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Posted on November 15, 2018 November 29, 2018 by Bernard Harberts
"Lost Sea Expedition" Screens Friday, November 30 at EQUUS Film Festival (12p)
The EQUUS Film Festival runs Nov 29 – Dec 2, 2018 in Brooklyn, NY. The festival is dedicated to all things horse, mule and donkey and features movies from around the world.
News just in that the Lost Sea Expedition is scheduled to be the first movie to be screened at the 2018 EQUUS Film Festival in New York City. The movie about mule Polly's wagon voyage joins other movies ranging from gypsy wagon life and Marwari cavalry horses to the California vaquero. Festival bonus: this is the first time the Lost Sea Expedition, originally released as a series, will be shown as a feature length film.
Where: Wythe Hotel Cinema
N 11th St & Brewers Row & Wythe Avenue – Brooklyn, NY 11249
80 Wythe Avenue – Brooklyn, NY 11249
When: Friday, November 30, 2018
Time: 12pm
Click through for the entire schedule.
2018 EQUUS Film Festival
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 30, 2018 SCHEDULE
THE LOST SEA EXPEDITION (2018) USA
90:00 min / Directed by: Bernie Harberts
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5vWlAttTaY
Equestrian Documentary – Full Length (over 30 minutes)
The "Lost Sea Expedition" is the 4-part series about Bernie Harberts' 14 month wagon voyage from Canada to Mexico. Filmed with only the gear he carried in his one mule wagon, the series provides an in depth look at life on the road with a mule, the people of the Great Plains and the ancient sea that covered the middle of America.
Filmmaker Bernie Harberts films with old gear, flushes with gravity water and heats with wood in western North Carolina. He has sailed alone around the world, traveled both ways across America by mule and naps 23 minutes every day.
WE ARE MEDIEVAL TIMES CHICAGO A DOCUMENTARY (2018) USA
59:37 min / Directed by: Colleen Ochab
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_O0mXnr86E
Have you ever wondered what it is like to work at Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament in Schaumburg, Illinois? Check out this in-depth and behind the scenes look at the Chicago castle atmosphere and hear the stories of 18 amazing team members that make a show possible!
Since this documentary was made, the Chicago castle has now released its BRAND NEW SHOW titled SOVEREIGN featuring a sole female ruler as Queen of the realm. Come out to see the same amazing environment (and people) as featured in this documentary with a new, fresh storyline and new costumes!
WISE HORSEMANSHIP AT FREEDOM FARM (2018) USA
16:00 min / Directed by: Mary Gallagher
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/292017981/b73a1bf6db
Equestrian Documentary – Short (under 30 minutes)
Wise Horsemanship at Freedom Farm introduces the vision and guiding principles behind the equestrian magic of Freedom Farm, Port Angeles, Washington. Owner/lead trainer Mary Gallagher narrates over moving scenes of herd life, daily work and play at Freedom Farm.
Mary's fascination with horses began at the age of six and has never ceased. She is a versatile trainer and clinician, combining her knowledge of show jumping and natural horsemanship to reach new dimensions of balance and communication between rider and horse. Mary has ridden for world renowned instructors, trained with Olympic riders, and personally hosted A rated shows in Washington State, all while adopting and developing principles of natural horsemanship. She has a lifetime of knowledge, experience, and passion for horses and horsemanship. Her personal instruction and clinics emphasize connection, communication, and cooperation.
THE CALIFORNIA VAQUERO JEFF SANDERS (2018) IRELAND
40:21 min / Directed by: Elaine Heney
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9-YygGGd-A
Equestrian International – Documentary
Jeff Sanders is a sixth generation Californian horseman. Jeff travels around the world teaching horsemanship and preserving the traditions of old Spanish California. This is his documentary.
SILENT COMRADE – (2018) GERMANY
88:00 min / Directed by: Leonhard Hollmann
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/251037419
Horses Helping Humans
The documentary SILENT COMRADE accompanies three soldiers that are trying to find a way back to life with the help of Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for PTSD. Where the conventional medicine is limited, Claudia Swiercek fills the gap with her horses.
