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Prospect Park is located in east central Minneapolis. The neighborhood borders the City of Saint Paul on the eastern side and the University of Minnesota to the west. It is bound on the south by the Mississippi River and on the north by the railroad tracks and the SE industrial area. The neighborhood was platted as the Prospect Park subdivision in 1885 by developer Louis Menage. In the late 19th century, Prospect Park was a Minneapolis suburb connected to the city by a streetcar line. The neighborhood's steep hills, curving streets, and the Witch's Hat water tower all give it a strong sense of place. Nearby shopping, recreation, and frequent community events add to the urban-village community feel of Prospect Park.
The Witch's Hat, a water tower built in 1913, is the symbol of the neighborhood
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Huawei's latest entry to the budget smartphone market is the Ascend Y300. It could be yours for just £69 on pay-as-you-go with a top up. See also Group test: What's the best smartphone?
The Huawei Ascend Y300 is certainly not an ugly smartphone but it's definitely a no frills approach. This oblong block of black plastic and glass looks like the text book definition of a basic smartphone. Take a look at: What's the best Android phone you can buy in 2013?
Build quality is good and although there's a removable rear cover which is made of thin bendy plastic but we didn't really expect any more.
The Ascend Y300 is the first budget smartphone we've reviews running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on a dual-core processor.
Benchmark results were average for this kind of handset but importantly we didn't experience the kind of annoying and persistent lag which makes budget devices so unattractive. Of course, it's not a flawless and silky smooth performance but it's good enough.
The combination of a reasonably good 4in display and a 5Mp rear facing camera means the Y300 is punching above its weigh in key areas.
The VGA front camera and 2GB of available internal storage aren't so impressive. There's a microSD card slot but you can't store apps here since the device is running Jelly Bean.
Speaking of Jelly Bean, we like Huawei's Emotion user interface which is highly customisable with multiple lockscreens, themes, profiles and even screen transitions to choose from.
We're not so keen on the lack of an app menu though; instead apps are all placed on the homescreen panels just like the iPhone.
Battery life is a plus point with a possible two days with medium to light use.
The Huawei Ascend Y300 is a no frills smartphone with little to get excited about. However, it does the basics well on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean with great battery life at an incredibly low price point.
It's one of the best budget smartphone choices around so we give it four stars and a recommended award.


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This adventure offers up an intriguing combination of beauty and contrasts in scenery, wildlife, and cultures, whether you're scanning the canopy for wildlife from the comfort of our intimate and exclusive G Lodge Amazon or climbing the ancient trail of the Incas to Machu Picchu, situated in the heavens of the Americas. Because we run our own treks, we can ensure the fair treatment of our porters and the quality of food and equipment which leaves you free to enjoy the beauty of the region.
Arrive at any time.
Arrive in Lima at any time. There are no planned activities so check into the hotel and enjoy the city. There is a welcome meeting in the evening.
Hop on a flight to Cusco. Enjoy a free day of shopping and exploring the city. Choose to pre-book the Cusco Cooking Class. Opt for a city tour.
Take a transfer to the airport for the flight to Cusco. Spend the rest of the day relaxing and exploring this fascinating city, and getting used to the altitude.
Enjoy a full-day guided tour of the Sacred Valley. Stop at the G Adventures-supported women's weaving co-op before visiting a local pottery making community. Break for lunch at the G Adventures-supported Parwa community restaurant in Huchuy Qosco. After lunch, opt to head out on a hike to the Ollantaytambo storehouses and look out over the ruins. Or, wander around the cobblestone streets and visit a local Chicheria (corn beer bar).
Depart Ollantaytambo by van to km 82 where the Inca Trail begins. Ease into the adventure with a straightforward day of hiking the meandering streams, stunning Andean scenery, and ancient Incan ruins.
Trek through beautiful scenery, with a variety of flora that changes with the seasons, passing several smaller ruin sites like Llactapata.
Start early to climb the long steep path to Warmiwañusca, better known as Dead Woman's Pass. This is the highest point of the trek at 4,198m (13,769 ft). Most hikers reach camp by early afternoon, with ample time to rest and relax.
Cross two more passes and ruins on today's trek. The first pass is Runquraqay at 3,950m (13,113 ft) where, on a clear day, hikers can catch a glimpse of the snow-capped Cordillera Vilcabamba. Hike through the cloud forest on a gentle climb to the second pass of the day, walking through original Incan constructions. The highest point of the pass is 3,700m (12,136 ft). On a clear day, enjoy the spectacular views of the Urubamba Valley.
At 3,650m (11,972 ft), reach the ruins of Phuyupatamarca, the "town above the clouds." Camp here or go another 1.5 hrs to the Wiñay Wayna ruins ("forever young") located at 2,650m (8,694 ft).
The final day of the hike starts pre-dawn to reach the Sun Gate before sunrise. Catch the first views of the breathtaking ruins of Machu Picchu on a clear day. Hike down for a guided tour of the site and enjoy free time to explore until noon as permitted by the tourist ticket. Opt to visit the Inca Bridge, if time allows.
Catch the bus to Aguas Calientes to meet any non-hiking members of your group. Eat and relax before your train back to Cusco in the afternoon.
Continue to explore Cusco on a free day in the city.
Fly to Puerto Maldonado and continue by motorized boat to the comfortable and intimate G Lodge Amazon.
Fly to Puerto Maldonado, deep in the lowlands of the Amazon Jungle.
After a brief stop in town to store large luggage, drive to the pier and travel by covered motorized boat to the jungle lodge. En route, spot bird species typical of the river and forest edge. The Tambopata Rainforest area holds the world record for the most bird sightings in one area.
Local community members make up the majority of lodge staff, including multilingual naturalist guides. Take the opportunity to learn about the area's rich flora and fauna and locals' extensive use of medicinal plants and other forest plant resources through traditional techniques for building, fishing, and hunting.
Enjoy guided excursions led by expert naturalists to spot wildlife at nearby oxbow lakes and along jungle trails. Spend some time relaxing in a hammock, enjoying the local swimming hole, or visiting a nearby plantation. Go on a caiman-spotting cruise after dinner.
Head out early to catch the jungle at its wildest (and coolest). Walk slowly through the forest searching for wildlife before heading out on an oxbow lake by canoe. Search for anaconda, the elusive giant river otter, or black caiman. Even if you don't spot these shy creatures, there are plenty of other birds, interesting plants, and other animals about.
Fly back to Lima for an optional final dinner and night out.
Enjoy a delicious Amazonian breakfast before heading back to the airport by motorized boat and van. Fly to Lima and opt for a final night out for dinner or Pisco Sours.
