First-century Rome is a perilous city as Nero stalks the political circles and huddled groups of believers. To be safe, Christians must remain invisible.
Gallus Sergius Vitas is the only man within Nero's trusted circle willing to do what it takes to keep the empire together. He struggles to lessen Nero's monstrosities against the people of Rome—especially the Christians. But as three Greek letters are scrawled as graffiti throughout the city, Nero's anger grows.
As the early church begins to experience the turbulence Christ prophesied as the beginning of the last days, an enemy seeks to find John's letter, Revelation, and destroy it. Meanwhile the early Christians must decipher it and cling to the hope it provides as they face the greatest of all persecutions.
What an engaging story. This book begins progresses and ends with excitement and intrigue. The characters are believable and interesting. The world is real - vicious Romans, sword fights, corrupt governments, and a brutal effort to eradicate a religious sect known as Christianity. I enjoyed reading a Christian historical fiction novel written well. When will this series be finished?


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Pannekoek, Frits. "William McDougall". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 28 September 2015, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-mcdougall. Accessed 20 April 2019.
William McDougall, QC, lawyer, journalist, politician, lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory (born 25 January 1822 near York, Upper Canada; died 29 May 1905 in Ottawa, ON).
William McDougall, QC, lawyer, journalist, politician, lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory (born 25 January 1822 near York, Upper Canada; died 29 May 1905 in Ottawa, ON). McDougall was an early proponent of the Clear Grit movement and an advocate for westward expansion, responsible government and representation by population. He was present at all three Confederation conferences and was embroiled in the Red River Resistance.
William McDougall was born to Daniel McDougall and Hannah Matthews, descendants of United Empire Loyalists, and raised on a farm north of York, Upper Canada. At 15, he witnessed the burning of Montgomery's Tavern located near his home during the rebellion in Upper Canada on 7 December 1837. He entered the Upper Canada Academy in Cobourg three years later, which in 1841 became Victoria College. He took articles with Toronto lawyer James Hervey Price, a radical reformer, and began to practise as an attorney by 1847. He would eventually join the Bar in 1862 and become Queen's Counsel in 1881.
He was more interested, however, in journalism than the law. In 1847, he established the Canadian Farmer, an agricultural weekly that later morphed into the Canadian Agriculturalist. His political views were best expressed in the North American, a newspaper he founded in 1850 and which he sold to George Brown in 1855. At that point, he began to write for Brown's Globe (which later became The Globe and Mail).
McDougall's political views were shaped by and contributed to the Clear Grit movement, which dominated the anti-establishment party politics of Canada West during the 1850s. Clear Grits believed in simplifying the law, selling off Crown lands and putting an end to special privileges enjoyed by the Church of England and its institutions. McDougall also supported the introduction of a decimal currency, government-funded agricultural improvements, and appropriate spending on public works. Like many of his colleagues, he believed that government tended to corruption and sought honest, democratically elected institutions based on representation by population.
McDougall believed that if party discipline stood in the way of a "deal," he would ignore it, and his search for the right political opportunity earned him the title of "Wandering Willie." In 1854, he began to run for office, unsuccessfully, as a Reformer. Finally, in 1858, he was elected to Oxford North, George Brown's old riding. He served in various pre-Confederation coalitions of all stripes as a minister: as commissioner of Crown lands (1862–64), and as provincial secretary (1864). McDougall's belief in western expansion — which he considered critical to the survival of British Canada — saw Indigenous peoples as obstacles, namely due to their refusal to engage in agriculture on reserves. As commissioner of Crown lands, his department repossessed the majority of Manitoulin Island in 1862 — a First Nations refuge established in 1836 — because it was considered a hindrance to economic development and settlement. The island had been the centre of Aboriginal administration for what is now Northern Ontario and a place where First Nations communities from across the region were settled.
McDougall was a firm proponent of Confederation. He, like John A. Macdonald, dreamed of a transcontinental nation. He firmly believed that the only way out of the political impasse between Canada West and East, and the only way to prevent Canada from becoming irrelevant in North America, was a union of the British colonies and expansion westward. He attended all three Confederation conferences — Charlottetown, Québec and London — and believed that the best moment in his life was the Québec Conference of 1864. It was to him a noble moment, during which party lines were abandoned and the new vision of Canada created.
As minister of public works in Sir John A. Macdonald's government (1867), McDougall introduced the resolution that led to the government's purchase of Rupert's Land. He was also present in London to negotiate the acquisition of Rupert's Land in 1868, but he was sick most of the time and cantankerous the rest, leaving much of the work to Sir George-Étienne Cartier.
On 28 September 1869, McDougall was named lieutenant-governor of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory, a title he held until 12 May 1870 when Manitoba became a province. On 30 October 1869, McDougall and his entourage, which included four of his nine children (whose mother, Amelia Caroline Easton, had recently died), entered the North-Western Territory via the United States. The convoy was turned back by the National Committee of the Métis of Red River on 2 November before McDougall could establish his authority at Fort Garry. The Métis were angered that McDougall had sent a team of land surveyors to the Territory before a deal with the Hudson's Bay Company had been brokered, one of a series of events that precipitated the Red River Resistance.
McDougall became a vocal opponent to the admission of Manitoba to Confederation, arguing that it did not possess a large enough population.
McDougall served on the Ontario–Manitoba boundary commission (1871–72), and then in Europe and Britain as commissioner for fisheries and immigration. In 1872, he married Mary Adelaide Betty, with whom he had another three sons. He resumed his legal practice, allegedly declining a judgeship and the lieutenant-governorship of British Columbia in 1881, and continued to dabble in federal politics as both a Liberal and a Conservative, to the annoyance of both parties. A severe injury to his spine caused by a fall from a moving train in 1890 pushed him to the sidelines. He died in Ottawa on 29 May 1905.
With or without McDougall, western lands would have been acquired and Canada would have expanded westward. His voice, often aligned with the Canada First group represented by Charles Mair, was shrill, and made those who hoped for a more inclusive future realize that the West and the Métis had little choice but to resist. While a brilliant orator and political reformer, McDougall had few natural allies; he is remembered as an aloof character and a self-serving politician.
WILLIAM MCDOUGALLA profile of William McDougall, one of the Fathers of Confederation. From Library and Archives Canada.


