial to assure civil society a voice in that process.
UNSMIL and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) provided technical assistance and parliamentary training in preparation for the transfer of authority from the National Transitional Council to the General National Congress, Mr. Feltman said.
"The UN will continue to provide technical support to the Congress and to coordinate with the international community offers of assistance and technical support," he added.
However, foremost among the challenges facing the Libyan people is security, as yesterday's attack showed, the UN official said, pointing to arms outside state control, lack of clarity and competition over security responsibilities between and within relevant institutions and the continued prevalence of armed brigades.
In addition to these concerns, Mr. Feltman said border security remains a top national priority to combat the smuggling of arms, drugs, human trafficking and illegal migration, as well as the spread of transnational organized crime.
The urgency with which security needs to be addressed was also highlighted by the spate of attacks on Sufi shrines in Libya over the past few weeks, in Zliten, Tripoli, Benghazi and Misrata – all of which had been condemned by the Government.
According to media reports, ultra-conservative Islamists were responsible for the damage, reportedly with the acquiescence of members of the security forces. The sites are revered by Sufis, a branch of Islam known for its moderation but considered heretical by some branches of the Islamic faith.
UNSMIL was assisting the Government to address its acknowledged shortcomings in all key security areas in an integrated manner, Mr. Feltman said, as well as strengthening international coordination to support security sector governance.
Addressing the issue of detainees held since the civil war, over which the UN chief expressed deep concern in his report, Mr. Feltman said that while such prisoners were gradually being brought under the authority of Libya's Ministry of Justice, as well as being screened, a more systematic and accelerated approach was needed.
UNSMIL, he said, continued to urge Libyan authorities to prevent and investigate torture and other mistreatment of detainees, and was working closely with authorities on judicial and penal reform essential for bringing about due process for all detainees.
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Alice Lloyd's James V. Mongiardo Speech Competition is set for Tuesday, February 25th, at 1 PM in the Estelle Campbell Center for the Arts. This competition, held annually, is in its 22nd year, and all ALC students are eligible to participate.
Attendance is optional at this convocation, but it is always one of the more exciting events of the semester as student-participants are evaluated on content, style, and delivery. Cash prizes are awarded to the top three contestants.
This year's theme is "Building a New Future in Appalachia." Students have been asked to address these important and timely questions: What kind of future do you see for Appalachia? What role can you play in that future? What role can we, as students, faculty, staff, family at ALC, take on in our future here? What needs to happen to bring this large community to a brighter, healthier, wealthier and safer future? There are some recent programs in Kentucky meant to address these questions. These include SOAR – Shaping Our Appalachian Region and the recently named "Promise Zones." Does your vision of the future use one of these programs? Does your vision of the future use other resources and ideas? (Please note that students do not have to use SOAR or The Promise Zones in their speeches. These are simply programs that exist that might help to shape or inform their speech. Students may use other ideas and/or programs for their speeches.)
For more information about the competition please contact Ms. Megan Burnett, ALC's Assistant Professor of Speech and Theatre. Ms. Burnett's on-campus extension is 6050, and her e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
Application forms for students interested in competing are available beginning on Tuesday, February 11th, from Ms. Burnett's office in Cushing Hall.
We hope to see you there!


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Savory Toasted Cheese
Digby p. 228/177
Cut pieces of quick, fat, rich, well tasted cheese, (as the best of Brye, Cheshire, &c. or sharp thick Cream-Cheese) into a dish of thick beaten melted Butter, that hath served for Sparages or the like, or pease, or other boiled Sallet, or ragout of meat, or gravy of Mutton: and, if you will, Chop some of the Asparages among it, or slices of Gambon of Bacon, or fresh-collops, or Onions, or Sibboulets, or Anchovis, and set all this to melt upon a Chafing-dish of Coals, and stir all well together, to Incorporate them; and when all is of an equal consistence, strew some gross White-Pepper on it, and eat it with tosts or crusts of White-bread. You may scorch it at the top with a hot Fire-Shovel.
1/2 lb butter
1/2 lb cream cheese
1/2 lb Brie or other strongly flavored cheese
1/4 t white pepper
Melt the butter. Cut up the cheese and stir it into the butter over low heat. You will probably want to use a whisk to blend the two together and keep the sauce from separating (which it is very much inclined to do). When you have a uniform, creamy sauce you are done. You may serve it over asparagus or other vegetables, or over toast; if you want to brown the top, put it under the broiling unit in your stove for a minute or so. Experiment with some of the variations suggested in the original.
Forme of Cury, c. 1390
Take persel, sawge, grene garlec, chibolles, letyes, leek, spinoches, borage ... fennel and toun cressis, rewe, rosemarye, purslarye; laue and waishe hem clene, pike hem, pluk hem small with thyn honed and myng hem wel with rawe oile, lay on vyneg and salt and sue it forth.
A Salat of Herbs & Greens (Serves 24)
1 box Spring Lettuces Mix from Sam's
The leaves from 12-15 stems Parsley
1/3 c chopped Chives
1/2 bunch watercress
1/2 c Shredded red cabbage
1/2 bag baby spinach
Dressing (Serves the entire feast hall)
Equal parts fig and pear balsamic vinegars (10-12 oz each)
Extra virgin olive oil (~25 oz)
Squeeze of lemon juice from fresh lemon
1.5 Tblsp Sel de Provance (from The Spice House, here in Milwaukee – can substitute sea salt and Herbs de Provance)
Combine all of the ingredients except the greens. Let it sit for an hour or so to allow the flavors to incorporate. When you're ready to serve, toss the greens in the serving dish, drizzle with the oil and vinegar mixture.
Le Menagier de Paris
In new peas cooked to be eaten in the pod, you must add bacon on a meat day: and on a fish day, when they are cooked, you separate the liquid and add underneath melted salt butter, and then shake it.