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I just wanted to say thanks for an amazing trip. I recently completed the Inka Trail and spent some time in the jungles of Peru celebrating my 30th birthday. It was the most amazing vacation I've ever been on. The tour was amazingly organized, and the food on the trail far exceeded all of my expectations. Thank you for making my 30th memorable. I can't wait until I can book another G Adventure.Overall Rating
I was reviewing my pictures from our trip to Machu Picchu in June 2006 and reminding me of what a great trip it was. Percy our guide was great. His knowledge and dedication was tremendous. Everyone in our group of 10 was looked after wonderfully not only by Percy but by our porters and staff that was with us. I would not think there is a better company to travel with. I would have no problem in recommending G Adventures as the THE company to travel with. This information was passed onto our Travel Agent when she called to follow up on our trip. Your whole crew made the trip easy and a lot of fun. Thank you to all your staff for a great trip. You can be very proud as a Canadian company for the work you are going with the people we met on the trip and how you are trying to improve their lives.Overall Rating
Great experience of Peru in a short time. A beautiful country and the experience was one of the best of my life, made all the better by G Adventures.Overall Rating
I was quite happy with the trip. Hiking was good. Well taken care of and the Amazon was good as well. Always good food.Overall Rating
I loved how safe we felt the entire way through. Our guide made sure we got through the road blocks and turmoil that happened during the strikes while we were there. I heard some people on different tour groups couldn't make the trail because of the strikes, but our guide found a way! I also have to praise the chefs that were with us on the Inca Trail. The made sure my many allergies were taken care of and made me special dishes so I wouldn't have to resort to something less enjoyable. The entire trip Amazon as well as the Inca tour was more then I would have expected.Overall Rating
I had a great time on the tour. Everything was organized and handled professionally. Also the food on the Inca Trail was phenomenal. It´s unbelievable that the chef is able to create such great dishes with so little supplies! I don´t eat that well even when I´m at home!Overall Rating
The tour was very well organized and an incredible experience.Overall Rating
I thought the trip and entire tour was fabulous. I enjoyed all aspects of it, and thought things were well-thought out and organized.Overall Rating
Wonderful package - great mix of hiking in the mountains and exploring the rain forest.Overall Rating
Hi G Adventures Folks, We just got back after a wonderful and breath taking trip to the Andes and the Amazon(Peru) G Adventures you did an outstanding job, the tour was well organised and went like clock work. The guide we had for the Inca Trail, Richard Perez, outdid himself. Not only was he very courteous, but well informed, had a sense of humour and was very caring towards all of us. He spoke fluent English too. There were 11 of us on the tour and every one of us fell in love with his personality. He was so kind. The food on the trail was just fantastic, the cook and the porters did a great job as well. Being a vegeterian I did not have any issues. The amazon trip was intersting as well, and the guide pretty good. The lodge was very lovely. With so little the people were so generous, my husband Peter not only got wished on his birthday but even got to have a chocolate cake!! Outstanding work G Adventures... we will join you again...and will pass on your company name to friends and family!! Thank you!Overall Rating
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Begin Holy Week with A Holy Act
Dear Friend of IOCC,
God's mercy and our brokenness are themes intimately woven throughout the period of Great Lent. Even more importantly, though, they are present in our daily living. Sick and broken persons live among us often as unknown strangers. They may be the refugee family trying to rebuild a life after fleeing their homeland, a mother debilitated by disease with children desperate for food and medicine, or even the clerk at your local supermarket.
The words of the Lenten prayer, "Send but a drop of your mercy, O Christ, on this sick and broken person," are not just a personal plea, but extend to all those who are sick and broken. We beg for God's mercy for ourselves and for other hurting people. With but a "drop" of God's mercy we, and other hurting people, have the opportunity to be healed, healthy, whole, and holy.
As instruments of God's mercy you have brought new hope and healing to hurting and broken people like:
CLEO, who lost her home in Hurricane Katrina. Through IOCC's Volunteer in the Gulf Coast initiative, in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity, she will be moving into her new home this spring in Covington, LA. Teams of IOCC volunteers will continue traveling to the Gulf Coast through July to help others, like Cleo, get back on their feet by helping them construct a new home;
NIKO and his siblings who founded an "ecological" farm in Leondari, Greece to keep the old-world traditions of their ancestors alive. But last summer's wildfires devastated their organic stables and their open range pastures. IOCC has delivered over 700 tons of animal feed in Greece helping farmers like Niko maintain their farms and livelihoods;
HAFTUM, a young boy in Ethiopia lost his father to AIDS five years ago and his mother some two years later. He lives with his grandmother Kerose in Axum, Ethiopia, but she did not have enough money to support Haftum. Through start-up capital from IOCC, Kerose was able to purchase three sheep whose offspring can be raised and sold. "I am too old to meet the demands of starting a business but the sheep are more manageable," says Kerose;
MARIE CHAHINE, a school principal in Lebanon who, with IOCC's assistance, is endeavoring to rebuild her broken school and the fragile young students who attend it. IOCC is providing 206 public schools throughout Lebanon with computer labs and new furniture and laboratory supplies for science instruction. Chahine observes, "We used to be a traditional school with only theoretical instruction, but now we have equipment, labs, and technology that allow us to make education more practical."
Thank you for your past support. Your hand of compassion goes a long way to impact real people like Cleo, Niko, Haftum and Marie's students. Your Lenten gift will become healing for many of the sick and broken people at home and around the world.
I pray you have a blessed and fruitful Great Lent experiencing Christ's mercy in anticipation of His life-giving resurrection.
Yours in Christ,
Constantine M. Triantafilou
Executive Director
P.S. Let us all keep the "unknown strangers" in our thoughts and prayers this Lenten season.
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In a send-up of the Paranormal Activity movies, The Devil Inside, and other "found footage" movies, A HAUNTED HOUSE features young couple Malcolm (Marlon Wayans) and Kisha (Essence Atkins) who have just moved in to their dream house. As they settle in, they quickly find they're not alone. But it's not the house that's haunted, it's Malcolm's girlfriend who is possessed by a demon.
Malcolm hires everyone from a priest to modern day ghostbusters to rid her of this unwelcome intruder, determined not to let the evil spirit ruin his relationship... or, more importantly, his sex life.
Starring Marlon Wayans, Essence Atkins, Cedric The Entertainer, Nick Swardson
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She & Him | DS024 | Released: 04/04/10
Double Six Records are thrilled to release the sophomore album Volume Two by She & Him. With music and lyrics written by Zooey Deschanel (She) and produced by M. Ward (Him), Volume Two is the highly anticipated follow up to the duo's critically acclaimed debut, Volume One.
Volume Two makes good on Volume One's musical promise and then some. With eleven original tracks and two covers – "Ridin' In My Car" by NRBQ and Skeeter Davis' "Gonna Get Along Without You Now" – Volume Two is bigger, bolder and more beautiful than its predecessor; the vocal arrangements, courtesy of Zooey, are dynamic, and show our singing heroine expanding her range in gorgeous ways, while the string arrangements, courtesy of M.Ward, are perfectly placed musical moments. Remaining constant are M.Ward's reverb-tinged guitar lines, a signature sound in all of his recordings, and Zooey's incredible voice, sounding like a relic from the past and like nothing you've ever heard before.
She & Him created one of 2008's most memorable recordings in Volume One, an album packed full of endlessly brilliant, effortlessly charming pop songs. Upon release, the record was met with the deafening roar of praise, a testament to M.Ward's sun-soaked instrumentation and Zooey's incredible knack for writing pitch-perfect choruses. The duo assembled a live band to fill out their sound on the stage, and hit the road together for the first time, selling out shows from coast to coast. They performed on television shows from Elvis Costello's Spectacle to Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and dominated year-end lists. Following in the footsteps of duos like The Carpenters and Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood before them, She & Him very quickly established themselves amongst pop's finest two-piece collaborators.