Astrophytum myriostigma is a quite variable species and several breeds do exist.
This rare Japaese cultivar is unmistakable for its pointed tubercles along the ribs edges, in fact its areoles stick out with large notches between them, giving them a saw tooth look. The furrows which appear transversely on the ribs cuts the continuity of the ribs and the plants appears decorated with a geometrical design which is raised above the surface. When viewed from above these plants resemble a tortoise-shell hence the Japanese word 'Kitsu-kow' that means "Turtle shell"


Its snowing today as well and my mind has started thinking about snacks. I am sure I will end up cooking some snack today but for time being this crispy baked Masala Vadai is for my lovely readers.
Ever since I had this dish for the first time, I have been having a big question in my mind – why is it named 65?. As I mentioned in Cauliflower Peas Masala, cauliflower is my sister's favorite veggie, and this is her default order in most restaurants. First time when I tried baking cauliflower, it was total flopshow. Invited Hubby's friends for dinner and thought of baking this. That day I added yellow corn meal. I marinated cauliflower for 2 hours, it was soggy and I didn't get proper fries, then I did some gimmick and managed. Again I wanted to try this with white corn flour, and reduce my marination time, and finally succeeded!
Mixture is my sister's favorite snack. My sis had a peculiar habit of eating mixture when she was young, She would soak the mixture in water and eat it. Till today I couldn't figure out the reason;-) As a teatime snack or a side for rice, Mixture is a winner. I couldn't get the Indian Mixture here, so I started to eat Hunter mix and loved it. I tell myself its kettle roasted, so guilt free snack;-) wanted to avoid eating that and make a healthy homemade alternative. Traditional mixture recipe is bit lengthy, though it tastes yummy. A lazy cook like me wanted to make it quick and simple. I frequently do Puffed Rice Mixtute for teatime snack. Baking fever (that's how hubby calls my addiction to baking) told me to try mixture with puffed and flattened rice, and with nuts. I have baked Honey Glazed Almonds, but had second thoughts to bake flattened rice. I saw my friend Chitra's oats poha granola post and confidently tried mixture, and it was a big hit at home. This is a simple and easy mixture. Need to try my luck with some more ingredients next time.


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Driver escapes injury when saguaro cactus pierces windshield
This photo provided by the Northwest Fire District shows where a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday, July 10, 2019 on the outskirts of Tucson, Ariz. Pima County sheriff's Deputy Daniel Jelineo said the black sports car struck the cactus while crossing a median before ending up on the other side of a road and that the cactus ended up slamming into the car's windshield. (Northwest Fire District via AP)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Arizona authorities say a driver escaped injury when his car's windshield was pierced by the trunk of a saguaro cactus during a wreck Wednesday on the outskirts of Tucson.
Pima County sheriff's Deputy Daniel Jelineo said the black sports car struck the cactus while crossing a median.
The broken-off cactus ended up partially inside the car, with the rest jutting over car's hood.
Jelineo said deputies detained the driver for further investigation after observing signs and symptoms of impairment.
The driver's identity wasn't released.
More Weird Stories
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities say a busy stretch of highway had to be shut down after a truck carrying 17 tons of cocoa caught fire.
Police said the fire started when the truck was on the A14 autobahn near the town of Grabow, between Berlin and Hamburg, on Monday.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A St. Louis couple has rolled all 7s and 11s with the birth of their daughter.
J'Aime Brown was born at 7:11 p.m. on July 7, which convenience store chain 7-Eleven marks as 7-Eleven Day. Her birth weight? Seven pounds and 11 ounces, obviously.
PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — A 75-year-old Florida man says he kicked an alligator in the snout after it attacked his dog.
Buddy Ackerman says the 8-foot (2.44-meter) gator came from a retention pond near his Palm Harbor condominium earlier this week and grabbed the dog while they were out for an early morning walk.


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Ripon's win leaves Lincoln football as last undefeated team in area
Nick Woodard Record Staff Writer @nwoodard25
STOCKTON - And then, there was one.
With two weeks left in the regular season, the Lincoln High football team is the final undefeated squad in The Record's coverage area. The Trojans' 64-0 win over Tokay, matched with Ripon's 42-21 victory over previously unbeaten Escalon, left Lincoln alone at the top.
With a Week 9 contest coming up against a 1-7 West team, it's possible that Lincoln will be 9-0 and 4-0 in league play when it hosts St. Mary's in Week 10 in a game that could decide the Tri-City Athletic League title.
Heading into the regular season's final two weeks, here's a look at the top play, performance and game of Week 8.
Play: Danny Hernandez, Ripon High
Just when Escalon (7-1, 3-1 Trans Valley League) was trying to piece together a drive to tie the game in the fourth quarter, Hernandez intercepted a pass and ran it back 34 yards for a touchdown.
The play both doubled Ripon's (7-1, 3-1 TVL) lead, and squashed the Cougars' hopes of making a comeback against the host Indians.
Performance: Ripon Christian defense
Facing Southern League rival Mariposa County, which entered Week 8 with a 4-0 league record and an offense that had scored at least 31 points in its last three games, the Knights' defense showed up in a big way.
Seth Gallo had eight tackles and 2.5 sacks, Wyatt Van Vliet had eight tackles and a fumble recovery and both William Gilbert and Sean McGovern had interceptions to lead Ripon Christian (7-1, 5-0 SL) to its fourth shutout victory of the season.
Game: Linden 33, Rio Vista 32
The Lions trailed Rio Vista 26-14 at halftime on the road Friday night. But thanks to a defense led by senior Michael Cowan (10 tackles, two sacks) and junior Raymond Clark (nine tackles), Linden held Rio Vista to six points in the second half.
Linden (5-3, 2-1 Sierra Delta League) put up six points in the third quarter, then 13 in the fourth to steal the win. Sophomore quarterback Cruz Herrera threw for a pair of touchdowns, and James Sherman, Jr. ran for a score.
Week 8 Notes: A week after scoring a program-record 84 points, Manteca (6-2, 3-1 VOL) continued to display one of the area's top offenses with a 73-point outpouring against Weston Ranch. The Buffaloes have scored at least 50 points in five of their six wins this year...Bear Creek (2-6, 2-1 San Joaquin Athletic Association) lost its first five games of the season, but suddenly sits near the top of the SJAA. The Bruins knocked off Chavez to open league play, then pulled off a win over Stagg this week...Edison boasts an exciting offense, but its defense has been just as solid this year. The Vikings have allowed an average of 4.43 points in seven wins this year.
Contact reporter Nick Woodard at (209) 546-8272 or nwoodard@recordnet.com. Follow him on Twitter@nwoodard25.


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History Notes - Oakland Historical Society, Inc.
Download books about Oakland here.
Electronic versions of The Valley of Homes, The Years Between and Remembering Old Oakland, are available for download, thanks to Mr. Kevin Heffernan, an Oakland resident and author. Note: The two books are out of copyright and Oakland Historical Society has been given full permission for unrestricted use for the presentation made by Mr. Heffernan at the Oakland Library in 2006. Click on the icons below for the item(s) you wish to download.
George Washington Slept Here - REALLY!
George Washington and officers stayed at the Van Allen House on July 14, 1777, on their way north to join more of their forces near West Point, when the troops and supply wagons got bogged down on the muddy trail that was the Ramapo Valley Road of those days. The troops camped down along the Valley Road. Washington wrote two letters addressed from the Van Allen House, of which we have copies at the House. History has recorded that General Washington led his troops up and down the 'Valley Road' on other occasions also, and stayed at other old Dutch Houses in Mahwah, Wayne and Ho-Ho-Kus as well as Morristown. In honor of General Washington's visit in Oakland (The Ponds), we make a point of celebrating his birthday here each year.
Sinter Klaas (or St. Nikolaus) and Black Peter always both visit on Dutch Christmas or St. Nikolaus Day (December 6). The good little children get a present from Sinter Klaas, while those children who have not been quite so good receive something not so good from Black Peter. This is one of the Oakland Historical Society's annual events on the nearest Sunday afternoon to that date.