Serves 8
1.5 lb fresh pea pods or green beans
3-4 slices apple wood smoked bacon
Clean peas/beans. Parboil until bright green and still crisp. Dice bacon and sauté until half-cooked. Drain off excess fat. Return bacon to the heat and add the beans. Cook over medium heat until the bacon is a bit crispy and the beans are to your desired tenderness.
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12. Funges. Take funges and pare hem clene, and dyce hem; take leke and shrede hym small, and do hym to seeþ in gode broth. Colour it with safroun, and do þerinne powdour fort.
Serves 8
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1 cup vegetable stock
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2 Tblsp butter, divided
Several threads saffron
Clean leek and cut the white into half-rounds ~1/4 inch wide. (Save the green parts to make broth!) Clean and slice the mushrooms. Sauté the mushrooms and leeks in butter. Add stock and wine spices and remaining butter. Cook until liquid reduces to somewhere between soup and gravy consistency, although thicker and thinner both work well…
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Cury on Inglysh XX.IIII. XII.
Take and make a thynne foyle of dowh. and kerve it on peces, and cast hem on boillyng water & seeþ it wele. take chese and grate it and butter cast bynethen and above as losyns. and serue forth.
Serves 8
1 lb egg noodles
½ c small curd cottage cheese
2 T butter, divided
½ c shredded Jarlsburg
In a small sauce pan, heat 1T butter and the cottage cheese until melty – the cheese will probably form a gooey ball in the middle surrounded by milk. Add milk if the cheese is very dry. Boil the pasta in salted water until al dente. Strain pasta and pour into crock-pot. Pour melty cheese through a strainer to remove solids and pour the liquid over the pasta to coat along w/ remaining butter. (Save the gooey part to eat on toasty bread.) Sprinkle with shredded Jarlsburg when ready to serve.
Curye on Inglysch p. 154 (Goud Kokery no. 18)
To make gingerbrede. Take goode honey & clarifie it on + e fere, & take fayre paynemayn or wastel brede & grate it, & caste it into + e boylenge hony, & stere it well togyder faste with a sklyse + at it bren not to + e vessell. & + anne take it doun and put + erin ginger, longe pepper & saundres, & tempere it vp with + in handes; & than put hem to a flatt boyste & strawe + eron suger, & pick + erin clowes rounde aboute by + e egge and in + e mydes, yf it plece you, &c.
12 oz honey
1 loaf of bread
1+ T powdered ginger
1+ t ground cubebs
1+ t ground cloves
2 T sugar in the raw
1/4 c water 1 c powdered sugar
(NOTE: I put 1+ for each spice as tastes may vary as may the strength of your available spices. Also, fresh ginger and/or candied ginger may also be used.)
Toast the bread until very lightly browned or leave out to dry overnight. Shred the bread into breadcrumbs (sawdust consistency, I used a food processor.) The crumbs can be made ahead if necessary. When ready to make the gingerbread balls, mix the dry ingredients together except the powdered sugar. Empty the container of honey into a large pot, I used a non-stick dutch oven. Bring the honey to bubbly over medium heat. Then add the spices and water. Simmer while stirring until the honey has lost much of its viscosity. Then pour in the crumbs, turn off the heat, and stir until the bread absorbs the melted honey. When cool enough to touch, knead a few times to make sure that all the bread is coated. Roll into large-grape to walnut sized pieces and roll in remaining sugar. Will store well in a cool, dry place.
1/2 cup light brown sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon salt
3/4 cups unbleached flour
3/4 cup oat flour
1 cup butter, softened
(Note: The amount of flour will vary with humidity.)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Stir together the sugar, spices, and salt. Divide into two equal parts, and set one aside. Add the flour and butter to the other half, and stir until blended. It should be slightly grainy. Kneading with your hands actually works better than using a spoon. Press the dough evenly into an 8 inch square pan. Cut into 1x2 inch pieces using a knife, and prick with the tines of a fork. This will keep the shortbread from warping while baking. Sprinkle the reserved sugar and spice liberally over the top, brushing into all of the cuts and holes. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until firm and golden at the edges. Do not brown. Cool completely in the pan, and break into pieces along the lines to serve.
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2011 (Road to Dawn) will be familiar!
1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2? -- the number of films I viewed in 2011 from Malaysia (I'm counting here co-production credits for Road to Dawn (Mainland China-Hong Kong-Malaysia-Taiwan, 2007) and a section directed by Ho Yuhang of Quattro Hong Kong 2!)