"Horses are mirrors of the soul." With this sentence in mind, I went on a journey through Mongolia in the summer of 2014, accompanied by two horses.After five weeks in the saddle I still hadn't come to a full understanding of what that saying was supposed to mean. Shortly after my return to Germany I met Claudia Swierczek who told me about her Equine Assisted Psychotherapy for traumatized soldiers. I was fascinated by the thought of these sensitive animals helping soldiers to cope with their traumas. "Pony Pastorale" and soldiers – how could these two possibly go together? And how does Claudia Swierczek manage to help even with the allegedly hopeless cases? SILENT COMRADE attends the therapy sessions as a silent observer and allows access to Claudia Swiercek's unique form of therapy. It takes an intimate look at three characters, who talk about the causes and consequences of their traumas with an unusual openness and sincerity.Through their interaction with the horses, their invisible wounds become visible and palpable.
WILD HORSE ROAD TRIP BRINGING HOME THE SOUL SISTER MUSTANGS (2018) USA
59:00 min / Directed by: Mary Jordan
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/wildhorseroadtrip
Equestrian Inspirational Documentary – Under 60 Minutes
Join an adventure in 'Trusting More' as one wild family takes off across the United States in an RV named 'Grace' to adopt two bonded wild Mustang mares, the 'Soul Sisters', and bring them back to their forever home.
THE LAST RIDE (2018) USA
05:00 min / Directed by: Michael Aku RoDriguez
Category: Wild Horse Music Video
THEIR LAST RIDE (2018) USA
A "Trail Of Tears" direct descendant Cherokee womans' personal journey that informs & reflects into the world of horse slaughter. Bringing awareness to the issues affecting horses, both Wild & Domestic, and connects people to the spirit of the Horse through multicultural participation and co-creation through all the ARTS.
LIFE IN THE DOGHOUSE (2018) USA
84:00 min / Directed by: Ron Davis (Harry & Snowman)
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQrQChIgV-M
LIFE IN THE DOG HOUSE tells the inspiring life stories of Danny Robertshaw and Ron Danta and the remarkable work they do at Danny & Ron's Rescue. Ten years and 10,000 dogs later, their unique approach to life and dog rescue will capture hearts and inspire millions to make the right choices when it comes to mans best friend.
FOUL PLAY (2018) NETHERLANDS
80:00 min / Directed by: Annette van Trigt
Downfall of an Olympic Show Jumping Stable
The long arm of the law has caught up with a white-collar criminal in the Netherlands, who also happens to have a tremendous passion for show jumping horses. His internationally successful Olympic show jumping stable is now facing the prospect of going under. The hunt is on for London, a champion horse and winner of 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games in 2012. Top jockey Schröder must now continue to perform under enormous pressure, while he can do no more than sit on the side-lines as the owner is involved in a bitter battle against the banks to stay afloat.
ROMANY RAI (2018) UK
59:00 min / Directed by: Tom Lloyd
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/romanyrai/273110276?autoplay=1
A Romany Rai can be described as a Gypsy gentleman and scholar, or a non-Gypsy who is respected by Gypsies.
Walter LLoyd, who died at the age of 93 in January 2018, was one of only a few 'gorgios' (house dwellers) who had the trust of the Gypsy and Traveller community. He counted many Gypsies as his friends, and his knowledge of the Romany language, Gypsy tribes, history and customs made him a truly modern-day Romany Rai.
Since he was a small boy, filmmaker Tom LLoyd has travelled with his father Walter to Appleby Fair, the largest Gypsy horse fair in Europe. Since 1995 Tom has been filming these journeys travelling in a bow-top wagon pulled by their home-bred Fell ponies, creating an extraordinary collection of moving images. Romany Rai includes previously unseen film footage taken by the Gypsies themselves in the 1960's.
Not since Magnum photographer Josef Koudelka travelled among Gypsies and Travellers in the 1980's has an artist had such sustained and intimate access into this world. Romany Rai weaves together candid conversations about Gypsy and Traveller culture with stunning images and gritty fireside music sessions.
Featuring Billy Welch (Shera Rom or Head Gypsy), his family and many other Gypsies, Travellers, horsemen and women who Walter encountered on this extraordinary journey.
POP-UP GALLERY FILMS
WILD POTTOKAS HORSES (2018) SPAIN
51:00 min / Diercted by: Javier Ortega
Wild Horse – Documentary – Full Length (over 30 min)
How is the life of horses when they live in the wild?
Answering this question is the engine that launched the scientific project created and led by Lucy Rees, unique for its characteristics in Europe, in the mountainous north of Extremadura (Spain). And it is also the starting point of our documentary film.