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Q: Ubuntu Installation through wubi on ASUS X401a with Windows 8 pre-installed
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Is wubi for Windows 8?

It seems that after I ran WUBI in Windows 8 that everything was correctly installed. The problem I have is when I re-boot, Windows loads some sort of boot manager that asks me what OS I want to boot from. When I select UBUNTU, I'm getting error messages. Here is what my screen says:
Windows failed to start. A recent hardware or software issue is the cause. To fix the problem:

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*Insert your Windows installation disk and restart

*Choose your language settings and then click "NEXT"

*Click repair your computer.

File: \ubuntu\winboot\wubi1dr.mbr
Status: 0xc000007b
This application or operating system couldn't be - something, something (can't read that part) required file is missing or contains errors.
So, is there something I can do to fix this? or is this a hardware issue? I've searched the forums and can't find anything about this. I've never done anything like this before so any help would be appreciated!!
Operating System: Windows 8 64-bit (6.2, Build 9200) (9200.win8_gdr.121023-1503)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.
       System Model: X401A1
               BIOS: X401A1.211
          Processor: Intel(R) Pentium(R) CPU B980 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
             Memory: 4096MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 3980MB RAM
          Page File: 1450MB used, 3232MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.02.9200.16384 64bit Unicode

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Twenty-First Century Plague
The Story of SARS
(21世紀瘟疫:非典型肺炎的故事)
Thomas Abraham
Medicine, Health Sciences, Public Health
Not for sale in Canada, the USA, or Europe
In the autumn of 2002 in southern China, a previously unknown virus jumped the species barrier from animal to man, and sparked the first global epidemic of the new century. The disease sped along the air routes of a globalized world, spreading within months to 31 countries in every continent.
Before it was reined in by a remarkable international scientific effort, the virus demonstrated just how vulnerable human society is to disease. Emerging new infectious diseases like SARS have been erupting at an alarming rate over the past few decades. There is every indication that the world will continue to face new viral diseases, some of which will be much more lethal and contagious than SARS.
This book looks at the emergence of new diseases, as well as the politics and economics of disease. It provides the first behind-the-scenes account of how the battle against SARS was fought in Hong Kong, China and at the global level. A crucial success in the battle was the identification of the SARS virus.
Thomas Abraham, with full access to the scientists who solved this puzzle, tells the story of the research and vividly shows the pressures on the researchers as they raced to find an answer, even as colleagues and friends succumbed to the disease.
Thomas Abraham is one of Asia's most experienced international journalists with a 25-year career reporting from locations as varied as Sri Lanka, Geneva, and London. He has also worked for the United Nations in Geneva, and has been a commentator for BBC news programs. A former editor of the South China Morning Post in Hong Kong, he is currently on the faculty of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre at the University of Hong Kong.
"The rush to contain and unmask the agent responsible . . . had more plot twists than anything Robert Ludlum ever wrote." —Ruth Richardson, The Lancet
"Abraham gives us an excellent and dispassionate account of the cultural and political background to the cover-up and the unfortunate consequences." —Nature
"Abraham offers insights into the 'dos and don'ts' of managing a public health crisis and provides key learning points." —Suok Kai Chew, Journal of the American Medical Association
"A ringside account of the world's recent encounter with the emerging infectious disease SARS. Engagingly written by an accomplished journalist." —Robert Dorit, American Scientist
"In this detailed report by Abraham, the inability of health care systems to cope with such newly emergent infections is clear." —Choice
"The book is richly filled with facts, and they are conveyed in a captivating manner. It is as impressive as the film Outbreak." —New England Journal of Medicine
"Twenty-First Century Plague describes many of the people, events, political settings, and other contributing factors in a fascinating view of the story behind the story of the outbreak." —Larry J. Anderson, Science
"The book provides an important summary of many aspects of the global experience with a new disease and discusses important lessons learned from the SARS response." —James M. Hughes, Journal of Clinical Investigation
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Q: Binomial testing with probability estimated from sample If I have a sample of k successes and n-k failures, there are standard techniques (Agresti-Coull, Clopper, etc.) for finding a confidence interval of the probability of an individual success.  What if I want to find a confidence interval for the probability of getting at least k' out of n' instead?  Obviously it can be approximated by the usual
$$\sum_{j\ge k'}{n'\choose j}(k/n)^j(1-k/n)^{n'-j}$$
but this does not take into account the uncertainty of the initial sample, which may be important (the samples are small).

A: I believe you are looking for the beta binomial distribution, which reduces the pdf of of interest ($\pi(k\prime)$) to
$\pi(k\prime|n\prime,n,k) = {n\prime \choose k\prime} \frac{B(k\prime+k+1,n\prime-k\prime+n-k+1)}{B(k+1,n-k+1)}$
For motivation, remember that you do not know $p$ of the process, but you need to estimate $p$ as the posterior after making observation of $k$ successes out of $n$ trials. So
$\pi(p|k,n) = \frac{p^k(1-p)^{(n-k)}}{\int x^k(1-x)^{(n-k)} dx}$

A: If you are happy with your confidence interval on the unknown proportion of a single success, then just plug both of those values into the above formula.  Since k and n are known constants (rather than random variables) and the probability of k or more out of n is monotone, you can just transform the ends of your confidence interval to get a confidence interval on the transformed parameter (and your probability above is just a transform of the parameter).
If you want to get fancier you can do a full Bayesian analysis with the Beta-Binomial and get the posterior distribution of the next observation (I think there is a more formal name for it, but that could be what you want).