1 -- the number of movies I viewed on TV this past year
3 -- the number of movies I viewed on board a plane in 2011
4 -- the number of countries whose films I viewed for the first time in 2011 (i.e., Chad, Congo, Israel and Kenya)
4 too -- the number of animated movies I viewed in 2011
5 -- the number of 3-D movies I viewed in 2011 (i.e., 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstacy (Hong Kong), Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (Hong Kong-Mainland China), Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (UK), Pina (Germany) and The Adventures Of Tintin (USA-New Zealand))
5 also -- the number of documentaries I viewed in 2011
6 -- the number of (Chinese -- i.e., Mainland Chinese and Hong Kong films and/or co-productions) films viewed in 2011 that were inspired by/have thematic links with the 1911 Revolution
7 -- the number of movies from Japan I viewed for the first time this past year
11 -- the number of black-and-white movies I viewed in 2011
13 -- the number of movies from the USA I viewed this past year
23 -- the number of films I viewed this past year that were part of the Hong Kong International Film Festival program
23 too -- the total number of 2011 Hong Kong movies I viewed this past year
24 -- the number of movies viewed this past year that I'd rate at 8.5 or higher on the brns.com scale (i.e., 3 Idiots (India, 2009), A Good Man, A Good Day (Japan, 1961), A Simple Life (Hong Kong, 2011), All's Well, Ends Well 2011 (Hong Kong, 2011), Atarnajuat: The Fast Runner (Canada, 2001), Carlos (France, 2010 -- technically a mini-series but viewed at the 2011 Hong Kong International Film Festival!), Dangerous Encounter: First Kind (Hong Kong, 1980), Devils on the Doorstep (Mainland China, 2000), Elite Squad 2 (Brazil, 2010), I Love Hong Kong (Hong Kong, 2011), I Saw the Devil (South Korea, 2010), La Dolce Vita (Italy, 1960), Oceans (France-Spain-Switzerland, 2009), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Turkey, 2011), Overheard 2 (Hong Kong, 2011), Pina (Germany, 2011), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Sweden, 2009), The Great Dictator (USA, 1940), The Seventh Heaven (Hong Kong, 1956), The Woman Knight of Mirror Lake (Hong Kong-Mainland China, 2011), The White Meadows (Iran, 2009), West is West (UK, 2010), Waltz with Bashir (Israel, 2008) and When the Tenth Month Comes (Vietnam, 1984))
29 -- the number of different countries and territories whose films I viewed in 2011 (i.e., Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chad, Congo, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Iran, Japan, Kenya, Mainland China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, The Philippines, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, UK and USA)
37 -- the number of Hong Kong movies I viewed for the first time in 2011
60 -- the number of non-Hong Kong movies I viewed for the first time in 2011
97 -- the total number of films I viewed for the first time this past year
1940 -- the year that The Great Dictator, the oldest film I viewed last year, was first released
1950 -- the year that Awful Truth, the oldest Hong Kong movie I viewed in 2011, was first released


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Hopi People
Hopi is an Native American people of fewer than 4,000 Pueblo Indians (in 1956) inhabiting arid land in the northern Arizona highland, which was until the end of the 19th century less touched by contemporary culture than the larger tribes. Its customs and morals, its culture and religion were therefore preserved in their original form. The Hopi live in seven villages in northeastern Arizona on the elevations between the Rio Colorado and the Colorado Chiquito in the same area in which the Spanish Conquistadores found their ancestors in 1539. Even at that time their villages, consisting of stone houses, were apparently very old. In 1893 the General Conference Mennonites opened mission work among the Hopi, when H. R. Voth settled in Oraibi, the largest of the villages, having at that time a population of about 1,000. The work was difficult, but was continued with persistence and eventual success. A second mission station was opened in Moencopi and a third one in Hotevilla, which had been established in 1906 by the Hopi inhabitants of Oraibi. During 60 years of missions (1893-1953) about 150 Hopis were baptized.
One of the early difficulties was the lack of ability to communicate, since there were no written materials to facilitate learning the Hopi language. The missionaries, however, produced some literature, including a Bible history and a translation of the Gospels. The three stations had a combined membership of some 50 in 1931.
Epp, J. B. Bible history in Hopi Indian language: Old and New Testament. Los Angeles: Grant Publishing House, 1916.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 345 f.
Thompson, Laura. Culture in crisis: a study of the Hopi Indians. New York: Harper, 1950.
Voth, H. R. The Oraibi Powamu Ceremony. Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series, 1901: III.
Voth, H. R. Traditions of the Hopi. Field Museum of Natural History, Anthropological Series, 1905: VIII, 1-319.
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What do you get if you combine the babes, boobs and bull of "Nip/Tuck" with the moronic skits of "Above the Law?"
If you guessed yet another show for lonely, fat guys without a date or TNT's new over-the-bra-top dramedy "Franklin & Bash," you'd be right in both cases.
"Franklin & Bash" stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar — who just happened to play the lawyer with the greasy, 1980s hair in "Raising the Bar" — and Brecklin Meyer, formerly of "Robot Chicken" and "Heroes," as Franklin and Bash, respectively.
They are billed as two "street lawyers" who are recruited by a big white-shoe firm, but still can't play by the rules. This is as unique and surprising a twist as the fact that all the women they work with look like Playmates of the Month and wear about the same amount of clothing.
The street lawyers (do not confuse that term with civil rights lawyers who work in sad, storefronts in the ghetto) formerly worked out of their cool house with more grown-up boy toys than you'd find in the Sky Mall catalog. And, of course, they are surrounded with more bikini-clad babes than you'd find in the pages of Maxim.
Shockingly, most of the scantily clad babes are high-powered lawyers who just must hate clothing. Is that so terrible?
To round out the cast, there's the dorky, clueless Indian guy (Kumail Nanjiani); the hot and hot-to-trot associate (Garcelle Beauvais); the hot assistant (Dana Davis); and the sophisticated, older senior name partner of the law firm (Malcolm McDowell).
The show is a string of one-liners occasionally punctuated by women in underwear (one even strips on the stand in court). The lines, if taken by themselves, are pretty funny. But, in the context of what this show is attempting to do, it's not as funny as it could be.
The boys are brash. They are womanizers. They have pool parties where they walk around naked in front of their underlings and female coworkers. They defend the world against sleaze by living it. Or something.
In the pilot, the boys are hired by the law firm of Infeld Daniels after Stanton Infeld watches them win a case in court after a model strips to her skimpies on the witness stand. He thinks they'd make a great addition to his firm. He wants to shake things up at the office and show the sleazy, slick Infeld Daniels lawyers how it's done.
Since this premise has been done with everything from cops to surgeons already, clearly the producers have a handle on how successful, dopey TV is done.
Look, "Franklin & Bash" ain't bad. But I, for one, am not saving space on the DVR.


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Sudan "killer line" disconnected
Posted on Thu, 30/01/2014
The notorious power line from Port Sudan to the Red Sea coast, which is estimated to have electrocuted hundreds and perhaps thousands of Endangered Egyptian Vultures Neophron percnopterus since its construction in the 1950s, has been switched off.
This decisive action by the Sudanese government and power company officials follows years of work by BSPB (BirdLife in Bulgaria), and BirdLife's UNDP/GEF Migratory Soaring Birds (MSB) project and its local NGO partner, the Sudanese Wildlife Society (SWS).
The decision to decommission and replace the "killer line" followed a MSB-funded presentation to senior government and power company representatives by SWS President Professor Ibrahim Hashim, in March 2013. By September, work had begun on a new, fully-insulated distribution line running parallel to the existing line.