We will have Rees, expert in equine behavior of extensive experience as well as writer of essays on equine behavior and fiction, as narrator of his adventure, which began bringing a group of horses of race pottoka, considered the oldest that exists thanks to DNA studies, to a space where they could live in freedom and without any human management to study their behavior.
EQUUS WORLDWIDE INDIA (2018) UK
23:00 min / Directed by: Philippa Waddell
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/245001517/61d40e05d9
Marwari is an ancient breed from the Marwar region in Rajasthan, India. They are identified by their distinctive inward curling ears, and are particularly admired for their intelligence. They are considerably smaller than their European counterparts, but have been used as cavalry horses in India throughout history due to their loyalty and bravery. Today, they are also popular for a diverse range of purposes – from use in special ceremonies such as weddings; to endurance trekking and 'dancing'. The programme allows us to learn more about these fascinating creatures and the local people who breed, train and love them.
HIS NAME IS MIDNIGHT (2018) USA
28:05 min / Directed by: Kelly Colbert
The true story of a horse, a prince of Big Sky Country, who was bred for strength and rodeo glory but discarded through a chain of events to auction and, ultimately, human cruelty. His name and his lineage were forgotten. But his royal pedigree and his upbringing in the Badlands of Montana instilled in him the strength and tenacity that allowed him to survive his journey through neglect and starvation, until he was found and his name and heritage rediscovered.
WENDY FRIENDS FOREVER (2017) GERMANY
97:00 min / Directed by: Hanno Olderdisse
Trailer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7119170/videoplayer/vi4119575321?ref_=tt_pv_vi_aiv_1
Equestrian Children's Film – International
Wendy has been living happily at Rosenborg stables for a year. Yet the financial situation of the estate is dire. As Wendy learns about a tournament organized by the near-by modern riding stable, she decides she has to win! With the prize money she might be able to save Rosenborg. But her trained circus horse Dixie is not a jumper and sure doesn't feel like changing careers. When a traumatized tournament horse called Penny arrives at Rosenborg, Wendy immediately recognizes her potential, even though she is scared of jumping. Now Dixie starts to feel neglected and Wendy faces a tall order; she has to save her friendship with Dixie while helping Penny to overcome her fear and win the competition!
SOFT FEEL AND LIGHT HORSES STEVE HALFPENNY (2018) IRELAND
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jocFrx86gHw
NEW – Equestrian Inspirational Documentary – Over 60 Minutes
"As I spend my time helping people with their horses, one thing that always sticks in the back of my mind is 'I wonder if they have any idea of what is possible, with the horse they already own". Steve Halfpenny. What if there was more to communicating with horses? Could you truly build a relationship of trust and confidence with your horse using feel, timing, balance, empathy and light hands? This is the new movie based on the life of Steve Halfpenny, the remarkable Australian horseman. "Soft Feel and Light Horses" is directed by award-winning filmmaker Elaine Heney, with music by the Grammy nominated Mary Ann Kennedy.
A DEVON PONY CLUB CAMP (2018) UK
Equestrian Documentary – Short (under 30 minutes) -English
A Devon Pony Club Club
Watch the exciting events of the Mid Devon Hunt Pony Club unfolding through the eyes of 10 year old Biba, as she attends their annual camp at Bicton Arena. From the early starts, feeding and looking after their ponies, the nerves of the first ride, the excitement of cross country and the fun had and friendships that are made at their pony club camp.
A NEW DIMENSION IN HORSE CONTROL (2018) ITALY
22:00 min / Directed by: Giacomo Cardone
This film is about the almost unknown possibility of training horses to be controlled when at liberty in completely open (unlimited) spaces, perhaps similar to how dogs can be trained.
STEVE TV (2018) IRELAND
23:28 min / Directed by:Elaine Heney
Equestrian Series -International
Film description: Steve TV is the monthly new TV show with Australian horseman Steve Halfpenny. Tune in each month and watch case studies, meet great horses from around the world and get all the latest news and insights from Steve Halfpenny, the #1 best-selling author, award-winning film-maker, international clinicican and founder of Light Hands Equitation. Directed by award-winning filmmaker Elaine Heney.
LESSONS AT LIBERTY AMIRA'S CASE STUDY (2018) USA
90:00 min / Directed by: Madison Shambaugh
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax5UYf-WwdE
Wild Horse – Documentary – Full Length
Inspirational Documentary – Over 60 Minutes
Follow young horsewoman, "Mustang Maddy," as she explores the possibilities of the horse-human relationship with Amira, a former, wild horse out of chances. A series of events led Maddy to set out on a mission to train Amira to ride without her ever having worn any ropes or tack – in just one week.