Their work together also served to complement their individual talents. Indeed, the last year has been full of exciting endeavors for She and for Him: in addition to contributing vocals to Jenny Lewis' album, Acid Tongue, Zooey dazzled movie goers in this summer's hit film (500) Days of Summer (She & Him actually covered a pivotal song in the film – The Smiths' "Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want" – for the soundtrack), while M. Ward released his fifth lauded solo album, Hold Time, and collaborated with friends Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis and Jim James under the moniker Monsters of Folk. Yet, when the pockets of downtime appeared, Zooey and M.Ward jumped on them, working in studios in Los Angeles and Portland whenever they could to bring the newest batch of songs Zooey had written to fruition.
Described by Zooey as a "feel-good album," Volume Two is bolstered by rich harmonies, sweet-as-sugar melodies and Brill Building choruses. From sweeping opener "Thieves" and first single "In the Sun" (featuring guest vocals by Tilly and the Wall), to the tempo and mood shifts of "Home" and the vocals-only, hymn-like closer "If You Can't Sleep," Volume Two shimmers from start to finish.
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A local New York newspaper, the Journal News, has seen fit to publish an interactive map that shows the names and addresses of thousands of residents of Westchester and Rockland counties who have handgun permits. The article, in explaining the decision to publish the information, pointed to the school massacre in nearby Newtown, Conn., and the concerns of some residents about which of their neighbors might have firearms.
Ironically, the reporter who wrote the story identifying local gun owners himself "owns a Smith & Wesson 686 .357 Magnum and has had a residence permit in New York City," according to the newspaper. Presumably, the Journal News sees no problem employing this fellow notwithstanding his atavistic attraction to guns.
The story has received a significant amount of condemnation from readers (and others). They argue that the interactive map could make the gun owners a target, but also make clear to would-be robbers which homes do not contain a gun.
Both concerns are justified (as is concern over privacy), but the second seems the more salient of the two. Why tip off criminals as to which homes are the least dangerous to break into?
In my opinion, the newspaper was simply grandstanding in an attempt to generate publicity and show empathy. It is not alone among those who are leading the current gun control charge.


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Archive for Sunday, February 9, 2014
New wave of oil drilling disrupts Baldwin City, rural neighborhoods
February 9, 2014
Victoria Guerrero says she and her husband, Fernando, were stunned last February when they returned to Douglas County after Fernando's two-year military deployment to Germany.
The 10-acre plot of land southeast of Baldwin City they'd bought just before leaving and where they'd planned to build their dream home was now dotted with oil wells.
Four new oil wells, Victoria Guerrero said, plus an injection well for the disposal of drilling waste.
Although the Guerreros knew when they bought the land that someone else held a lease to the mineral rights, Victoria said there had been little or no drilling activity in that area for many years. And during the two years they were overseas while Fernando served his tour of duty, she said they never received any notice that the leaseholder intended to drill.
"They're supposed to, according to the KCC (the Kansas Corporation Commission), but we never got any notification of anything," Victoria said. "If they had, questions would have been raised then."
Now, she says, the land they bought for $65,000 has recently been appraised at less than half that amount, and no bank will give them a loan to build on it because there is no place to build that would meet the set-back requirements for building near a well.
The new oil boom in eastern Kansas
The Guerreros are not alone. In recent years, as new technologies like hydraulic fracturing and injection drilling have made it possible to get more oil out of formerly low-producing wells, landowners throughout parts of northeast Kansas have seen oil drillers coming onto their land with heavy trucks and drilling machinery, turning their once peaceful, rural homesteads into industrial-scale oil production meccas.
In Douglas County and some surrounding areas, one oil operator in particular is raising the ire of property owners: R.T. Enterprises Inc., based in Louisburg, whose owner, Lance Town, declined to be interviewed for this story.
In March 2013 alone, according to Kansas Corporation Commission records, R.T. Enterprises filed 52 notices of intent to drill in the single square-mile section southeast of Baldwin City where the Guerreros bought their land.
Victoria's mother, Sara Yardley, who lives on the land just south of the Guerreros' property, said she has been told that R.T. Enterprises plans to drill several wells on her property, including one in her front yard, another within a few feet of her water well and another inside her barn.
"You kind of feel like you don't own your property anymore," Yardley said.
Both Guerrero and Yardley say they are not opposed to oil drilling, or the use of fossil fuels generally. In fact, they say they enjoy the royalty checks they now get each month for the oil taken out of their property.
"I just don't want to have to deal with him," Guerrero said of Town. "The chances of us selling our land is zero percent now. I would like to get him off the property and get a different operator."
Complaints of over-drilling and lax regulation
The mineral rights in that square-mile section are covered by two leases, known as the Pearson and Finnerty leases, named after the landowners who originally sold the rights in the early 1900s.
Amy Adamson, who also owns property in that area, said the leases state that no wells may be drilled within 200 feet of an existing structure. But while she and the other landowners have always believed that meant structures that exist at the time of the drilling, they say R.T. Enterprises claims it means structures that existed in 1918 and 1919 when the leases were established — structures that no longer exist.
"When we built our house here in 2002, we assumed we would have good protection," Adamson said.
Adamson said the KCC has declined to get involved in those disputes, saying it's a civil matter between the oil operators and the landowners.
She also said the KCC has been allowing R.T. Enterprises to drill as many as one well for every 2.5 acres on the lease, four times more than the one per 10 acres spelled out in Kansas regulations. And for every four oil wells, she said, there is also an injection well for the disposal of salt water and other byproducts of the drilling process.
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State Sen. Tom Holland, D-Baldwin City, said he has heard numerous complaints about new drilling operations, including some from as far away as Miami County.
"There are drillers who have no intention at all to work with landowners," Holland said. "They're not playing nicely in the sandbox."
Holland recently introduced legislation that he says would give surface-right holders more protection when old leases are suddenly reactivated.
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"With these new technologies coming into play, you've got places where they've had wells in the past but they've been low producing or idle for several years," Holland said. "In the meantime, you have people who've bought homes out in the country, and it's a quality-of-life issue."
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Halloween is here and children are ready with their costumes ready to knock on all the neighborhood doors for their trick or treat. Most of the homes have either a pumpkin pie, soups and other interesting stuff brewing in their kitchens. Mine had a heart warming Pumpkin and Carrot soup. The weather outside is cold and windy with occasional showers. Thanks to the effect of the cyclone that has hit most places. I definitely needed something to cheer myself up and this soup really played its part well. I discovered this soup while in Australia and after six long years, found the recipe that matched the Aussie taste. This is definitely a keeper.
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Olive oil – 2 tbsp
Onion, finely chopped - 1
Garlic cloves, crushed - 6
Coriander powder – ½ tsp
Cumin powder – 1 tsp
Freshly grated nutmeg – ½ tsp
Ripe pumpkin, diced – 500 gms
Potato, diced – 250 gms
Carrot diced - 150
Chicken stock or vegetable stock – 1 litre
Cream – ½ cup
Celery pureed – ¼ cup or to taste
Salt and Pepper – to taste
Heat oil in a large saucepan over low heat, add onion, garlic and sauté until softened but not colored.
Add the masalas and cook until the raw smell disappears.