News that the power line had been turned off came during a visit to the Sudanese Transmission Electricity Co. Ltd by a team from the MSB Project, to introduce the MSB project's guidance on birds and power lines alone the Rift Valley/Red Sea Flyway.
Professor Ibrahim Hashim expressed his joy at the decision. "Egyptian Vultures and other raptors can now perch safely on this part of their migration".
MSB Regional Project coordinator Osama Alnouri said: "This great achievement is the cumulative result of the work of BirdLife's Bulgarian Partner in investigating and quantifying the threat to the Egyptian Vulture and other soaring birds, the targeted efforts of the MSB project and the Sudanese Wildlife Society, and the commitment of the Directors of Sudan's Electricity Distribution and Transmission companies to solving this long-standing problem. We would also like to thank the Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife and the Wildlife Conservation General Administration for their support."
Mrs Nada Tosheva, executive-director of the BSPB commented: "This marvelous success of the BirdLife Partner in Bulgaria and the Migratory Soaring Birds project clearly demonstrates that for efficient conservation of long-distance migrants, like Egyptian Vultures and juvenile Eastern Imperial Eagles, the trans-continental collaboration within BirdLife network is crucial."
"This great news shows the effectiveness of how the BirdLife Partnership works together with governments and industry. Acting locally on a global scale enables us to tackle huge issues like migratory bird conservation. Many congratulations to all involved", said Dr Marco Lambertini, BirdLife's Chief Executive
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This extravagant 9-day tour combines two of Africa's undisputed holiday highlights: game viewing in the Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve and beach combing in the Seychelles.
Begin your escape in the legendary Sabi Sands Private Game Reserve on a variety of safari activities: the game viewing here is excellent and you'll have plenty of opportunities to spot all the members of the Big 5, even the elusive leopard, sightings of which are something of a speciality in the Sabi Sands.
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Review: HBase is massively scalable -- and hugely complex
Apache HBase offers extreme scalability, reliability, and flexibility, but at the cost of many moving parts
Apache HBase describes itself as "the Hadoop database," which can be a bit confusing, as Hadoop is typically understood to refer to the popular MapReduce processing framework. But Hadoop is really an umbrella name for an entire ecosystem of technologies, some of which HBase uses to create a distributed, column-oriented database built on the same principles as Google's Bigtable. HBase does not use Hadoop's MapReduce capabilities directly, though HBase can integrate with Hadoop to serve as a source or destination of MapReduce jobs.
The hallmarks of HBase are extreme scalability, high reliability, and the schema flexibility you get from a column-oriented database. While tables and column families must be defined in advance, you can add new columns on the fly. HBase also offers strong row-level consistency, built-in versioning, and "coprocessors" that provide the equivalents of triggers and stored procedures.
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Designed to support queries of massive data sets, HBase is optimized for read performance. For writes, HBase seeks to maintain consistency. In contrast to "eventually consistent" Cassandra, HBase does not offer various consistency level settings (to acknowledge the write after one node has written it or a quorum of nodes has written it). Thus, the price of HBase's strong consistency is that writes can be slower.
HDFS -- the Hadoop Distributed File System -- is the Hadoop ecosystem's foundation, and it's the file system atop which HBase resides. Designed to run on commodity hardware and tolerate member node failures, HDFS works best for batch processing systems that prefer streamed access to large data sets. This seems to make it inappropriate for the random access one would expect in database systems like HBase. But HBase takes steps to compensate for HDFS's otherwise incongruous behavior.
Zookeeper, another Hadoop technology (though no longer used by current versions of the Hadoop MapReduce engine), is a distributed communication and coordination service. Zookeeper maintains a synchronized, in-memory data structure that can be accessed by multiple clients. The data structure is organized like a file system, though the structure's components (znodes) can be data containers, as well as elements in a hierarchical tree. Imagine a file system whose files can also be directories.
HBase uses Zookeeper to coordinate cluster activities and monitor the health of member nodes. When you run an HBase cluster, you must also run Zookeeper in parallel. HBase will run and manage Zookeeper by default, though you can configure HBase to use a separately managed Zookeeper setup. You can even run the Zookeeper server processes on the same hardware as the other HBase processes, but that's not recommended, particularly for a high-volume HBase cluster.
How HBase works
The HBase data model will seem familiar at first. A table consists of rows. Each row -- fundamentally, just a blob of bytes -- is uniquely identified by a row key. The choice of row key, made when the table is created, is important because HBase uses row keys to guide data sharding -- that is, the way in which data is distributed throughout the cluster. Row keys also determine the sort order of a table's rows.
More precisely, a row is a collection of key/value pairs, the key being a column identifier and the value being the content of the cell that exists at the intersection of a specific row and column. However, because HBase is a column-oriented database, no two rows in a table need have the same columns. To complicate matters further, data is versioned in HBase. The actual coordinates of a value (cell) is the tuple
{row key, column key, timestamp}. In addition, columns can be grouped into column families, which give a database designer further control over access characteristics, as all columns within a column family will be stored in close proximity to one another.
A write operation in HBase first records the data to a commit log (a "write-ahead log"), then to an internal memory structure called a MemStore. When the MemStore fills, it is flushed to disk as an entity called an HFile. HFiles are stored as a sequence of data blocks, with an index appended to the file's end. Another index, kept in memory, speeds searches for data in HFiles.
HFiles are immutable once written. If a key is deleted, HBase records a special "tombstone" marker to commemorate the delete. Tombstones are removed (as is the deleted data) when HFiles are periodically compacted.
HBase attempts to satisfy read operations first through the MemStore. Failing that, HBase checks yet another in-memory structure, the BlockStore, which is a read cache designed to deliver frequently read data from memory, rather than from the disk-based HFiles.