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.NET Micro Framework bevat een subset van de .NET-basisklassen, een UI-framework dat is gebaseerd op het Windows Presentation Framework (WPF) en er zijn klassen beschikbaar die speciaal zijn gericht op het werken met embedded hardware (I2C, SPI, GPIO, PWM enzovoorts).

Het .NET Micro Framework heeft als doel het ontwikkelen van embedded software gemakkelijker, sneller en goedkoper te maken. Het geeft ontwikkelaars de mogelijkheid gebruik te maken van de tools en de code die al beschikbaar is voor de desktop, waardoor de kloof tussen de twee werelden kleiner wordt.

Eigenschappen
Volgens Microsoft heeft het .NET Micro Framework de volgende eigenschappen:
 Klein geheugengebruik: ongeveer 300 KB, de eerstvolgende kleine .NET-variant het .NET Compact Framework gebruikt ongeveer 12 MB.
 Draait zonder besturingssysteem (al is dit wel mogelijk)
 Ondersteuning voor typische embedded onderdelen zoals EEPROM, SPI, I2C, GPIO en USB.
 Geoptimaliseerd voor energie-efficiëntie en batterijgevoede apparaten.
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 Heeft een HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) zodat verschillende architecturen ondersteund worden.
 Ondersteuning voor het opslaan van gegevens in het flashgeheugen.
 SideShow-ondersteuning

Beperkingen
Door de beperkte grootte van het .NET Micro Framework heeft hij enkele beperkingen tegenover zijn grotere varianten. De belangrijkste beperking is het ontbreken van ondersteuning voor rijen (arrays) met meer dan één dimensie. Tot en met versie 2.5 van het .NET Micro Framework was het ook niet toegestaan unmanaged code toe te voegen. Op dit moment biedt .NET Micro Framework geen ondersteuning voor andere .NET-talen dan C#.

Platform
Het .NET Micro Framework ondersteunt op dit moment de ARM-processorarchitectuur (ARM7 en ARM9) en de Analog Devices Blackfin. Voor het ondersteunen van andere architecturen is toegang tot de .NET Micro Framework-broncode nodig, en dit wordt uitgevoerd door Microsoft en hardwarepartners onder licentie van Microsoft. Deze partners brengen vervolgens ontwikkelsets en modules aan die .NET Micro Framework ondersteunen.

Licentie
Microsoft verspreidt de SDK gratis. Ook kan vanaf .NET Micro Framework versie 3.0 gewerkt worden met de gratis Express-versies van Visual Studio. Echter bij het verkopen van apparaten die gebruikmaken van de .NET Micro Framework is wel een licentie met royalty's op basis van volume nodig. Veel leveranciers van .NET Micro Framework-ready-apparaten leveren hun apparaat met zo'n licentie.

Externe links
 Officiële site
 Embedded Programming with the Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Website van een boek
 Expert .NET Micro Framework Website van een boek
 Microsoft .NET Micro Framework Tools & Resources Website Veel artikelen over .NET Micro Framework en RSS Feeds
 Elze Kool's experiences with the Micro Framework - website met projecten en broncode voor .NET Micro Framework

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The year 2012 was a year like none other for NASA, one dominated not by human spaceflight activities but by redefinition. That redefinition saw the prominent rise of unmanned planetary exploration both for NASA and the general public. And nothing was as meaningful or as widely watched in 2012 for NASA as what happened on the morning of 6 August 2012: the landing of Curiosity, the Mars Science Laboratory, on Mars.
In a year when desperately NASA needed a glorious public relations event to boost its recognition with the general public, nothing could have been asked for more than the highly successful and jubilant landing of the Mars Science Laboratory rover Curiosity on the surface of Mars on the morning of 6 August 2012.
Dubbed the seven minutes of terror, Curiosity's entry into the Martian atmosphere was one of engineering brilliance, executed by a pre-programmed series of computer commands encoded by scientists and engineers months earlier to steer Curiosity to the most precise, pinpoint landing of any robot on the surface of any non-Earth planet in history.
Joining the night of hair-raising suspense for Curiosity's control team – and those who had intimately followed the mission for years – was a wide audience from the general public who tuned in to NASA TV, live internet streams.