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By Development and Alumni Relations Team
Written by Bedford Society Committee member, Pat Doble
On 8 June more than 60 guests assembled at 11 Bedford Square to be welcomed to the 2019 Science reunion by the organisers, Bedford Society Committee members Clare Bradley, William (Joe) Spring and Sanaya Robinson.
The purpose and projects of the Bedford Society were outlined with particular reference to the Bedford Society Scholarships which benefit from the generosity of members.
The Bedford spirit resulted in an energetic buzz punctuated by 'it can't be you' as old friendships were renewed. Whilst a result of the breadth of subjects studied, including biochemistry, botany, chemistry, geography, geology, mathematics, physics, physiology, psychology and zoology, resulted in small classes and the freedom to develop individual study it meant only a small number of attendees had coincided at Bedford College during the 1956-86 period they spanned.
Perhaps as a result, there were spirited discussion between people from very different backgrounds on the changes that have evolved in all aspects of science, education and society. It was particularly interesting to hear about a current Bedford scholar's studies in clinical psychology and her views on how the Society might develop in the future under her fellow scholars' influence. Many references were made to the benefits of the Society facilitating more, informal, contacts and there were volunteers to contribute to projects to record the experiences of former Bedfordians.
11 Bedford Square has already taken its place in Society events and we were all enthusiastic about its atmosphere as conversations spilled into the courtyard between the clouds and we enjoyed excellent food and wine. The event was highlighted very temporarily in icing on a cup cake arrangement which added to the fun. Memories were jogged by memorabilia including group photographs, and copies of Bedford College – memories of 150 years were on sale.
We were delighted that £550 from ticket donations and book sales was raised from the event for the Bedford Society Scholarships fund.
We had all spent a stimulating afternoon meeting new people, renewing old acquaintances and sharing memories of absent friends in a very pleasant square in Bloomsbury, neither the first nor the last time studying at Bedford College has added to our lives.
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The first all-female spacewalk is set for this week. A woman from Naperville helped create the station where it will happen.
NASA engineer Dawn Schaible, left, works during the flight test of the Max Launch Abort System on July 8, 2009, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Women's History Month could conclude this week with its own bit of history, a moment a Naperville native can say she set the groundwork to create.
If all goes as planned Friday, the first all-female crew will conduct a spacewalk outside the International Space Station 240 miles above the Earth.
Astronauts Anne McClain and Christine Koch are scheduled to venture outside the space station to replace old nickel-hydrogen batteries on the space station's solar arrays with more powerful lithium-ion batteries. Guiding them will be lead flight director Mary Lawrence and lead spacewalk flight controller Jackie Kagey.
As an engineer with NASA for three decades, Dawn Schaible, who grew up in Naperville, helped construct the U.S. components of the space station where McClain and Koch live, sleep and work as they orbit the Earth every 92 minutes.
The 1983 Waubonsie Valley H.S. alumna takes pride in seeing her handiwork in use.
"I have been in the parts where they are living and working in. To see it all come together over the years is incredible," Schaible said.
Schaible began her career with NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 1987 working on the environmental control and life support systems for the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
In between space missions, she said it was her job to ensure systems were functional that control breathing, cabin pressure, temperature, and drinking water, and waste collection.
"Waste, that's what everyone wants to know, and that's my claim to fame," Schaible said.
In 1996, Schaible moved to work as the lead test engineer for Unity, the first U.S.-built connector component of the International Space Station. That unit is where essential space station resources, such as fluids, environmental control and life support systems, electrical and data systems, are routed through to supply work and living areas.
She also worked on Destiny, the United States' research laboratory, which attached to Unity.
NASA engineer Dawn Schaible stands near the International Space Station Unity module at the launch Pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida before the module was sent into space. The Unity connecting module, also known as Node 1, was the first U.S.-built component of ISS.
Now she serves as director of the Engineering Directorate at the Langley Research Center, where she oversees the placement of people, tools and resources on research projects that touch all aspects of NASA's reach, including space, aeronautics, space technology and exploration.
Her storied career with NASA started as a fascination with astronauts and space during the heyday of moon exploration in the 1960s and '70s.
When she was 4 years old, Schaible recalls seeing Neil Armstrong on the television as he took his first steps on the moon in July 1969.
"I just remember watching what was happening at mission control. I was sort of hooked," she said.
Her interest in space also spurred her passion for math and science, which didn't go unnoticed by adults who offered support. "I credit my teachers and my mom for encouraging me to pursue engineering," said Schaible, who attended Wheatland School and the original Granger School.
The traditional pathway for engineering students in the 1980s was to attend the University of Illinois, but it was not right for Schaible. "U of I was bigger than what I wanted. I just felt lost," she said.
Instead, Schaible found Bradley University in Peoria was a better fit because it reminded her of where she grew up in the small town of Naperville that had yet to boom in population.
She said taking road less traveled proved an asset.
Schaible said engineering relies on heavily on collaborating with people who have different ideas and ways to approach a problem.
While the basics of engineering are taught at every school, she said the methodology often is different depending on whether the student attended a school in the East, Midwest or West.
NASA engineer Dawn Schaible sits on the flight deck of a space shuttle at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida in 1988 during ground processing between missions.
"In those differences is where the solution lies," she added.
That diversity hasn't always been the case.
Throughout engineering class in college and early in her NASA career, Schaible said women were a definite minority.
That is changing, she said, as more women enter fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics or STEM. An all-female spacewalk could push the needle farther.
"Having and seeing women as roles models hopefully will draw more women to engineering," she said.
The possibility of more jobs with NASA also could be on the horizon.
The space agency appears to be on the cusp of a new age of exploration as the United States pushes to develop a long-term presence in the vicinity of and on the surface of the moon in preparation for a mission to Mars.
Schaible said students in school today easily could make history living and working on the moon or building the space crafts that will rocket to Mars.
She said she could never have imagined all the historic projects she worked on over the years.