HBase shards rows by regions, which are defined by a range of row keys. Every region in an HBase cluster is managed by a RegionServer process. Typically, there is a single RegionServer process per HBase node. As the amount of data grows, HBase splits regions and migrates the associated data to different nodes in the cluster for balancing purposes.
HBase's cluster architecture is not completely symmetrical. For example, every cluster must have a single, active master node. Multiple nodes can (and should) be designated as master nodes, but when the cluster boots, the candidate masters coordinate so that only one is the acting master. It's the master's responsibility to monitor region servers, handle region server failover, and coordinate region splits.
Should the master node crash, the cluster can still operate in a steady-state mode -- managing read and write requests -- but cannot execute any of the operations that require the master's coordination (such as rebalancing). This is why it's a good idea to specify multiple master nodes; if and when the reigning master should fail, it will be quickly replaced.
You can run HBase atop a native file system for development purposes, but a deployed HBase cluster runs on HDFS, which -- as mentioned earlier -- seems like a poor playground for HBase. Despite the streaming-oriented underlying file system, HBase achieves fast random I/O. It accomplishes this magic by a combination of batching writes in memory and persisting data to disk using log-structured merge trees. As a result, all random writes are performed in memory, and when data is flushed to disk, the data is first sorted, then written sequentially with an accompanying index. Random reads are first attempted in memory, as mentioned above. If the requested data is not in memory, the subsequent disk search is speedy because the data is sorted and indexed.
Working with HBase
HDFS was designed on the principle that it is easier to move computation (as in a MapReduce operation) close to the data being processed than it is to move the data close to the computation. As a result, it is not in HDFS's nature to ensure that related pieces of data (say, rows in a database) are co-located. This means it's possible that a block whose data is managed by a particular RegionServer will not be stored on the same physical host as that RegionServer. However, HDFS provides mechanisms that advertise block location and -- more important -- perform block relocation upon request. HBase uses these mechanisms to move blocks so that that they are local to their owning RegionServer.
While HBase does not support transactions, neither is it eventually consistent; rather, HBase supports strong consistency, at least at the level of a single row. HBase has no sense of data types; everything is stored as an array of bytes. However, HBase does define a special "counter" datatype, which provides for an atomic increment operation -- useful for counting views of a Web page, for example. You can increment any number of counters within a single row via a single call, and without having to lock the row. Note that counters will be synchronized for write operations (multiple writes will always execute consistent increments) but not necessarily for read operations.
The HBase shell is actually a modified, interactive Ruby shell running in JRuby, with Ruby executing in a Java VM. Anything you can do in the interactive Ruby shell you can do in the HBase shell, which means the HBase shell can be a powerful scripting environment.
The latest version of the shell provides a sort of object-oriented interface for manipulating HBase tables. You can, for example, assign a table to a JRuby variable, then issue a method on the table object using the standard dot notation. For example, if you've defined a table and assigned it to the
myTable variable, you could write (put) data to the table with something like:
myTable.put '<row>', '<col>', '<v>'
This would write the value
<v> into the row
<row> at column
There are some third-party management GUIs for HBase, such as hbase-explorer. HBase itself includes some built-in Web-based monitoring tools. An HBase master node serves a Web interface on port 60010. Browse to it, and you'll find information about the master node itself including start time, the current Zookeeper port, a list of region servers, the average number of regions per region servers, and so on. A list of tables is also provided. Click on a table and you're shown information such as the region servers that are hosting the table's components. This page also provides controls for initiating a compaction on the table or splitting the table's regions.
In addition, each region server node runs a monitoring Web interface at port 60030. Here you'll find lots of metrics: read and write latencies, for example, broken down into various percentiles. You can also see information about the regions managed by this region server, and you can generate a dump of the active threads on the server.
The HBase reference guide includes a Getting Started guide and an FAQ. It's a live document, so you'll find user community comments attached to each entry. The HBase website also provides links to the HBase Java API, as well as to videos and off-site sources of HBase information. More information can be found in the HBase wiki. While good, the HBase documentation is not quite on par with documentation I've seen on other database product sites, such as Cassandra and MongoDB. Nevertheless, there's plenty of material around the Internet, and the HBase community is large and active enough that any HBase questions won't go unanswered for long.
One of HBase's more interesting recent additions is support for "coprocessors" -- user code that executes as part of the HBase RegionServer and Master processes. There are roughly two kinds of coprocessors: observers and endpoints. An observer is a user-written Java class that defines methods to be invoked when certain HBase events occur. Think of an observer as the HBase counterpart to the RDBMS trigger. One observer, called a RegionObserver, can hook specific points in the flow of control of data manipulation operations like
put, and
The HBase endpoint coprocessor works much like a stored procedure. When loaded it can be invoked from an observer, for example, and thereby permits adding new features to HBase dynamically. There are various ways to load coprocessors into an HBase cluster, including via the HBase shell.
Configuring a large HBase cluster can be difficult. An HBase cluster includes master nodes, RegionServer processes, HDFS processes, and an entire Zookeeper cluster running side by side. Clearly, troubleshooting a failure can be a complex undertaking, as there are numerous moving parts to be examined.
HBase is very much a developer-centric database. Its online reference guide is heavily linked into HBase's Java API docs. If you want to understand the role played by a particular HBase entity -- say, a Filter -- be prepared to be handed off to the Java API's documentation of the Filter class for a full explanation.
Given that access is by row and that rows are indexed by row keys, it follows that careful design of row key structure is critical for good performance. Ironically, programmers in the good old days of ISAM (Indexed Sequential Access Method) databases knew this well: Database access was all about the components -- and the ordering of those components -- in compound-key indexes.
HBase employs a collection of battle-tested technologies from the Hadoop world, and it's well worth consideration when building a large, scalable, highly available, distributed database, particularly for those applications where strong consistency is important.
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BRIDEPORT, Conn. (AP) — A man who police say placed a 3-foot alligator on top of another man in Connecticut as part of an extortion attempt has pleaded guilty to reduced charges.