Even New York City's Times Square jumbo television – in front of which, at 1:30 in the morning, gathered a crowd of at least 1,000 people.
Curiosity's landing on the surface of Mars was the most-watched and talked about endeavor for NASA in 2012 – and brought NASA's success rate at Mars to 14 for 20 (a 70 percent success rate) and 4 for 4 in their attempts to land a rover on Mars (a stunning 100 percent success rate).
Following an Entry, Descent, and Landing sequence that employed several new and never-before-used planetary landing techniques – including the use of a sky crane to winch Curiosity gently onto the Martian surface – Curiosity touched down on the surface of Mars on the Aeolis Palus in Gale Crater.
Landing was confirmed to be just 1.5 miles from the center of the targeted touchdown location – a record-close (near-perfect) landing precision percentage following a 350 million mile journey from Earth to Mars.
Following landing, as has been the tradition with the three previous Martian rovers (Carl Sagan Memorial Station for Sojourner, Columbia Memorial Station for Spirit, and Challenger Memorial Station for Opportunity), Curiosity's landing site was named in honor of a recently passed pillar of science, or in this case, science-fiction: Ray Bradbury (Bradbury Landing).
Tasked with investigating the Martian climate and geology, assessing whether the selected field site inside Gale Crater has ever offered environmental conditions favorable for microbial life, and conducting planetary habitability studies in preparation for future human exploration, Curiosity's control team took several weeks to verify the rover's systems post landing.
After a two weeks of ground testing, Curiosity and its systems were put to the test for the first time on 19 August when the rover used its Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument to laser zap a rock, nicknamed "Coronation," located near the rover's landing site.
During the test, Curiosity's ChemCam instrument hit "Coronation" rock with 30 pulses of its laser during a 10 second period. Each pulse delivered more than three million watts of power for about five one-billionths of a second.
The energy from the lasers excited atoms in the rock into an ionized, glowing plasma, which was recorded with a telescope and analyzed with three spectrometers for information about what elements were present inside the rock.
The initial use of the laser on Mars served as target practice for characterizing the Chem/Cam instrument while also providing additional value to researchers on whether the elemental composition changed as the laser pulses progressed.
By 20 August, Curiosity had extended its robot arm for the first time and used its navigational cameras to capture a view of its extended arm. The first atmospheric pressure readings from Curiosity, collected from 15 August through 18 August, were returned to Earth later that same week for analysis.
During this same time period, Curiosity pummeled the ground of Mars with neutrons via a process called active neutron sounding.
The experiment, called the Dynamic Albedo of Neutrons, or DAN, measured the amount of hydrogen, an indicator of water, in the soil by observing the degree to which the neutrons were scattered.
The test provided data regarding the content of near-surface water at Curiosity's landing site and demonstrated that the DAN instrument was in perfect shape during the first use of the neutron sounding technique for interplanetary exploration.
DAN will be an important instrument for Curiosity throughout its mission as the rover will use this experiment to gather data on the variations of neutron profiles at various locations – variations that would indicate changes in the water content of the soil down to about 3.3 feet, or 1 meter, below the surface.
As was the case during its landing, Curiosity returned these initial science data results and information regarding on its own self-performance evaluations to Earth via a communication relay with the Mars-orbiting-spacecrafts Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and Mars Express. In turn, those satellites then relayed the signals through the Deep Space Network and then on to the Mars Science Laboratory mission operations room.
Finally, on 22 August, after nearly two weeks on the surface, Curiosity took its first "steps" on the Red Planet during a successful test drive that covered 15 feet, or 4.5 meters.
The test involved rotating the rover 120 degrees and then reversing by eight (8) feet to test the rover's ability to turn around and back up (i.e. navigate around potential ground hazards).
After a quick rove to an area of exposed bedrock, Curiosity spent the first couple days after its second drive exploring the area of bedrock that was exposed by the thrusters from the rover's descent stage on 6 August.
After using its lasers and ChemCam experiment on 25 August to examine side-by-side points in a target patch of soil in Gale Crater, Curiosity began its drive to its first official target location in Gail Crater – Glenelg.
On 2 September, the 27th day of Martian operations, Curiosity snapped a photo of a rock outcropping called Link, an outcropping that penetrated from a Martian surface that was elsewhere blanketed by the reddish-brown dust common on the surface of the Red Planet.