Add pumpkin, potato, carrot and stock and bring to the boil.
Turn heat to low, cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
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After a 10-minute flight, the sharp-edged SHEFEX II spacecraft landed safely west of Spitsbergen. DLR researchers launched the seven-ton and roughly 13-metre-long rocket and its payload from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway at 21:18 CEST on 22 June 2012. As it re-entered the atmosphere, SHEFEX withstood temperatures exceeding 2500 degrees Celsius and sent measurement data from more than 300 sensors to a ground station.
SHEFEX II and its launch vehicle still in the horizontal position; just before lift-off, the roof opens and the launch tower is raised to the vertical position.
DLR researcher Hannah Böhrk examines the porous thermal shield tiles, through which nitrogen flows during flight. The gas creates a film over the SHEFEX II craft and performs active cooling during re-entry.
A few days before the launch, DLR researchers assemble the various components of the SHEFEX II vehicle. The spacecraft is notable for its sharp-edged design.
After assembly, the SHEFEX II craft and its launch vehicle are transported to the launch pad. The antenna of the DLR radar system that was used to track the flight is visible in the background.
The SHEFEX II craft, its launch vehicle and the tower during a practise countdown.
Successful launch of DLR's SHEFEX II spacecraft
After a 10-minute flight, the sharp-edged SHEFEX II spacecraft landed safely west of Spitsbergen. Researchers from the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) launched the seven-ton and roughly 13-metre-long rocket and its payload from the Andøya Rocket Range in Norway at 21:18 CEST on 22 June 2012. As it re-entered the atmosphere, SHEFEX withstood temperatures exceeding 2500 degrees Celsius and sent measurement data from more than 300 sensors to a ground station. "The SHEFEX II flight takes us one step further in the road to developing a space vehicle built like a space capsule but offering the control and flight options of the Space Shuttle much more cost-effectively," says project manager Hendrik Weihs.
Knowledge of atmospheric re-entry
DLR has been working on the SHEFEX programme for 10 years, developing a technology in which a spacecraft can re-enter the atmosphere and land without suffering damage. SHEFEX is angular and sharp-edged; its structure consists of planar surfaces, which are easier to manufacture and are thus less expensive than the usual rounded shapes. The sharp edges are also aerodynamically advantageous. DLR researchers have developed various thermal protection systems to control the high temperatures that the edges are subjected to during re-entry.
The SHEFEX I spacecraft, launched on 27 October 2005, enabled researchers to collect data during flight for the first time. That flight lasted 20 seconds and the craft re-entered at a speed of Mach seven. SHEFEX II reached a speed of 11,000 kilometres per hour – roughly 11 times the speed of sound – as it re-entered the atmosphere. It reached an altitude of approximately 180 kilometres.
Six DLR institutes involved in the project
The SHEFEX project is a collaboration between six DLR institutes. The DLR Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology carried out numerous wind tunnel tests, computed the flow field at re-entry and equipped the rocket with sensors for measuring temperature, pressure and thermal stress. The DLR Institute for Structures and Design built the spacecraft and was responsible for designing and producing the ceramic thermal protection systems; in one of these systems, nitrogen flows through a porous tile, cooling the craft during re-entry. At the heart of the canard control system, developed by researchers at the DLR Institute of Flight Systems in Braunschweig, are control surfaces – the canards – on the front section of the research vehicle, which can be used to actively control the vehicle. The Institute of Materials Research manufactured the ceramic tiles and the Institute of Space Systems developed a navigation platform for determining the location of the spacecraft during the flight. DLR's MoRaBa mobile rocket base operated the two-stage launch vehicle, controlled the spacecraft and received the data sent by SHEFEX during the flight.
On the way to developing a space plane
A salvage ship and an aircraft are on their way to the landing site to retrieve the spacecraft. If the recovery is successful, researchers will receive a large amount of additional data. "The flight of SHEFEX II is a step towards developing a spacecraft that withstands higher temperatures while travelling faster and for a longer duration," says Weihs. More than 300 sensors measured temperature and pressure, among other things, during the flight. "We have a wealth of data, which will be used for years to come." SHEFEX III could be launched in 2016; it will be more like a space plane and will fly through the atmosphere for about 15 minutes. The objective of this research is to allow for experiments in microgravity that last for a number of days and then return to Earth.
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Each learning outline in Come, Follow Me focuses on questions that youth may have and doctrine that can help them find answers to those questions. Learning outlines are not meant to prescribe what you will say and do as you teach. They are designed to help you learn the doctrine for yourself and prepare to engage the youth in powerful learning experiences. Tailor these experiences to their interests and needs. Consider ways you can inspire them to act for themselves in seeking, finding, and sharing answers to their own gospel questions.
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For 2009 the West Seattle Blog yet again will be helping us gather suggestions for the movie series. Suggestions will be posted on this blog.
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So far we have some suggestions in the forum post where I launched this - will be posting on the home page before too long too. Here's the forum thread.ReplyDelete
I play in a local kids music band called The Board of Education. We have a five minute animated music video (about a lonely tomato) that would be a great family-friendly short to show in front of a feature.ReplyDelete
Contact me at 206-818-2546, if interested, and I can send a DVD.
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Please - family friendly so we can ALL enjoy them (at least a few!)
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I was washing my dishes that night, so I started by rinsing stuff out and putting them on the cupboard by the sink. I always put the glasses and mugs first to be washed, followed by plates, bowls, silverware, etc...
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New Mexico in the Spotlight—Gov. Bill Richardson announced last week that the State Investment Council would be pumping $9.2 million into two features film projects set to shoot in New Mexico in the coming months. A Night in Old Mexico is the story of an aging cowboy who takes his teenage grandson for an adventurous night in Old Mexico. The film will star Academy Award winner Robert Duval and will be directed by Taos resident/actor Dennis Hopper. The Experiment, meanwhile, is described as a teen horror movie that spoofs reality TV shows. The first film is budgeted at just under $12 million, $7.5 million of which will be provided by the state in the form of an interest-free loan. The second will be funded entirely by a $1.7 million loan. These are the fourth and fifth films to be financed by the State Investment Council. Both films are expected to begin shooting over the summer.
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The first film produced under the auspices of indie film chain Madstone Theaters, Rhinoceros Eyes is an appealingly offbeat genre-buster that effectively commingles the last 10 years of independent film into one quirky package. With this low-key drama/comedy/fantasy/horror film, first-time Canadian writer/director Aaron Woodley has crafted a loving ode to outsiders that owes as much to Hollywood fantasist Tim Burton as it does to faux-Slavic animators The Brothers Quay.
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The MadCat Film Festival is a highly acclaimed international festival that exhibits independent and experimental films and videos from around the world. Nothing too unusual there. The thing that sets MadCat apart, however, is that all the filmmakers involved are women. For seven years, the Bay Area-based, female-focussed festival has been searching out inventive and original voices. The festival screens throughout the month of September at an assortment of San Francisco and Berkeley venues. The following winter and spring, the festival goes on tour, touching down at more than 20 museums, art houses, universities and microcinemas around the country.