The Connecticut Post reports 30-year-old Isaias Garcia, of Garland, Texas, entered his plea Thursday to unlawful restraint.
Garcia originally faced kidnapping, assault and larceny charges in what police said was one of the strangest cases they have investigated.
Authorities say a 21-year-old man called his aunt in April to say he had been kidnapped and his abductor was demanding $800.
Police say she received a photograph of him face down in a bathtub, with an open-mouthed alligator on top of him.
Authorities later arrested Garcia at a Shelton hotel.
He faces up to one year in prison during his sentencing March 15.
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Today we woke up and though the kids wanted one last swim session, we had breakfast and said goodbye to Quebec. We drove into Ontario and to our campsite at Sturgeon Falls. We pulled into our campsite and it was gorgeous! We were literally a couple of feet from the water and the waves lapping against the shore.
This would be a perfectly idyllic evening falling asleep to the sound of quiet waves washing onto the sandy shore. Everyone was super nice and helpful. Most people there were camping there for the summer season or longer and had quite permanent residences. The kids immediately changed into swimsuits (surprise!) and jumped into the lake. As soon as we finished putting up the trailer I joined them in the warm water. There was a slide and baby catfish they could catch by the cupful. Paradise…. right?
While the family showered up, I made some pasta with sausage for dinner and we sat down for a nice dinner… That is when our paradise started taking a turn. Bugs started madly trying to enter our trailer, and succeeding. Big, flying, bugs that buzzed our ears and crowded in for our lights. Yuck! While I swatted like a mad woman with the fly swatter, Mr. John duct taped any entry point he could find. We turned out the lights to dissuade any further intrusions.
Soon we found out why they were looking for cover when the torrential rain started, right at the time we went for a last bathroom break for the evening. Lightning started streaking across the sky enough to illuminate the wet pathway… that was full of frogs. It was like the 12 plagues of Egypt. We just needed: cue the hail! For real. It started hailing, but after we made it back to the trailer. The wind was wild and those soothing quiet waves were sounding ominous and much too close at this point.
The lightning lit up our trailer all through the night and if the light show wasn't enough to keep us awake, the thunder booming and the wind buffeting our trailer ensured a restless night.


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Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always disgusting.
One Belfast man wasn't pleased to find that something extra had come with his recent fish purchase. We can see why: Upon preparing the sea bass for dinner, Rick Beattie discovered a large parasitic louse in its mouth.
Beattie, who had purchased the fish at a Tesco location in Belfast, was promised a refund after he brought the incident to the grocery's attention. "It was like something from a horror film," Beattie said, according to SWNS.com. "I'm sure other Tesco customers would be interested."
The parasite, known as the tongue-eating louse or Cymothoa exigua, enters a fish through its gills and attaches itself to the creature's tongue. Once in place, the louse destroys the fish's tongue, replacing it. The louse does not appear to hurt the fish in any other way. They're not believed to be dangerous to humans, although they can bite if picked up alive.
A Tesco spokesman stressed that the company wishes to undertake an "an urgent and thorough investigation" of the fish's supplier, Yahoo writes. "We have very high standards for food quality," he said. "[B]oth we and our suppliers have robust checks in place to ensure that our food meets those standards." It has asked Beattie to provide the fish in question to aid the investigation.


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Microsoft Office 2013 15.0.5537.1000 Pro Plus VL (x86/x64) Multilingual March 2023
Windows (x86/x64) | Languages:Arabic,English,German,Greek,French,Spanish,Italian,Turkish,Portuguese-Portuguese,Portuguese-Brazil,Dutch | File Size: 2.86/3.04 GB
Windows (x86/x64) | Languages:Arabic,English,German,Greek,French,Spanish,Italian,Turkish,Portuguese-Portuguese,Portuguese-Brazil,Dutch | File Size: 2.86/3.04 GB
A new release of Microsoft Office 2013 has received an updated interface, became more social. It is optimized to work with touch and gestures, stylus, mouse and keyboard, so it supports all the new devices based on Windows, including tablets. OneNote and Lync are the first applications for the Office, in the style of Windows 8, they are ground for work on the tablets, your fingertips. By the way, it's claimed broad support Windows 8, including Windows RT.
Office 2013, which includes new versions of the applications Word, Excel, PowerPoint and OneNote, will be installed on devices with ARM-Windows 8, including the Microsoft Surface . One of the main features of Office has tight integration with cloud faylohranilischem SkyDrive, documents and all settings will be stored in it by default, providing ease of access from any device connected to the network. The content will be available as offline and synchronize when reconnecting to the network. From social opportunities in the first place is worth to mention integration with Skype. Skype contacts are integrated with Lync, allowing to call or send instant messages. Another function - People Card - allows you to view contact information of the networks Facebook and LinkedIn, including status updates, photos, contact information for yourself and so on. additional fly in the ointment: the new Microsoft Office works with Windows 7 and Windows 8, the software giant has decided to exclude support for operating systems such as Windows XP and Windows Vista . Release of the new Microsoft Office is expected in early 2013.
List of known changes in Office 15
• The new interface, which is closer to the concept of Metro, flat menu buttons by analogy with Office 15 (or Office 2013 - is the name of the market, is rumored to be in the new package);
• Ability to view comments While reading;
• New opportunities to increase / decrease the font size, alignment, line, page width, control the spacing between paragraphs;
• New Menu "page layout" on the panel in edit mode.
• Office 2013 will not support work with operating systems of previous generations, the exception amount to only Windows 7.
• According to employees of the developer, the new version of office software will support work on iPad. Special release will provide users with "apple" tablet to work in the Special edition of Word, Excel and PowerPoint (recall that OneNote for iPad is already there).
• On ARM-plates Office 15 will be an integral part of the Windows RT (special assembly Winodws 8 for PC running ARM-processors).
• Expectedly, an office suite that will integrate with popular social networking sites such as, Facebook, Flickr, Hotmail and SkyDrive.
• You can also say that the software company is preparing an online platform of third party programs Office Marketplace.