The fractured Link outcrop was subsequently found to have blocks of exposed, clean surfaces and rounded gravel fragments or clasts measuring up to a couple inches in size.
These clasts showed evidence of erosion by a flowing liquid, and the Link characteristics were found to be consistent with sedimentary conglomerate, or a rock that was formed by the deposition of water and composed of many smaller rounded rocks cemented together.
Water transport, according to NASA, is the only process capable of producing the rounded shapes of clasts of this size.
Following on the heels of this discovery, Curiosity was in perfect position on 13 September to observe the transit of Phobos, one of Mars's two moons, across the surface of the sun.
During the transit event, Curiosity's mast camera was used to take high-definition video frames at about three frames per second for more than two minutes as Phobos crossed the disc of the sun.
The Curiosity rover's Environmental Monitoring Station instrument also observed the transit, noting a five (5) percent drop in the sun's ultraviolet radiation reaching the surface of Mars during the event.
Martian scientists stated they would use the Phobos transit data from Curiosity to continue to refine and precisely determine the orbital characteristics of the Martian moon.
The very next day, on 14 September, Curiosity found evidence of an ancient, flowing stream on Mars at several sites around its location – sites that bore striking similarity to the Link location photographed earlier in the month.
By 19 September, Curiosity was closing in on the Glenelg area of Gale Crater, an area where three different terrain types come together. All three terrain types had previously been observed from orbit by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Of particular interest in these types of terrains was a light-toned and well-developed layering which likely recorded the deposition of sedimentary materials millions of years ago.
Following this, the next major milestone for Curiosity came on 22 September, the 46th day of Martian operations, when the rover extended its navigation camera on the right-hand arm and touched its first rock on Mars.
The navigation camera, equipped with the Alpha Particle X-ray Spectrometer instrument, allowed Curiosity to assess the chemical elements present in the rock.
Following this, on 7 October, Curiosity used its scoop to take its first sampling of Martian dirt.
Ten days later, Curiosity had its first x-ray view of the Martian surface, acquired by directing an x-ray beam at a sample of soil and recording how the x-rays were scattered at the atomic level by the sample.
By doing this, the instrument was able to identify and quantify minerals on Mars for the first time. Each mineral had a unique pattern of rings, or fingerprints, revealing its presence.
By 3 December, the first results from the grains of sand scooped up by the rover were in. Scientists, using the instruments onboard Curiosity, detected sulfur, chlorine, and oxygen compounds. Scientists indicated that the oxygen and chlorine may come from perchlorates or similar compounds which contain chlorine and oxygen.
Also revealed on 3 December was information regarding Martian atmospheric loss as determined by SAM (Sample Analysis at Mars) measurements of the deuterium/hydrogen ratio in the water in the soil.
Deuterium, a heavier version of the hydrogen atom, allows scientists to look at the deuterium to hydrogen ratios (or D/H levels) along with isotopes of other elements to study how Mars's atmosphere has changed over time.
Mars, which has less gravity than Earth and lacks a strong enough magnetic field to shield its atmosphere from the sun, is slowly losing its atmosphere. As this process occurs, the lighter hydrogen atoms are preferentially lost compared to the heavier deuterium ones.
SAM successfully measured the D/H ratios in water released upon heating sand samples. The results showed that the water vapor consisted of more deuterium than that of Earth's water. This was expected since the lighter hydrogen atoms in the Martian atmosphere are escaping faster than the heavier ones.
Moreover, Curiosity also returned results during its first four months of operation on Mars's thermal tides – a weather phenomenon responsible for large, daily variations in pressure at the Martian surface.
During this thermal tide process, sunlight heats the surface and atmosphere on the day side of the planet, causing air to expand upwards. At higher levels in the atmosphere, this bulge of air then expands outward, to the sides, in order to equalize the pressure around it.
Air then flows out of the bulge, lowering the pressure of air felt at the surface below the bulge. The result is a deeper atmosphere, one that is less dense and has a lower pressure at the surface than that on the night side of the planet.
As Mars rotates beneath the sun, this bulge moves across the planet each day. Curiosity was able to measure a decrease in pressure during the day, followed by an increase in pressure at night.
And thus the journey of Curiosity began!
By its 130th Martian day, Curiosity had driven over 450 linear meters (linear distance, not actual meters driven by the rover) from its primary landing site at Bradbury Landing to a point called Yellowknife Bay where it will continue its constant, non-seasonal effected scientific observations of Gale Crater and the area surrounding Mount Sharp.