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Taos Film Festival of the Arts takes a shot in the dark
When the Taos Film Festival of the Arts debuts this Friday, May 7, in northern New Mexico, it will be the third film festival in the last two months to try and fill the gap left by the late, lamented Taos Talking Picture Film Festival. Following the Taos Picture Show and the Taos Vision Quest International Film Festival, both of which debuted last month, the Taos Film Festival of the Arts will host an ambitious 10-day, multi-venue screening of some 40 films. The films will all be screened digitally, and the screenings will take place at a mix of traditional and unusual venues—from auditoriums to theaters to galleries to public parks.
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Have you ever had a friend announce that he or she was moving away to Seattle or someplace and find yourself blowing them off before they leave under some kind of misguided personal protection policy? Ah, she's a short-timer—I've got more important people to hang around with. If she's gonna run off and join all those flannel-wearing hipsters, why should I waste my time on her? Hey, I've got other pals—pals who are sticking around! Perhaps that's why I haven't paid very much attention to "Friends" for the last couple seasons. Perhaps I feel abandoned. Or perhaps the show just hasn't been all that funny for a couple seasons.
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30 Days Until I'm Famous (VH1 7 p.m.) In this made-for-TV flick, a record company exec (Sean Patrick Flanery) bets he can turn a random plain Jane (Camille Guary, "American Family") into a pop sensation in just 30 days. The network calls it a musical romantic comedy; I think of it as a frightening true-life story.
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While high school graduations took place at least two months ago, the Warwick Beacon finally caught up with the top 10 students from the graduating class of 2012 at Warwick Veterans Memorial High School. This year, 215 students earned their diplomas from Vets.
Upon first glance at the list of seniors who rank in the top 10, you'll notice something quite interesting – all of them are female. Whether they have decided on a major or not, one thing is for sure – these intellectual ladies will be heading off to colleges throughout the country with an eagerness not only to continue their education after enjoying the summer, but begin their lives as adults.
In the words of class valedictorian Kristen Hyle, they have "a whole new array of opportunities" ahead of them, as well as the chance to "create a foundation for a successful future."
Kristen Hyle
Hyle, class valedictorian, will attend Suffolk University with a merit scholarship in the Honors Program. While she is yet to decide on a major, she fondly remembers her days at Vets, especially during spirit weeks and school dances. She also enjoyed participating on the Executive Committee, as well as the gymnastics team, which she served as captain from 10th through 12th grade. Her favorite classes were English HAT courses because while they were challenging, they also gave her the opportunity to be creative and have fun at the same time. She volunteered at Cornerstone Adult Services and interacted with Alzheimer's patients on a weekly basis throughout her entire high school career. Among her long list of accomplishments, Hyle was a member of the National, Rhode Island and Spanish Honor Societies.
Rebecca Hurd
Reminding her classmates to "never miss the moment," salutatorian Hurd plans to major in theater and minor in film at Elon University in North Carolina. With that said, it should be no surprise that Hurd said she will forever cherish the memories she has for taking part in theatrical productions with Bishop Hendricken students. One of her most proud moments was when she wrote and directed a play that was performed at Hendricken's New Artist Play Festival. In addition to being on the National, Rhode Island, and Spanish Honor Societies, Hurd played varsity tennis for three years, and served on Executive Committee all four years of high school.
Jordyn Payne
Payne said she enjoyed "dressing up for school while everyone else dressed down." She spent her senior year at the Community College of Rhode Island working on a Liberal Arts degree as part of the dual enrollment program. Additionally, she enrolled in the young artists program at the Rhode Island School of Design and will soon be interning for Style Week Northeast. Looking back on her days at Vets, she said she loved being in both concert and jazz band, earning superior medals in solo and ensemble flute, and playing field hockey. She said, "The desire to make something great of myself and to always challenge myself at whatever I do," motivates her to excel. She hopes to attend New York University.
Calandra Sahagian
A member of the 2012 Executive Committee, as well as the National and Spanish Honor Societies, Sahagian will attend the University of Rhode Island. Though she is yet to declare a major, she said a "desire for a successful future" encourages her to work hard and pursue her goals. Her favorite quote is a saying by the late Bob Marley, "Live the life you love; love the life you live." She said she would remember her Friday night crew, the "Buffet Bandits," and her "British Badminton Sister," who also appears on this list.
Stefanie Abbott
Abbott, who is ready to head to Hofstra University in Long Island, N.Y., will be "majoring in biology with a pre-med track in hopes of becoming a doctor," she said. "I'd like to be an orthopedic surgeon and I'm really excited to meet new people – all different kinds of people. I can't wait." During high school, she was a member of the math league, varsity goalie for the field hockey team, the class treasurer, a co-president for Academic Decathlon, as well as a co-president of the school band. This summer, she's been working as a camp councilor at an overnight camp, URJ Eisner and Crane Lake Camps, which is in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts. She also recently won the 2011-2012 Discus Award, a national recognition award honoring the most well rounded high school students in the country.
Brianna Butler
Butler credits her success and enjoyment of high school to her teachers and classmates, and said her family motivated her to shine. Also, she was a Girl Scout, member of the concert band and captain of the tennis team during her high school years. Like many of the other women on this list, Butler is a member of the Rhode Island, National, and Spanish Honor Societies. She plans to attend Rhode Island College to major in nursing. In the yearbook, she quoted the late John F. Kennedy, "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
Megan Merlino
Merlino plans to go to the University of South Carolina and is undecided as far as a major is concerned. For her, the "typical high school moments" will always stand out in her mind, such as football games, dances and spending time with her friends. "I have learned so much about life and myself and have directly been shaped by my years in high school. My four years at WVMHS are unforgettable." While there, she was a member of the National and Spanish Honor Societies, and earned an Excellence in Spanish Award. Merlino also took part in the Executive Committee, as well as the tennis and indoor track and field teams.
Julie Grant
"My parents always pushed me, however, what made me truly excel was the drive they instilled, which makes me want to achieve success on my own, and I thank them for that," said Grant, who was a member of the Leadership Academy, the National Honor Society and the tennis team. Additionally, Grant earned the Girl Scout Silver Award, and second place in the 2011-2012 DECA States, an organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. She will head to Salve Regina in Newport to study Business Marketing and Global Business, as well as Economics.
Emma Hindinger
Hindinger was on Executive Committee for all four years of high school, played electric bass guitar in jazz band, as well as concert band, was a member of the girls' ice hockey team, for which she served as assistant captain her junior and senior year, and the soccer team, for which she was captain her senior year. Further, she received the Rensselaer Medal Award, the Mathematical Society Award and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Band award. She earned the Sportsmanship Award in soccer from the Rhode Island Coaches Association, and was also on the National, Rhode Island, and Spanish Honor Societies. Hindinger will be studying engineering at the University of Rhode Island and has been working as a park ranger at Scarborough State Beach this summer.
Brianna Barlow
Barlow is eager to study English and Secondary Education at Rhode Island College this year. During most of high school, Barlow showed exceptional courage and dedication to earn her diploma, as she has a 2-year-old son, Braydon, who will celebrate his third birthday in November. This summer, Barlow and Braydon have been enjoying time together while playing outside or relaxing at the beach. She will always remember her "British Badminton Sister" from gym class. "It was just a name we went by," she said with a laugh.
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Many large cities used to be two newspaper towns, one that arrived in the morning, and the other that came in the afternoon. Asheville was no different, and while my family subscribed to the morning Citizen, my grandfather took it and the afternoon Times.