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In late November 1967 I joined the British Aircraft Corporation at Filton in Bristol as a Grade 8 Systems Engineer, a very small cog in the Concorde Design and Development team.
Located in No.8 Design Office, I was junior to a Senior Design Engineer, one Norman Handley. Norman was a good boss, teacher and mentor and someone I still have the greatest respect for. A stickler for detail, very strict on protocol and correct procedure, he was an avionics design engineer through to the core and taught me as much by example, as by instruction.
Over the next nine years I fell in love with my first aircraft, a typical avionics engineer phenomena, and a job that was, as far as I was concerned, the best in the world.
Starting with the development of the prototype aircraft, moving through pre-production and eventually Concorde production aircraft, I developed my skills and took on increasing responsibility.
By the beginning of 1975 my responsibility included the specification, development and systems installation requirements on the production aircraft for :-
1. The primary engine instrumentation, N1, N2, TBT/EGT, P7 and AJ, located in the flight deck central panel. Each set of instruments monitored the health one of the four RR 593/602 Olympus engines.
2. The Master Warning system, monitoring 106 aircraft systems and displaying warnings in the flight deck overhead panel via 37 Red, or Amber illuminated captions.
3. The Audio Warning system, which presented the crew with a range of audio tones, each drawing attention to a specific problem. The warning tones included, Low Altitude, Gear Not Down, Cell Call, Engine Fire and the Master Warning,
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G-BOAC on the production line
All commercial aircraft use a common and internationally agreed set of audio warnings, but Concorde was the first aircraft to require an over-speed audio warning.
When the air speeds approached M2.00 the leading edges temperature of the aircraft increased to the point where the material became stressed. Repeated excursions beyond M2.00 would dramatically reduce the life of the aircraft and therefore an over-speed limit of about 2.04 was imposed.
Should the aircraft exceed this condition an audio warning would sound, alerting the crew to the over-speed condition.
Because supersonic aircraft was seen as an inevitable part of future aircraft development, an internationally recognised "over speed" warning tone was required. The U.K. Civil Airworthiness Authority (CAA) took on the responsibility to agree and accept, on behalf of all international authorities, an audio tone, which would be standard across the commercial aircraft industry.
Ten distinctive tones were generated in the BAC Filton labs, short listed to four, were selected by CAA and BAC aircrew, during a series of evaluations on the ground.
All participants agreed that the final selection could only be made under dynamic and realistic conditions of a flight-deck experiencing in an over-speed condition.
A full flight test plan was therefore required.
Concorde flight test time was very expensive and flight testing was limited to specific exercises, but only when all ground testing had been exhausted.
Every flight had a specific flight test programme, where the aircraft was flown into to a pre-defined flight condition and each test associated with that condition allocated a specific time slot.
The aircraft allocated for the audio warning evaluation was registration G-BOAC, an early production aircraft. Because this was a production aircraft any system modification necessary to implement the test was kept to an absolute minimum.
The audio warning evaluation plan was to transfer the four favoured tones from the large reel-to-reel machine used on the ground, to what was at the time, a new and novel small compact cassette recorder.
This portable machine and would be taken aboard the aircraft and at the commencement of the test, connected to the audio warning system via an auxiliary phono plug. With the aircraft in the appropriate over-speed condition the audio tone sequence would then be activated. A post the flight a meeting of BAC and CAA aircrew would then make the final selection.
Because CAA aircrew availability was limited, provision was made for a second flight test slot to be available on the same aircraft. This would be used only if a second evaluation was required.
The flight plan was agreed with the airworthiness authority and the two flight test time slots authorised.
With very sort lead-times in place, I had no choice, but take the reel-to-reel machine and compact cassette recorder home and transfer the tones to the cassette, out of office hours.
The next morning ground trials were run to ensure the test sequence was understood and operable. The test was then authorised for inclusion in the 18th April afternoon flight of G-BOAC.
Opportunities for the design office staff to participate in an in-flight test were few and therefore considered as something special to be grabbed with both hands.
As the design engineer responsible for the audio warning system and the principle author of the test plan, I put my own name forward as the flight test-observing engineer.
Unfortunately, two days before I was due to fly, my boss Norman drew me aside and said "Sorry Ken, rank has it's privileges. I will be the observing engineer. You will have to wait for the next opportunity."
I wasn't very pleased with Norman pulling rank, but that was the name of the game. I had no choice but just get on with the job. Given the same circumstances I would have probably done the same. A M2.00 flight was every Filton design engineers dream.
I took Norman through the process, including how to pre-set the tape output on the ground and when required, how to connect it to the audio warning system prior to the triggering the test sequence.
On the afternoon of the 18th the aircraft took off, with Norman aboard and the flight test schedule was started.
Now the Concorde flight deck is cramped, with the three aircrew, Captain, Co-pilot and Flight Engineer, taking up most of the very limited space.
For this flight, John Cochrane, BACs chief test pilot, took the Captains seat, the CAA representative took the co-pilots seat with the flight engineer immediately behind them. The only position available to an observer was a fold down "Dickey Seat" immediately behind the Captain and to the left of the flight engineer. It was an uncomfortable seat with limited arm and leg room.
The aircraft took off from Fairford, flew down the English Channel and out into the Atlantic. In full re-heat it became supersonic and climbed to a high cruising height in readiness for the programmed of flight tests. When his turn came, Norman was invited to the flight deck to take up his observer's position in the dickey seat. Norman was quite a tall man and when squeezing past the flight engineer's seat, knocked the cassette recorder against it causing the tape cartridge to be ejected. He recovered the cartridge and knowing that start position was undisturbed dropped it back into the machine and closed the lid.
Once seated he plugged the cassette output into the audio warning test point and gave John Cochrane the thumbs up. John edged the throttles forward, took the aircraft up to M2.04 and signalled to Norman to initiate the test.
Norman pressed the play button and everyone waited in anticipation. Unfortunately for Norman, what everyone heard was not the expected audio tones, but a small ten year old voice singing with full gusto, "If I could teach the world to sing in perfect harmony." A very popular Coca-Cola TV advert of the time.
Amongst hilarious laughter from the aircrew and total confusion, Norman tried and failed to recover the situation. The Flight Test Manager called the test "out of time" and drew a halt to the proceedings. Norman grossly embarrassed, vacated his seat and the next flight test sequence was initiated.
The next morning, unaware of the test failure, I was quietly taken aside by Norman and asked what the hell I thought I was doing, making the design office the subject of total derision by those upstarts of the flight test engineering organisation.
Almost immediately I knew what had happened, so with extreme difficulty, I suppressed a smile and explained what probably had happened.
I had taken the cassette recorder home and prepared the test cassette tape for flight. However, this was a new and novel machine and fascinating to all, including one certain young and imaginative mind eager to exploit new technology.
Press play to hear the Coke advert
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Once my primary task was complete, I had set up the recorder, so that Steve, my ten year old son, could demonstrate his prowess at mimicking the popular ITV advert. I had used the A side of the cassette for the audio tones and the B side for his home based audition. Unfortunately I had failed to erase his voice after he had gone to bed.
When it came to the flight test, I knew the tones were on the A side and the cassette was in the machine A side up and therefore nothing could go wrong. Unfortunately for Norman, he was unaware that there was an A and a B side. When he returned the cartridge to the machine after the unexpected ejection on the flight deck, it was B side up and not A.
Norman listened to my explanation with a stony face. When I had finished, I was subjected to thirty seconds of authorative lecture, before he could no longer keep a straight face and we both burst into laughter.
Having seen the funny side of it and accepting that, in part, it was his own fault for not checking the tape cartridge, the lecture was forgotten and I would get my Concorde flight. However, it didn't stop him from telling all, every time the incident was mentioned, that he had been deliberately set up by his junior engineer. In practice, the event and his explanation, served me well, because it did wonders to my street credibility with the rest of the young engineers.
In the late afternoon of the 22nd April 1975, I took up residence in the dickey seat and for the second test with the aircraft at 53,500 feet, John Cockrane edged the throttles forward to set up the over-speed condition. Flying west into a rising sun, I pressed "play" and the four tones sound in sequence. After a good humoured cheer from all participants, John Cochrane made the comment that what they heard on the last test flight, was by far the best. After a few more laughs, serious discussion followed and after a repeat, one tone was officially accepted.
Because this had been an unexpected repeat test, it was the final of the days testing. On completion, John eased the lovely lady about and we began the gentle decent, flying east back into the dusk, the sun setting fast on our tail. With John's permission and in spite of the cramped condition, I elected to remain in the dickey seat rather than return to the relative luxury of the main cabin. Although the view was limited through the raised visor, it was still spectacular. Northern France on our right, the English Channel in front and the south west of England coming up on our left.
It was then that John engaged the auto-pilot and elected to go aft for a coffee and the call of nature, leaving the CAA as captain. I moved out of the dickey seat and back into the main cabin so that John could get out of the flight deck. As he passed, and to my great delight, he asked me if I would like to go forward and take his seat for a while.
A second invitation was unnecessary and a few seconds later I was sitting in the captains seat with England and France below me. The restricted view from the dickey seat had been spectacular, from the Captains seat it was out of this world. The day was still clear and sunny with only a few powder puff clouds casting elongated shadows across parts of Wales and the midlands. To my left, I could see the southern edge of Ireland and to my right, France down as far as La Rochelle. Forward was clear view up the Channel with the curvature of the earth as a dark, almost black division between earth and space.
As the sun closed the horizon behind us, sunset below was a dark cloak passing slowly over the surface of the earth. Forward of the line, the earth was bathed in bright sunshine with long shadows of hills distorting the landscape. The transition from light to dark was a surprising thin with the dark side very black and apparently raised like a ramped step. In the darkness to the east, town lighting was visible like sparking star clusters shimmering through the thin atmosphere.
Although the aircraft was in auto-pilot it was a requirement that a pair of hands remained on the yoke at all times, just in case. The CAA pilot in the second seat, with his fingers gently touching the yoke, look across and asked if I would take control while he made some notes.
With a thumping heart I placed my hands around both yoke grips and eased my feet onto the rudder bars. I was told to hold her gently and not to apply any pressure to the yoke even when it moved.
My hands closed and I felt the slight vibration and gently movement produced by the autopilot. She was alive.
"You have control?" asked the CAA pilot looking across. "I have control" I replied and he raised both his hands to confirm that I had taken control.
While he made his notes, I was in control. I was flying my beloved Concorde. Perhaps a slight exaggeration of the truth, but justified under the circumstances. For the next few minutes I held her gently in my hands as she descended, on autopilot, slowly through 45,000 feet at just over M1.8 into a darkening star lit landscape.
How could life ever get any better?
After a few minutes I returned control to the CAA pilot, gave up my possession to John and return to my seat in the cabin for the approach and landing at Fairford.
A couple of weeks later I received my M2 blue tie and flight certificate, signed by Brian Trubshaw.
The certificate confirmed that I had flown on Production Concorde G-BOAC, on the 22nd April 1957. The maximum speed was M. 2.04 and maximum altitude 53,500 feet. My flight was timed at 3hours 30mins of which 1hour 3mins was supersonic. The tie I wore with pride and remembrance of when just once I had flown a lovely lady worthy of all my admiration.
There is no mention of my special few minutes on the certificate; that requires no paper proof, because the experience and the story behind it will remain locked in my memory for the rest of my life.
Ken Martin
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LOS ANGELES • Jason Momoa's Aquaman is the King of the Seven Seas - and now the box office.
The DC adventure dominated in North America with a splashy US$72 million (S$99 million) debut, including previews.
That is a hefty start during a month that, aside from Star Wars movies, tends to field smaller opening weekends that pick up steam as audiences are off from work and school between Christmas and the new year.
As expected, Aquaman easily fended off fellow newcomers Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee. Those two titles were in a close race for No. 2, though Sunday estimates show Mary Poppins Returns narrowly defeating Bumblebee.
Disney's Mary Poppins Returns was the de facto choice for moviegoers with young kids, pocketing US$22.2 million over the three-day frame and US$31 million during its first five days of release.
Musicals do not typically see sizeable opening weekends and Disney's live-action sequel looks to have a healthy life at multiplexes during the holiday stretch.
Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda co-star in the follow-up, which earned US$20 million overseas for a worldwide start of US$51 million.
Rob Marshall, who previously teamed with Blunt and Disney on Into The Woods (2014), handled directing duties on the film.
Paramount's Transformers origin story Bumblebee landed in third place, generating US$20.9 million from 3,550 screens.
While that is the lowest start for a Transformers title, the sciencefiction prequel directed by Travis Knight has generated some of the best reviews of the franchise and has time to build momentum in the weeks to come.
Bumblebee is the first Transformers movie that Michael Bay did not direct, though he is still on board as a producer.
Hailee Steinfeld and John Cena star in the CGI (computer-generated imagery) spectacle based on the popular toys, which carries a US$100-million price tag, making it much cheaper to produce than the Bay films.
James Wan directed Aquaman, which has already amassed US$410 million overseas for a global total of US$482.8 million.
Imax screens accounted for US$9.9 million of domestic ticket sales. Superhero fans were much more receptive to Aquaman than previous DC titles, branding this entry with an A-CinemaScore.
Aquaman cost a hefty US$200 million to produce and is Warner Bros' first DC stand-alone adventure since Wonder Woman, which opened last year to a massive US$103 million.
It was good news for spandexed heroes all around as Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse stayed in the top five, dropping to fourth place and adding another US$16.3 million to its domestic tally. That takes its stateside haul to US$65 million.
Rounding out the top five is Warner Bros' The Mule, a Clint Eastwood drama that generated US$9 million during its sophomore frame and US$35 million to date.