While most eyes were focused on Curiosity from August to December, Curiosity was, in actuality, not the only rover making history on the surface of the Red Planet this year.
The Opportunity rover, celebrating its 8th full year of operation, a feat in and of itself as the rover's primary mission was only supposed to last 90 days, continued its fruitful search and exploration of the Red Planet in 2012.
Beginning the year at the rim of Endeavor Crater, the rover spent the first few months of the year at a site informally named Greeley Haven.
The name, a tribute to planetary geologist Ronald Greeley who passed away in 2011, signified a place around Endeavor Crater within an outcropping (named Cape York) that provided a sun-facing slope to aid in maintaining adequate solar power during Opportunity's record-breaking fifth Martian winter while at the same time still providing adequate targets of scientific interest for the rover.
The need to find a sun-facing slope for Opportunity to spend the winter had never been an issue before as Opportunity was closer to the equator than its twin rover Spirit was during Spirit's time of operation on Mars.
However, Opportunity's solar panels now carry a thicker coating of dust than in previous winters, thus necessitating the need for Opportunity to find the sun-facing slope for the winter.
Throughout its winter hiatus, Opportunity maintained an approximate 15 degree tilt to keep its solar panels favorably aligned toward the winter sun that was low in the northern sky.
For its winter worksite, Opportunity was tasked with radio science investigation of the interior of Mars, inspections of mineral compositions and textures on the outcropping of Endeavor Crater, and recording a full-circle, color panorama of Greeley Haven.
In all, Opportunity spent 19 weeks at Greeley Haven investigating dozens of targets within reach of its robot arm.
As with all four winters before, Opportunity came through its fifth Martian winter in as near to perfect condition as possible for an eight-year-old rover. Taking its first drive in nearly six months, Opportunity moved further north on the Cape York area of Endeavor Crater on 8 May to bring itself closer to a bright-looking patch of what rover scientists hoped was dust.
By 4 December, Opportunity had completed one full walkabout circuit of Endeavor Crater – a process that began with rover's arrival at the crater many months earlier.
Now, as the rover approaches its ninth anniversary on the Red Planet next month, Opportunity will conduct a more detailed exploration of Endeavor Crater, an area where Mars orbiting spacecraft have detected traces of clay minerals which form under wet, nonacidic conditions that can be favorable for life.
The precise area for exploration is named Matijevic Hill, in honor of the late Jacob Matijevic who led the engineering team for the twin Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity, and is located on the western rim of Endeavor Crater.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Opportunity will mark its ninth operational anniversary on the surface of Mars on 24 January 2013, continuing its service as the longest-lasting robot (and rover) on the surface of another planet as it continues to collect information that will be used to safe-guard the first Humans who will visit Mars later this century.
Check back on December 27 for Part II of NASASpaceflight.com's Year In Review series – the unmanned planetary probes: MESSENGER, GRAIL, Cassini, the Voyagers, and Kepler.


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Jo has often been accused of being excessively cheery during WODs, but she really can't help it – she's just got a rather peculiar combination of caffeine, delusion, and utter joy at being a pretty darn decent CrossFit masters athlete. Having come to the whole get-off-the-couch thing late in life, Jo came to CrossFit Huachuca with 5 years group class experience in a local gym and 5 years with a local belly dance troupe; since then, it's been 5 years of regular CF-ing, 2 years with a local running group, and 3 years with a local Zumba tribe – when it comes to fitness, she'll try anything once! She's competed in the CrossFit Open every year since 2014 (as Jo Johnsdottir, but that didn't really help), competed in a local power-and-oly competition in 2015, and currently serves as the Functional Fitness leader for the local chapter of Team RWB. An externally motivated athlete, her fitness philosophy is, "I have NEVER regretted showing up to the box." She's actively working on Coach Pete to rescind the whole "no jazz hands before 8am" rule, because her other fitness philosophy is "CrossFit is FUN!" Jo's looking forward to helping CFH's athletes achieve their best results and building the best CF community in Cochise County!


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Home Rock Candy New music from The Salty Dogs, Kari Faux, Go Fast
New music from The Salty Dogs, Kari Faux, Go Fast
Stephanie Smittle
On March 8, 2019 4:00 pm
You're probably not supposed to say things like "Hallelujah" at the very onset of Lent, but how else could one respond to bangin' new tunes from some Arkansas Times staff favorites?