Many large cities used to be two newspaper towns, one that arrived in the morning, and the other that came in the afternoon. Asheville was no different, and while my family subscribed to the morning Citizen, my grandfather took it and the afternoon Times.
My earliest memory of a newspaper involves calling my grandfather and asking him to look in the Times for the score of the Atlanta Braves game when they played on the West Coast. This was before cable television came to Bryson City, where I grew up, so that afternoon newspaper provided my only way to find out if the Braves beat the Dodgers, Giants or Padres on their California road trips.
The sports section probably first drew me into the newspaper. Then I read the comics. As I grew older, I gained more of an interest in other sections, including the news. Many readers turn first to the obituaries to learn if anyone they know has died.
That's one of the great things about newspapers: They aim to appeal to a wide variety of interests. Not everyone will read every section or every article, but something in each edition should draw a reader's attention.
I'm always glad to hear when someone mentions a newspaper in conversation or applies it in a teaching situation. The literature we use at my church for middle school Sunday school, which I help teach, often includes activities in which the teens are asked to look through newspapers for certain types of actions or attitudes.
Another example occurred this week at the Bernard H. Thomas Leadership Academy. Chief photographer Donnie Roberts captured a shot that showed an instructor with Saturday's edition of The Dispatch in hand. He was using some of the articles to teach the students about leadership.
Even after almost 25 years in the profession, I still receive a thrill when I see someone reading The Dispatch or buying a copy out of a newspaper rack. I enjoy seeing my Facebook friends post links to articles that have appeared on the-dispatch.com or our site devoted to prep sports, dcpreps.com. Some of our Twitter followers retweet our posts, too, or reference @lexdispatch.
A common refrain many of us in the profession hear involves a preference by readers, especially long-time ones, to read the stories in print. I remain a big supporter of the print edition, but I hope you also visit the-dispatch.com on a regular basis. If you're a Facebook fan, like The Dispatch of Lexington on that platform. Follow us on Twitter.
These different mediums allow us to reach our readers in a variety of ways. All of us may have one that we prefer, but at times the others may be more convenient.
I also appreciate when readers turn to us seeking answers. Sometimes their questions or comments can lead to stories. Other times we can find out answers and provide them directly, even if no story appears.
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One of our reporters who bring you that news is Sharon Myers. Sharon started here April 29, and I normally mention new employees in my column. But I failed to do that with Sharon until today.
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Usher hits the stage at the 2012 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (November 18) in Los Angeles.
The 33-year-old entertainer opened up the live broadcast with a mash-up of his hits "Numb," "Climax," and "Can't Stop Won't Stop."
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Usher was also presented with the award for Favorite Soul/R&B Male Artist by Once Upon A Time stars Ginnifer Goodwin and Jennifer Morrison.
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The track continues to build, then explodes into a great chorus with the addition of full drums, tambourine, and finger snaps. The song takes an unexpected turn into a slowly building bridge. After the tension is built, the song makes a seamless transition back into the lovely vibes of the chorus. This track will be sure to lift the spirits of anyone who views it. This uplifting/happy track will be sure to fill any of your corporate needs.
This slice of trendy ad music is perfect for a range of advertising needs including corporate, radio, tv jingle placement and shows the organic touch which connects companies to the people. "Ukulele Party" by "Factory of Music" will definitely help connect your audience with whatever your advertising.
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Belxjander wrote:This is already part of the trackdisk/scsi device driver specs from older OS versions... Can we reuse that for this USB functionality?
A trackdisk device level "eject" function would solve nothing as it would have the same effect as simply unplugging the USB storage device.
It's the file system which needs to be cleanly dismounted or inhibited if you want to be sure that it is in a sane state when the disk is removed.
The device driver doesn't necessarily know about file systems so it can't do this.


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Our sport-utility project bike, named Bettie, is being built. You can see Pam making a DIY cushion for Xtracycle's SnapDeck, the boxes for the FreeRadical, and Stokemonkey.
Bettie, is a Bike Hugger project to build a sport-utility bike. Learn more by browsing the project tag tag. What's a sport utility bike? It's a bike that fits the cycling lifestyle. Use it to haul, commute, for fun, and to meet your transportation needs.


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An astonishing place to visit, not only does this region have a lush, nearly tropical climate, rugged natural beauty and one of the most dynamic urban centers, it's also rich with wildlife, history and cultural attractions. The South Texas Plains will open your eyes, provoke thoughts,awaken your senses and possibly even make your taste buds scream for more.Read more
Here, you can walk in the footsteps of Spanish conquistadors and visit missions built for Franciscan monks. Then get an up-close and personal look at some of America's finest Spanish architecture like Goliad's graceful Mission Espiritu Santo or the Mission District of San Antonio. Oh, and if you don't remember the Alamo, you'll want to head to San Antonio pronto. Early Texan and American adventurers like Davy Crockett died defending this mission, sparking Texas independence and eventually ushering Texas into the United States.A Warm, Welcoming Community
Want to tee off the day after Christmas or go fishing in February – without cutting a hole in a frozen lake? The Rio Grande Valley attracts many visitors because of its mild winter weather. Yep, all kinds of outdoor fun is a green light year-round here. The beauty and hospitality of the Mexican culture is well known in cities like Eagle Pass, Laredo, Roma, Rio Grande City and McAllen.San Antonio
This incredibly diverse, rapidly-growing city has much more than the Alamo to brag about. The famous River Walk is a must-see, overflowing with shops, restaurants and late-night revelry. Just a few of the many family attractions here include SeaWorld San Antonio, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, the San Antonio Zoo and the San Antonio Children's Museum. This is also a city that values the arts. The McNay Art Museum, Mexican Cultural Institute and San Antonio Museum of Art are among the highlights.Birds and the Bees, Etc.
For nature lovers, the semi-tropical Rio Grande Valley is one of the best birding and butterfly-watching spots in North America. Several major migratory routes converge here, which is why this is the home of the World Birding Center. Of course, there's no shortage of scenic spots here to hike, camp, picnic or just relax and enjoy the natural world around you, like at Three Rivers and the Choke Canyon State Park. Choke Canyon's vast reservoir is one of the area's real havens for fishing and boating.


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I just recently returned from a two-week tour of Oz with the Krux team. Our crew was Silas Baxter Neal, Louie Barletta, Justin Strubing, Krux TM Ron Whaley and Filmer/Habitat TM Brennan Conroy. We also brought along our homey Marius Syvanen to get his first taste of the Australian way of life (jumping the fence at the Bondi Hotel after being denied entry by the bouncers granted him permanent citizenship). We traveled from Melbourne through Canberra to Sydney, sampling those finer aspects that make Australia top of the list on anyone's skate destination chart. These guys were spitting out tricks quicker than they could sip their VBs, so here's a little taster of what went down. Look for a full tour article in an upcoming issue of TransWorld along with an interview with Marius. Ron also has a little video on YouTube that you can check out below the slideshow, or check strangenotes.com.
Big thanks to my homies Lewis Marnell, Chris Middlebrook, Jevan Hollis, Ryan Wilson, Sam Winter, Chima Ferguson, Glenn Wignall and Su Young Choi who rolled with us and helped out along the way.—Dave Chami


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The inaugural Hilton Head Island Golf & Tennis Festival will make its debut Feb. 27 to March 2.