A study of a huge cohort of Swedes conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institute finds a link between self-harm and violent criminality.
Persons who have deliberately injured themselves run twice the risk of being convicted of violent crimes later in life, according to the study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
The researchers underscore that they do not think people become violent criminals automatically because of their self-harm tendencies.
"A susceptibility to self-harm seems to increase the risk of violent expression, but we found no support for the hypothesis that self-harm causes violence crime," says Hanna Sahlin, one of the researchers behind the study, in a press release.
The researchers think rather that violent criminality and self-harm both have roots in a common underlying vulnerability for impulsive and aggressive behaviour. This might be attributed to anything from chemical imbalances in the brain to difficulties controlling emotions.
The researchers stress that self-harm ought to be viewed as an early symptom of an underlying problem. This is nothing novel for others who work with self-harm patients.
"Self-harm is often one of many symptoms seen among youths who have mental problems and burdensome experiences in their lives," said Anita Johanna Tørmoen of the University of Oslo regarding a story published by ScienceNordic's Norwegian partner forskning.no.
Tørmoen wrote her doctoral thesis on treatment of young self-harming individuals. In her work published by the University of Oslo it was seen that self-harm behaviour is most prevalent among persons who already are burdened with depression, eating disorders, use of drugs and alcohol as well as other behaviour problems.
The Swedish study looked at the statistics covering all 1.8 million Swedes born between 1982 and 1998. Over fifty thousand of them received clinical treatment for self-harming. These individuals were five times more likely than the rest of the population to be convicted of violent crimes.
Nine out of ten of the intentionally self-harmers had poisoned themselves with medications or other substances – or they had cut themselves.
Even when the researchers made adjustments for confounders – other factors which tend to have an impact, such as mental health, parental education levels and family incomes – they found that self-harmers ran twice the general Swedish population's risk of being convicted of violent crimes.
"We need to ask about aggressive behaviour towards others when we assess and treat self-harming individuals. But we also need to ask about self-harm when we assess and treat aggressive individuals," says Sahlin.
The study found that self-harmers also are more likely to have run-ins with the law for engaging in violent crimes than engaging in non-violent ones. The researchers also saw that female self-harmers ran a higher risk of being convicted of crimes than their male counterparts.