First up, Kari Faux's "Leave Me Alone" has been on constant repeat for the last couple of weeks. Thematically, it's a sort of flip side to the bop that catapulted her words onto everyone's lips in the first place; a longing for genuine connection, a disdain for anything less and an ennui about the whole affair. It's kinda like the sonic version of meme factory Introvert Problems.
Icing on the cake: Kari smashing cell phones at batting practice, a full horror movie-style stop with an underlit landline phone.
And, another tale of disillusionment hot off the presses, this time from Forever Twang Kings of Arkansas The Salty Dogs. "Unfaithful Woman" gives us a nearly unaccompanied prelude from vocalist/guitarist Brad Williams, a boot-scoot-able rocker of a tune and a waltzy outro to bring it on home. The song was part of a songwriting challenge as part of Lenny Bryan's webseries Verses. Check out its inception, along with a new tune from southern dirt rockers Go Fast, on the new episode:
I'm still not sure what fates have conspired such that we get to hear these guys play gigs within walking distance of my house, and for next-to-nothing admission, while Dwight Yoakam's outfit plays to sprawling stadium crowds (luv ya, Dwight), but hey, I'll take it.
Go see The Salty Dogs at Four Quarter Bar, where they're playing an afterparty for the Alabama concert on March 23, or catch them at South on Main April 7 for a benefit concert with Shannon Boshears, Charlotte Taylor, Trey Johnson, Mark Currey and a whole host of others.
Unfaithful Woman by The Salty Dogs
Kari Faux
The Salty Dogs
Stephanie Smittle is culture editor for the Arkansas Times and an advocate for The Natural State's rich history of musicians and artists.

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But he hardly improves his public relations image by whipping up whirlpools and employing teams of spiteful sprites. His wife VELLAMO is also a wet blanket and does a lot of sorrow-drowning.
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UPDATE: The post-mortem confirms that the entertainer died after suffering a stroke and falling over on a terrace at her Spanish holiday home on Saturday.
The star's three sons released the information after receiving "conclusive" results of the autopsy from judicial authorities in Spain.
The postmortem report concluded that the 72-year-old was sunbathing at her villa in Estepona when she stood up, lost her balance and fell hitting her head, which knocked her unconscious.
She subsequently died of a stroke, and would not have suffered, they said.
"We are devastated by the sad loss of our mother, but have been deeply touched by all the kind messages of support from her friends, fans, the public and media," said Robert, Ben and Jack Willis in a statement released to the media.
Tributes flooded in for one of Britain's best-loved singers and television presenters since her death at her Spanish holiday home was made public on Sunday.
Police named the deceased as Priscilla White, the real name of the Liverpool-born entertainer who had owned her home in the El Paraiso development of Estepona since the 1980s and holidayed there every August.
Big-hearted and full of laughs, the working-class redhead from Liverpool was a fixture on British television screens for more than 50 years, known just by her first name.
She started out working in the cloakroom at the Cavern club, where fellow Liverpudlians The Beatles were first spotted, before taking to the stage as a singer herself.
The band championed Black and introduced her to their manager Brian Epstein, who signed her.
Black released her first single in 1963 and the following year had two Number One hits, "You're My World" and "Anyone Who Had a Heart". She went on to release 14 albums.
In 1968 she began hosting her own television talk show, beginning a broadcasting career that saw her present some of Britain's most popular programmes over half a century.
These included Surprise Surprise, a show that involved surprising members of the public with long-lost loved ones or fulfilling long-held dreams.
Another hit was Blind Date, a match-making show where she would interview each candidate with the catchphrase "What's your name and where do you come from?"
Actress Joan Collins was one of the first to pay tribute, saying on Twitter that she was "sad and shocked" and adding: "She was a resplendent and rare talent."
Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon described her as "one of my childhood idols".
"My earliest memory of having a tantrum was over Cilla. I wanted her album. My mum and dad said no -- my granddad said yes. I was 4," the Scottish nationalist leader said.
Black was made an OBE in 1997 and last year was given a special award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), which called her an "icon".
In its citation, BAFTA said she had hosted more than 500 television shows and made around 400 guest appearances on others, regularly drawing audiences of 18 million people.
Black was married to Bobby Willis, who became her manager and who died in 1999. They had three sons as well as a daughter who died in infancy.


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