The festival will take place at a variety of venues on the island, including the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa, Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club and the Sea Pines Resort.
The Hilton Head Cup Pro-Am, set for Feb. 28 and March 1, will bring together PGA professionals from around the country for two days of competitive alternating play on Harbour Town and Heron Point golf courses at the Sea Pines Resort. Registration is limited to 24 teams, which will consist of one professional and three amateurs.
There will be opportunities for tennis enthusiasts to participate in instructional clinics and competitive play. An exhibition is being planned.
For registration information, go to www.hhigolfandtennisfestival.com or call 843-686-3355.
The festival is presented by the Junior Golf Foundation, a nonprofit organization benefiting scholarship opportunities for junior golf and tennis programs.
Bobcat tennis camps set for December, January
Bluffton High School will host holiday tennis day camps Dec. 26-27 and Jan. 2-3.
Players ages 5-17 will participate in drills and match play from 9-10:45 a.m. Racquets will be provided.
High school players will compete in match play from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
The camp will be led by Bluffton High coach Bob Brown and Beaufort High coach David Riedmayer. For more information, call 290-2833 or go to blufftontennis.org.
Golf results
• Results from the Men's Round Robin event held last weekend at Moss Creek Golf Club: Flight 1 - 1. Jake Jacobson, Jerry McGuinn, 2. Mike Croyle, Billy Apicelli. Flight 2 - 1. Stan Rainey, Jim Sokosky, 2. Russ Reynolds, Paul Kruzelock. Flight 3 - 1. Iue Cho, Ted Patnaude, 2. Tony Karnas, Paul Resetar. Flight 4 - 1. Doug Dahl, Ron Welpott, 2. Don Muller, Bo Pearson. Flight 5 - 1. Allan Rickenbach, Ron Cochran, 2. David Risk, John Lozan. Flight 6 - 1. Hal Bell, George Romeo, 2. David Smith, Gordon Kaiser. Flight 7 - 1. Fred Weigle, Bill Ritchie, 2. Rich Ulrich, Hank Hayman.
• Results from the Ladies Nine event held Thursday at Moss Creek: 1. (tie) E. Himes, J. Patnaude, G. Crispell; C. Park, M. Chenard, E. Birkett.
• Results from the Men's Day event held Nov. 12 at Moss Creek: Flight 1 - (tie) R. Reynolds, J. Layton, T. Andreas, F. Lombardi. Flight 2 - 1. B. Pearson, P. Hughes, 2. D. Bauman, I. Meeker. Flight 3 - 1. D. Earnhardt, E. Everett, 2. (tie) R. Deserrano, B. Mott, D. Watson, A. Dunlap.
• Results from the Men's Nine event held Nov. 11 at Moss Creek: 1. P. Fleming, R. Bish, 2. M. Goodall, J. Danneker.


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The New England Historic Genealogical Society puts out a weekly e-newsletter, and this very interesting item was in today's edition:
Weekly Genealogist reader Jacob Sievers of Somerville, Massachusetts, emailed me with a link to a remarkable collection of 220 illustrated family records that are part of the National Archives' Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land-Warrant Application files. Beginning last July, the National Archives began to contribute tens of thousands of files to Wikimedia Commons, and these images are among them. These family records were submitted as part of the documentation required for a veteran or a veteran's family member to receive a pension, and then became permanently attached to the veteran's file.
I was fascinated by the beauty and variety of these records. I saw illustrated family records, birth, baptismal, and memorial certificates — in English and German, hand-drawn and pre-printed. I looked at examples from Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. And I thought about the people whose names were listed so carefully on the certificates and I wondered if they understood when they mailed them away that they weren't going to be getting them back. Perhaps for years afterward people thought wistfully about the family papers they'd sent to Washington. But sending them to Washington also had the positive effect of preserving them and making them widely available today.
Here's one example (click to enlarge):
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By Christopher Morris | Yahoo Contributor Network –
Recent news stories have indicated that the technology to create driverless cars may soon be widely available. In an interview on Sky News, the racing driver Amanda Stretton and robotics specialist Emma Byrne stated that this innovation could have a profound influence on the future direction of traffic, and seemed broadly sympathetic to it.
I wish I could share their enthusiasm. Of course, the improvement of public transport – or indeed, the actual creation of a public transport system, considering the existing 'public transport' is all owned privately – would be an excellent thing, I am by no stretch of the imagination attached to the idea of cars as a concept or status symbol. But we should be extremely weary about creating a matrix-like control grid where all vehicles are tracked and everything drives itself.
Firstly, before going into the deeper issues, there must surely be questions over safety here. It's perfectly reasonable to argue that the existing road network is far from safe, and this is naturally completely correct. Thousands of people die on the roads every year, this cannot be contested. But everyone that currently applies for a driving licence and goes out onto the road knows these dangers, or would have to be incredibly ignorant not to be aware of them.
The potential for accidents to occur due to computer and mechanisation errors is completely different. We all accept driver error as an in-built risk of driving a vehicle. Would people really accept being put at risk due to errors by artificial intelligence? I'm quite sure that the people proposing this will argue that it's completely failsafe, no such errors can occur, and no accidents are possible. This is usual sort of rhetoric that we hear in these cases, and it always turns out to be baseless.
Perhaps a more important issue though is what this says about the future of our cities and transportation within them. I first encountered the concept of such a transport network in a series of videos by an organisation called 'Forum for the Future'. Their presentation, 'Megacities on the Move' depicted a future which I can only reasonably describe as dystopian and Orwellian. Within one of the videos, the female narrator cheerily talks of her commute, all controlled by computer, as being a case of "switch(ing) off her brain, and going to work". Not really the vision of a society that I'm overly keen on. There are already EU plans to greatly reduce the amount of traffic in city centres, though, and such technology would doubtless receive a bureaucratic thumbs up.
The increasing sophistication and increased usage of technology in our society is absolutely inevitable. However, we really need to remember what it is to be human when contemplating how we're going to utilise it, no matter how tempting certain concepts may seem.
Christopher Morris is a regular contributor to Yahoo on television, cinema, video games, technology and politics.
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"Stop the threat before it happens" is the motto of the Amtrak Police. The nose knows. But no nose knows like that of a highly trained dog. To top that, the Amtrak K-9 Unit has brought explosive detection to a new level of proficiency. Certain Amtrak dogs are able to pick out those planning to be suicide bombers, and the dogs do so without frisking anyone or impeding the flow of foot traffic.
Special teams of Amtrak "vapor wake" dogs sniff railways, terminals and stations to prevent a terrorist wearing or carrying a hidden bomb from vanishing into thin air. The vapor wake dog samples the plume of odor coming off the person and can also detect a lingering explosive scent after the suspect transits the area. Locking on like a laser beam, the dog follows the specific whiff to the source and then subtly cues his handler. To the dogs, this dangerous duty is all part of a big game of hide and seek. Their only reward, besides the devotion of their partners, is the chance to play with a favorite tennis ball or Kong tug.