In her latest post for SharpBrains™ Laurie Bartels reviews some of the principles of brain plasticity. One principle that she mentions that I think deserves more attention is the importance of learning new things.
The June 14 Episode of All in the Mind has a thoughtful discussion of the implications of using drugs to improve cognitive performance. Natasha Mitchell interviewed Barbara Sahakian, professor of Neuropsychology at the University of Cambridge (UK) and William Glannon, a bioethicist from the University of Calgary (Canada). Several important issues emerged including the fact that that it is unknown whether the drugs currently available are safe for long-term use. There is also the nagging question of whether the use by normal people of drugs originally intended to treat medical conditions (like ADHD) constitutes cheating? What do you think? You can find the podcast and its transcript here. If you want to share you opinion with Natasha go to her All in the Mind Blog.
I want to recommend this short piece on the Scientific American website: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=the-neuroscience-of-illusion It includes an excellent slideshow that I am sure you will enjoy.
The May 10th episode of All in the Mind is an excellent discussion of the latest research about nicotine addiction. It includes a very balanced look at the controversy over the new smoking cessation drug, varenicline, which is sold in the US as Chantix. Nicotine has a unique effect on certain neurotransmitter receptors in the brain. Varenicline works as a partial agonist, which means it mimics some of the effects of nicotine, but it also blocks the receptor so that when a person smokes the experience is not rewarding. However, since the receptors involved also have other functions (they aren't there to respond to the nicotine in cigarettes just like the opiate receptors are not there to respond to man-made narcotics), using the drug can lead to a wide variety of side effects. Balancing the risks and benefits of the drug is one of the topics discussed in the podcast.
I have to admit that addiction is a subject in which I have little personal interest, but obviously addiction to smoking effects millions of people. I highly recommend this podcast to everyone who smokes or loves some who does.
Be sure to go to the site for both the show's transcript and links to everyone featured on the show.
In Episode 33 of the Brain Science Podcast, Harvard's Dr. John Ratey introduced us to brain-derived neurotropic factor (BDNF), which he described as "Miracle Grow for the Brain" because it actually stimulates the grow of new neurons in the brain. The emphasis in our discussion was on the importance of exercise in stimulating the release of BDNF.
If you are interested in checking out some further references on BDNF, you may want to check out Charles Daney's Science and Reason Blog. Daney also does a good job of explaining exactly what a neurotropic factor is and does.
Jamie Davis of MedicCast sent me a link to an interesting article from the CNN website. It describes how mirror box therapy is being used to help veterans who have suffered amputations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Those of you who heard Sandra Blakeslee's interview about body maps back in Episode 23 will remember that she described how her son built the first mirror box for VS Ramachandran several years ago, while working as a graduate student.
It is good to see that military physicians are beginning to apply some of the recent findings of neuroscience to helping injured vets, but you may also recall that when we talked with Dr. Edward Taub about stroke rehab, he reported the difficulty of getting new methods of head injury treatment into the VA clinics.
The March 22 episode is actually hosted by Volkart Wildermuth, from Germany. He interviews several of the world's leading primate researchers. You will learn some of the recent discoveries about primate intelligence and culture, and also hear an excellent discussion of what makes humans different. Go to the website not just to hear the show, but to get a transcript and to see the extensive links.
The March 29 episode is a fascinating interview with Dan Ariely from MIT, who is the author the new bestseller Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions, which describes his experiments in what is called behavioral economics. His work has shown that people often do not make economic decisions in a logical manner. He is an extremely likable guest who shares stories from his own life as well as some of the highlights of his work. The show notes include extensive references.
Diane Jacobs has put a great deal of effort into digesting Rhythms of the Brain, by György Buzsáki. She has just finished an extensive discussion of Buzsáki's interview in Episode 31 of the Brain Science Podcast. You can find this series on her blog, which she calls the Human Anti-Gravity Suit. She has also done a transcript of the episode that we are going to post as soon as we get some final corrections from Dr. Buzsáki.
A recent episode of the Brain Science Podcast was an interview with György Buzsáki author of Rhythms of the Brain. The significance of brain oscillations is a complex and somewhat controversial subject, so it is not surprising that the episode had generated mixed reviews. It is quite challenging to present an area of this sort, and I thought Dr. György Buzsáki did a good job of putting his work into layman's language.
I chose Rhythms of the Brain because several listeners requested it. One of those was Diane Jacobs, who is an energetic contributor to the Brain Science Podcast Discussion Forum. In a recent blog post Jacobs explains why this subject has captured her interest.
Jacobs is currently working on a transcript of the episode (31), which I will post when it is available. I want to publicly thank her for her efforts. You can read her blog post at http://humanantigravitysuit.blogspot.com/2008/03/oscillatory-matters.html.
Episode 30 of the Brain Science Podcast was devoted to the subject of language evolution. In that episode, I mentioned Steven Jay Gould's claim that language was a spandrel, an incidental by-product of evolution. Gould's co-author on his famous 1970's paper about spandrels was Richard Lewontin, who is well-known for disagreeing with prevailing opinions in evolution. At the recent annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he reportedly gave a talk that discounted all the current theories about brain evolution.
I have not read the transcript of his lecture, but I just finished reading Georg Striedter's comprehensive textbook, Principles of Brain Evolution (2005). This text is highly regarded by leaders in neuroscience research like Michael S Gazzaniga. It does an excellent job of describing both the challenges and progress in the field, as well as exploring the pros and cons of alternative theories. I can't help wondering what Lewontin's comments contribute to the field. Of course, it is reasonable to point out how limited our knowledge is, but to dismiss the work of so many scientists seems rather arrogant. If anyone has access to the transcript I would like to read it.