• In the Office 15 version abolished Starter Edition, which in practice was not very popular among the users. Instead of this edition, it was decided to distribute 60-day "trial" version of the normal set of Microsoft Office.
Programs included in Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft InfoPath
• Microsoft Lync
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Publisher
• Microsoft SkyDrive Pro
• Microsoft Visio Viewer
• Microsoft Word
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• Office Tools
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Testimony Of Mrs. John F. Kennedy
The President's Commission met, at 4:20 p.m., on Friday, June 5, 1964, at 3017 N Street NW, Washington, D.C. Present was Chief Justice Earl Warren, Chairman. Also present were J. Lee Rankin, general counsel; and Robert F. Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States.
The CHAIRMAN. The Commission will be in order.
Mrs. Kennedy, the Commission would just like to have you say in your own words, in your own way, what happened at the time of the assassination of the President. Mr. Rankin will ask you a few questions, just from the time you left the airport until the time you started for the hospital. And we want it to be brief. We want it to be in your own words and want you to say anything that you feel is appropriate to that occasion.
Would you be sworn, please, Mrs. Kennedy?
Do you solemnly swear that the testimony you give before the Commission will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Mrs. KENNEDY. I do.
The CHAIRMAN. Would you be seated.
Mr. RANKIN. State your name for the record.
Mrs. KENNEDY. Jacqueline Kennedy.
Mr. RANKIN. And you are the widow of the former President Kennedy?
Mrs. KENNEDY. That is right.
Mr. RANKIN. You live here in Washington?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you go back to the time that you came to Love Field on November 22 and describe what happened there after you landed in the plane?
Mrs. KENNEDY. We got off the plane. The then Vice President and Mrs. Johnson were there. They gave us flowers. And then the car was waiting, but there was a big crowd there, all yelling, with banners and everything. And we went to shake hands with them. It was a very hot day. And you went all along a long line. I tried to stay close to my husband and lots of times you get pushed away, you know, people leaning over and pulling your hand. They were very friendly.
And, finally, I don't know how we got back to the car. I think Congressman Thomas somehow was helping me. There was lots of confusion.
Mr. RANKIN. Then you did get into the car. And you sat on the left side of the car, did you, and your husband on your right?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And was Mrs. Connally----
Mrs. KENNEDY. In front of me.
Mr. RANKIN. And Governor Connally to your right in the jump seat?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And Mrs. Connally was in the jump seat?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And then did you start off on the parade route?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And were there many people along the route that you waved to?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes. It was rather scattered going in. Once there was a crowd of people with a sign saying something like "President Kennedy, please get out and shake our hands, our neighbors said you wouldn't."
Mr. RANKIN. Did you?
Mrs. KENNEDY. And he stopped and got out. That was, you know, like a little suburb and there were not many crowds. But then the crowds got bigger as you went in.
Mr. RANKIN. As you got into the main street of Dallas were there very large crowds on all the streets?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. And you waved to them and proceeded down the street with the motorcade?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes. And in the motorcade, you know, I usually would be waving mostly to the left side and he was waving mostly to the right, which is one reason you are not looking at each other very much. And it was terribly hot. Just blinding all of us.
Mr. RANKIN. Now, do you remember as you turned off of the main street onto Houston Street?
Mrs. KENNEDY. I don't know the name of the street.
Mr. RANKIN. That is that one block before you get to the Depository Building.
Mrs. KENNEDY. Well, I remember whenever it was, Mrs. Connally said, "We will soon be there." We could see a tunnel in front of us. Everything was really slow then. And I remember thinking it would be so cool under that tunnel.
Mr. RANKIN. And then do you remember as you turned off of Houston onto Elm right by the Depository Building?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Well, I don't know the names of the streets, but I suppose right by the Depository is what you are talking about?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes; that is the street that sort of curves as you go down under the underpass.
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes; well, that is when she said to President Kennedy, "You certainly can't say that the people of Dallas haven't given you a nice welcome.
Mr. RANKIN. What did he say?
Mrs. KENNEDY. I think he said-I don't know if I remember it or I have read it, "No, you certainly can't," or something. And you know then the car was very slow and there weren't very many people around.
And then--do you want me to tell you what happened?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes; if you would, please.
Mrs. KENNEDY. You know, there is always noise in a motorcade and there are always motorcycles, besides us, a lot of them backfiring. So I was looking to the left. I guess there was a noise, but it didn't seem like any different noise really because there is so much noise, motorcycles and things. But then suddenly Governor Connally was yelling, "Oh, no, no, no."
Mr. RANKIN. Did he turn toward you?
Mrs. KENNEDY. No; I was looking this way, to the left, and I heard these terrible noises. You know. And my husband never made any sound. So I turned to the right. And all I remember is seeing my husband, he had this sort of quizzical look on his face, and his hand was up, it must have been his left hand. And just as I turned and looked at him, I could see a piece of his skull and I remember it was flesh colored. I remember thinking he just looked as if he had a slight headache. And I just remember seeing that. No blood or anything.
And then he sort of did this [indicating], put his hand to his forehead and fell in my lap.
And then I just remember falling on him and saying, "Oh, no, no, no," I mean, "Oh, my God, they have shot my husband." And "I love you, Jack," I remember I was shouting. And just being down in the car with his head in my lap. And it just seemed an eternity.
You know, then, there were pictures later on of me climbing out the back. But I don't remember that at all.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you remember Mr. Hill coming to try to help on the car?
Mrs. KENNEDY. I don't remember anything. I was just down like that. And finally I remember a voice behind me, or something, and then I remember the people in the front seat, or somebody, finally knew something was wrong, and a voice yelling, which must have been Mr. Hill, "Get to the hospital,"or maybe it was Mr. Kellerman, in the front seat. But someone yelling. I was just down and holding him.
[Reference to wounds deleted.]
Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any recollection of whether there were one or more shots?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Well, there must have been two because the one that made me turn around was Governor Connally yelling. And it used to confuse me because first I remembered there were three and I used to think my husband didn't make any sound when he was shot. And Governor Connally screamed. And then I read the other day that it was the same shot that hit them both. But I used to think if I only had been looking to the right I would have seen the first shot hit him, then I could have pulled him down, and then the second shot would not have hit him. But I heard Governor Connally yelling and that made me turn around, and as I turned to the right my husband was doing this [indicating with hand at neck]. He was receiving a bullet. And those are the only two I remember.
And I read there was a third shot. But I don't know. Just those two.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you have any recollection generally of the speed that you were going, not any precise amount.
Mrs. KENNEDY. We were really slowing turning the corner. And there were very few people.
Mr. RANKIN. And did you stop at any time after the shots, or proceed about the same way?
Mrs. KENNEDY. I don't know, because--I don't think we stopped. But there was such confusion. And I was down in the car and everyone was yelling to get to the hospital and you could hear them on the radio, and then suddenly I remember a sensation of enormous speed, which must have been when we took off.
Mr. RANKIN. And then from there you proceeded as rapidly as possible to the hospital, is that right?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
Mr. RANKIN. Do you recall anyone saying anything else during the time of the shooting?
Mrs. KENNEDY. No; there weren't any words. There was just Governor Connally's. And then I suppose Mrs. Connally was sort of crying and covering her husband. But I don't remember any words.
And there was a big windshield between--you know--I think. Isn't there?
Mr. RANKIN. Between the seats.
Mrs. KENNEDY. So you know, those poor men in the front, you couldn't hear them.
Mr. RANKIN. Can you think of anything more?
The CHAIRMAN. No; I think not. I think that is the story and that is what we came for.
We thank you very much, Mrs. Kennedy.
Mr. RANKIN. I would just like to ask if you recall Special Agent Kellerman saying anything to you as you came down the street after you turned that corner that you referred to.
Mrs. KENNEDY. You mean before the shots?
Mr. RANKIN. Yes.
Mrs. KENNEDY. Well, I don't, because you know, it is very hard for them to talk. But I do not remember, just as I don't recall climbing out on the back of the car.
Mr. RANKIN. Yes. You have told us what you remember about the entire period as far as you can recall, have you?
Mrs. KENNEDY. Yes.
The CHAIRMAN. Thank you very much, Mrs. Kennedy.
(Whereupon, at 4:30 p.m., the President's Commission recessed.)


text: Space | 08. March 2012 | posted by Rolf Hempel Looking for tracks on the Moon As a lunar observer, I am repeatedly asked whether the tracks of the six Apollo missions can be seen through a telescope. After all, the descent stages of the lunar modules, three lunar rovers and a lot of scientific equipment were left behind there. Unfortunately, this is impossible even with the largest ground-based telescopes. But on the Internet, it is possible for everyone to go out and explore. The unmanned US Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has been orbiting the Moon since June 2009. One of the goals of this mission was to identify suitable landing sites for future missions to the Moon. For this reason, the LRO has been photographing the lunar surface in unprecedented detail from an altitude of just 50 kilometres. The LROC Science Operations Center at Arizona State University is making the images available to the public via an interactive map of the entire lunar surface. Starting from the view of the entire Moon, you can zoom in to any location in the lunar landscape as closely as the resolution of the LRO images permits. So, exciting journeys of discovery through lunar mountains, craters and rilles is now possible. The six landing sites of the Apollo lunar modules are not just particularly appealing to space travel enthusiasts. Scientists also wanted to see survey images from lunar orbit to accurately determine the locations of soil samples and experiments from the Apollo missions. For the most detailed images, NASA briefly lowered LRO's orbit to 20 kilometres above the lunar surface in August 2011. The images acquired actually show the astronauts' tracks; not every individual footprint, but the trails the astronauts made on the surface and the ruts left by the lunar rovers. The descent stages of the lunar modules, the rovers and scientific equipment show up especially clearly. So the only question remaining is how the evidence for human activity is found amongst the numerous small craters and other natural surface details, and there are several ways to do this: 'Experts' will try to use known surface features to pick out the landing sites using their own initiative. With Apollo 15, this might be the sharp bend in Hadley Rille at the foot of the Apennine Mountains. The landing site cannot be far from this - after all, the astronauts drove to the rim of the rille while they were there. And, after looking at the image at the highest zoom level, you will find unusual tracks that do not match the Moon's natural surface. Once you find the site, you will know. To make searching for the sites easier, I pinpointed all of the Apollo landing sites on a lunar panorama I created with images acquired with my telescope on 16 September 2011. On that day, all the landing sites were on the illuminated side of the Moon. Moon on 16/09/11 at 05:17 CET. All the Apollo landing sites are marked. Download: high resolution version with marked locations with marked locations. Credit: Rolf Hempel (CC-BY 3.0). I had often intensely studied the region around the Hadley Rille in my telescope at a magnification of over 300x. When I 'plunged' into the LRO database to look for the landing site and finally found traces left behind by the astronauts, I realised how incredibly small it all is in comparison to what you usually see through a telescope. So it is no wonder that searching from Earth at even the highest resolution remains fruitless. There is a shortcut for people who do not want to spend a long time searching; the "Quick map site listing" gives a link marked with [QMAP] for each of the Apollo landing sites, which accurately zooms into the desired location on the LRO map at the highest resolution. The exact location is quickly found if you use the mouse to drag the image from side to side. On the other hand, by zooming out you can quickly see the surroundings of that site. But the feeling of success is much greater when, after searching for a while, you finally find a landing site on your own. Besides Apollo 15, the easiest to find is Apollo 16, situated between the small but conspicuous North Ray and South Ray craters, and Apollo 17 in the Valley of Taurus-Littrow. The easily visible tracks of the lunar rovers, which were only taken along on these last three missions (J-type) and the striking topography of the landing sites make the task easier. After these preparatory exercises you can try your hand at the more difficult earlier missions. Good luck!