Last week members of the Metropolitan Dog Club were invited to mingle with Amtrak's elite canine teams at Penn Station. We saw the wonderful rapport between dog and handler, learned about their training program and got a glimpse at the amazing work this new breed of canine cop does to ensure the safe and swift passage of millions of pedestrians through our busy rail system.
We watched conventional explosives dog, Leon, a Czech import German Shepherd, locate a planted back pack while vapor wake dogs, Zorro and Molly, both black Labs, found human decoys in the Penn rotunda. The dog teams train every day at rotating Amtrak locations and in ever-morphing scenarios to keep their skills fresh and adaptable. No one can predict where the next threat will come from. Amtrak's K-9 crew will be prepared.
Equally amazing, during the evening, not once did any Amtrak dog needle-nose the pepperoni or cheese on our aromatic antipasto tray. These super sniffers are only interested in doing their job. After years of experience, some like Leon, now seven, have evolved a sense of independence. While the guests were arriving, Leon automatically swept the room, checking everyone's purse without being told.
"Leon is Mr. Detail. You can't rush him," said Sgt. Karen Schrof, his handler, "I'm his chauffeur. I hold his toy. If he ever learns how to drive, I'll be out of work." She was only joking because it's the handler's ability to read change in her dog's behavior that makes this type of security so effective. Handlers learn to think and look "outside the box" to recognize what their dog is trying to tell them.
Few dispute man's best friend's olfactory sensibilities. Dogs have been known to detect nitroglycerin in the tens of parts per billion. "We smell the stew, whereas dogs discern each ingredient," stated Sgt. Robert Smith, Zorro's handler. He explained that Amtrak's canine candidates are bred and trained via Auburn University's Canine Detection Research Institute (CDRI) in Alabama. The puppies come from the finest sporting and detection dog blood lines. A strong hunting instinct is a desired trait.
Amiable sporting breeds like Labrador Retrievers blend easily in crowds and are less likely than pointy-eared breeds to intimidate travelers. Rex, a German Shorthaired Pointer is a vapor wake dog. He approaches the task with his breed's trademark enthusiasm and when still, sizes you up with a friendly but knowing gaze.
At 12 weeks of age, Auburn pups that show potential are sent to prison, where they are socialized, trained and loved 24/7 by inmates who continue to cultivate their toy drive. Prison is an ideal environment because the slippery floors simulate stations, and the pups get accustomed to the coming and goings of strangers. At a year old, the pups return to CDRI where their snozzes are fine-tuned to detect up to 20 explosives.
Standard training at the Auburn facility with their new handler lasts about ten weeks but vapor wake recruits stay several weeks longer. Next, the dogs are acclimated at their assigned location getting used to train rides, stairs and escalators. Did you know there are six different types of escalators at Penn Station?
Amtrak dogs live with their handlers while active and when retired. The bond between pooch and police officer transcends a working relationship. Amtrak K-9s get the best of care, even custom booties to protect their paws from rock salt. Sgt. Schrof, an EMT and Red Cross instructor teaches canine first-aid. She brought along her realistic Husky demo dog but has also designed a more graphic model of a dog with multiple wounds that spouts artificial blood to teach handlers canine triage and to desensitize them to their dog being wounded. "Our job is to go into harm's way so we must be ready to help our partners," remarked Sgt Schrof.
With years training and handling drug, bomb and mine detector dogs in the military, Paul Eldridge, U.S. Army retired, is the Amtrak canine trainer in NYC. He comes to Penn Station with a strong German Shepherd/Belgian Malinois background but now appreciates the expertise of the sporting dog sleuths too.
Amtrak K-9s are the first line of defense for America's railways. Trainer Eldridge believes whole heartedly in this comprehensive explosive detector dog program. These unassuming dogs can scan and clear the perimeter and interior of a huge area quickly without the public being inconvenienced or even realizing. "There is nothing out there that can match what they do," Eldridge declared, "Dogs are the best technology we have" – Are you listening, TSA Airport Security?
For Adoption at Babylon Town Shelter (631-643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon: "Honey" #94048 a gorgeous, purebred Siberian Husky came in as a thin, bedraggled stray in April. As shown here, she has become the BFF of a shelter staff member but still waits for a loving home. Hopefully an experienced Husky person will see this photo. This young male Min Pin mix #94401 came in as a stray too.
Cats: "Pristine" #20875- white goddess; "Mary Jane" #20842- gray tabby-both FeLV/FIV negative.
Male Dogs: Pekingese; "Diesel" #94232-Rottie found at the landfill; "Reggie" #94365- Cairn mix; "Fenster" #94330- Boxer mix.
Female Dogs: "Mae"-Pit pup discarded in a plastic bag and her playmate-"Mona Lisa".


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Kim Kardashian Covers 'Vogue' with Kanye West: 'Dream Come True'!
Kim Kardashian and Kanye West look like they're about ready for their wedding on the cover of Vogue magazine's April 2014 issue.
"This is such a dream come true!!! Thank you @VogueMagazine for this cover! O M GGGGGG!!! I can't even breath! 🙌🙏 " the 33-year-old reality star tweeted, including a link to the cover.
Kim and Kanye also brought along their adorable baby daughter North West for the shoot – she's featured in a video with mom and dad. North West is so cute!
There had been much talk about if Kim would ever cover Vogue magazine – I guess we have the answer now!
For more from Kim and Kanye, visit Vogue.com.
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This activity demonstrates Lenz's Law, which states that an induced electromotive force generates a current that induces a counter magnetic field that opposes the magnetic field generating the current. In the demonstration, an empty aluminum can... (View More) floats on water in a tray, such as a Petri dish. Students spin a magnet just inside the can without touching the can. The can begins to spin. Understanding what happens can be explained in steps: first, the twirling magnet creates an alternating magnetic field. Students can use a nearby compass to observe that the magnetic field is really changing. Second, the changing magnetic field permeates most things around it, including the aluminum can itself. A changing magnetic field will cause an electric current to flow when there is a closed loop of an electrically conducting material. Even though the aluminum can is not magnetic, it is metal and will conduct electricity. So the twirling magnet causes an electrical current to flow in the aluminum can. This is called an "induced current." Third, all electric currents create magnetic fields. So, in essence, the induced electrical current running through the can creates its very own magnetic field, making the aluminum can magnetic. This is activity four of "Exploring Magnetism." The guide includes science background information, student worksheets, glossary and related resources. (View Less)
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This is a lesson plan for an activity that explores time zone math. Learners will translate their local time to times in other zones around the world and work with the concept of Universal Time, specifically in reference to the reporting,... (View More) description and analysis of solar flares and coronal mass ejections. This is activity 10 from Exploring Magnetism Guide 3: Magnetic Mysteries of the Aurora educator guide. (View Less)
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This is a hands-on lab activity about the chemical composition and conductivity of water. Working in groups, learners will: conduct an experiment involving the process of electrolysis, prepare an experiment to better understand the process of ion... (View More) exchange, discuss and research the "softness" and "hardness" of water, and use the periodic table to identify elements and learn their characteristics. Background information, a glossary and more is included. Materials needed for each student group include a 9-volt battery, two electrodes (e.g. copper strips, or two #2 pencils sharpened at both ends), electrical wire and glass beakers or ceramic saucers. This activity is part of the Aquarius Hands-on Laboratory Activities. (View Less)
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