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Scottish daily sinks myth over that Titanic headline – again
by Helen Lambourne Published 16 Apr 2015
A Scottish daily has again attempted to nail a long-standing myth about how it reported the sinking of the Titanic, on the 103rd anniversary of the disaster.
The Press and Journal, which was then known as the Aberdeen Daily Journal, became renowned for how it covered the tragedy, as it was reported to have used the headline "Aberdeen man drowns at sea."
The title previously sought to rebut the urban legend in 2012 when it made the move from broadsheet to tabloid and reprinted a page from its coverage of the disaster, which claimed more than 1,500 lives.
Now, to mark the 103rd anniversary of the Titanic's sinking on 15 April 1912, the daily has again sought to set the record straight by publishing cuttings from the time.
They show that the newspaper used the sub-heading "Aberdeen people on the Titanic" on the Thursday after the Titanic sank – the only piece of coverage which could have spawned the myth.
The paper reports: "The Press and Journal, known at the time as the Aberdeen Daily Journal, became renowned for its coverage of the tragedy.
"It has been frequently reported that the daily paper headlined its report 'Aberdeen man drowns at sea'. However, evidence from the clippings archive says otherwise.
"On the Wednesday after the disaster, a picture of the captain and Titanic itself was carried on the front page – with no mention of Aberdeen victims. On Thursday, the paper again lead with the Titanic under the headline 'Mid-Atlantic calamity'.
"Further down the page there is a sub-heading which reads 'Aberdeen people on the Titanic' – which is the only item that picks out a north-east link to the disaster.
"So there you have it… The myth isn't really true after all."
The Press and Journal's front page on Wednesday 17 April 1912 shows the Titanic and its captain, with no mention of Aberdeen victims.
Scottish daily nails Titanic myth as it goes tabloid
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Because this is a fascinating story. Regards, Dave
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Idle Rich
"The myth isn't really true." Well it wouldn't be, would it? It's a myth. And something, especially a myth, can't be "not really" true. Quite a sloppy quote. Did it go in the paper like that?
mythman
Myths are more fun, though. My local really did have "woman survives death fall".
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PPP Loan Data — Judge Baker Children's Cener, Roxbury Crossing, MA
MA Nonprofit Organization
Industry: Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities
Location: Roxbury Crossing, MA
Judge Baker Children's Cener is a non-profit organization located at 53 Parker Hill Avenue in Roxbury Crossing, Massachusetts that received a Coronavirus-related PPP loan from the SBA of $2,449,000.00 in April, 2020.
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53 Parker Hill Avenue
Roxbury Crossing, MA 2120
Suffolk County, MA — SBA Office 0101 — Congressional District: MA-07
Nationwide, 2,670 businesses in the "Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities" industry received a total of $409.46M in PPP loans. This industry in total received less than 1% of the total PPP funding distributed.
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As I've written before, I love Easter. It's my favorite holiday.
This Easter felt like even a bigger deal than usual to me. For one thing, all holidays post-fire feel like milestones. I know what happened to us doesn't compare to a death in the family, but things are different now. Not only are we in a new place, but we've lost all the trappings of celebrations past–the baskets, the bunnies, the decorations. Easter has never been about decorating for me, but I do particularly mourn the loss of my three Polish Easter eggs, brought to me from Poland by a Georgetown History Graduate student back in 1990 when I was the secretary of the History Department there.
So the first thing I had to do was use the last of my Target gift cards for an Easter Basket shopping trip.
Stress and finances have made inroads into the once annual excursion for new Easter clothes–getting a new Easter dress was practically a religious observance for me well into my college years, and I took great pride in the matching outfits I scored for the three "big kids" when they were small–but this year several of us decided to get some new things. Jake had a nice suit John bought him last fall, and he and I found an Easter tie (thank you to the giver of the TJMaxx gift card!). John took Teddy out suit shopping, but finding a suit that would accommodate his large chest and relatively small waist proved impossible, so he ended up with a blazer and pants. I took Emily dress shopping, and I actually used my own Christmas Kohl's gift card to get some new things for myself (more on my lack of personal possessions in another post!). The little people were content with "new to them" items given us after the fire.
I waited a little late (Yikes! the day before!) to go bunny shopping. It turned into a three-hour odyssey, and in the end finding matching bunnies for four out of five kids (one considers himself past wanting bunnies on Easter) proved impossible. Lorelei has carried her sheep around every day since, and William was delighted with his possum (to replace one lost in the fire) so I needn't have worried.
The Easter Bunny brought plenty of candy. There was much speculation by William and Lorelei on the nature of the Bunny, where he comes from, what he looks like, why he does what he does, and who his "minions" are. There were also sweet rolls for breakfast. There are always sweet rolls (hot cross buns, really, only I'm not crafty enough for that so they are just glazed) or cinnamon rolls made from the sweet roll recipe (and I was trying for less mess and stress) on Easter morning. This was my mother's tradition, but the glitch this year is that no one has the recipe any more. I had copied it down years ago in my notebook of special recipes. My mother lost the original and had taken to calling me if she needed it. You know what happened to my notebook. I couldn't find the exact recipe online. Between the two of us we figured it out–they tasted like they were supposed to!
Easter Mass is the greatest celebration of the Church year. We made sure to arrive early–in fact we were so early we had to wait outside for the previous Mass to finish up! But that was okay because we were treated to an Easter Parade as folks exited, and we got to talk to the people who go to ten o'clock Mass! The Church looked beautiful, and we sang the right songs.
We've had guests over many times since we moved–four birthday celebrations and a Christmas Open House–but we had not yet hosted a holiday dinner. We went out on Thanksgiving, and my sister did Christmas. We had not hosted a holiday dinner for quite some time, actually–the last time was two Easters ago, at our then-new house, the house which is now burned down. We were so happy and hopeful that day, with no way of knowing either the very bad or the very good things that were headed our way.
Anyway, I decided Easter would be a relatively stress-free way to begin our turn at holiday hosting. We made a rule that no one could bring more than two things. My mother brought fried chicken and angel biscuits. My sister Anne (Betsy and her husband were not with us this year) brought macaroni and cheese and mashed potatoes. I made baked beans, green beans, and sickeningly sweet tea–just the way we all like it. Emily made lemon bars and mint juleps. My father and stepmother brought a butter pecan cake. Anne's mother-in-law brought a ham. And even Lorelei made some cookies (with Jake's help). All together there were 18 of us for dinner! We did it buffet style and it went smoothly and was delicious.
Of course Easter would not be Easter for the little people without an Easter egg hunt.
It was a truly blessed Easter. How was yours?


Life with an iPhone or iPad in iOS 11/iOS 12 is always captivating, right? You get to test and run so many different apps and services that, at some point, you'll even find it difficult to declutter all your icons, widgets, and app shortcuts. If you feel the need to better organize your screen and make it look less cluttered, you'll need to learn this trick on nesting folders. Read the instructions from below and you'll be relieved to find out that it's not complicated at all.
Within a few seconds, that folder from the top row will extend and you'll see that the folder you've been holding has been automatically moved inside it.
Feel free to bring another folder on the empty row and keep tapping on that folder from the top row. See how convenient and simple it is to nest folders on iPhone and iPad in iOS 11/iOS 12?


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I'm feeling especially lazy today (Jenn is home sick, I have meetings all afternoon, you get the drift), so I'm stealing a meme from Alecia.
Sadly enough, despite minoring in English, I've never read A Prayer for Owen Meany.
Time to add it to my Amazon Wishlist.
Funny. I was going to post the other day on my Agnosticism but also on my (lower-case) faith.
UPDATE: If I wasn't exactly clear, I actually feel like this is a fairly accurate accounting of my personality.
If you want it, I can loan you the book. Despite an ending that seems to have little to do with the first two thirds of the book, it's still one of my faves of all time.
Whatever you do, however, do NOT watch Simon Birch as a substitute for reading this book. Okay, you probably didn't know that the movie about the little invalid was even based on this book, but it is. It's a schmalzy piece of tripe. It has some endearing moments, and it's nice to see some visuals of the characters, but it turns a serious novel about destiny and courage into a kids' movie.


The Baja 5B Flux is on of HPI's most powerful buggies. With speeds up to 60 mph, you'll leave your competition in the dust. Trust Dollar Hobbyz to keep you running at top speeds with quality replacement parts. At up to 95% retail prices, you really do get More Truck for Your Buck!


Greetings. Lets do our first internal competition. Perfect format for beginners to start, and ideal also for confirmed athletes as Sunday warmup.
- Format? DUATHLON: 3.5km run + 35 km bike + 3.5 km run. OR Fun run 11k.
No water station ! so bring enought water on your bike AND run.
- Thanks to our sponsors Traveloka, Trisport and KeyPowerSport, top 3 athletes man and female will be rewarded with goodies, based on time provided by Webscorer. Also BEST ROOKIES (who never did any 70.3 before) will be rewarded. Take your chance!!
a) Bring 2 water bottle on your bike at least, as we wont provide any supply zone, and there is no supermarket near by.
- Price: Freeeeeee. Note you race under your own responsability.
Note: Late registration on site at 6am the race day also possible.
- Tentative schedule: 6am transition open; registration. 6.45 mandatory race briefing and group picture. 7.00 gunstart (mass-start). 9.15 price ceremony and group picture.


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