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Author Archives: Writer
Jimmy Carter visits Powell’s, reunites with old friend (photos/video)
Sunday afternoon brought hundreds of people of all ages to Powell’s bookstore on W. Burnside to see former president of the United States, Jimmy Carter. Carter was signing copies of his latest book, “A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence … Continue reading
The Explosive Evolution That Took Rocket Cars and Trains to Space Flight
One night in the spring of 1914, what appeared to be an impossibly large comet whizzed through the skies over Innsbruck, the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria. It terrified the locals; it was too big and too low … Continue reading
60th anniversary of tragic Blackwood Brothers plane crash nears
60th anniversary of tragic Blackwood plane crash nears By Staff Reports Published 9:40am Monday, March 31, 2014 By Billy Singleton | Chilton County Airport Authority “There is nothing in God’s world more beautiful than Alabama’s woods and hills, in early … Continue reading
IoT Sprinkler Taps the Cloud
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Steve Fernholz looked out the window of his Seattle home and got an idea for an Internet of Things startup. “I was watching the way my mom was watering the trees on my behalf, and I … Continue reading
Flight 370, a mysterious ‘one-off,’ spurs calls to modernize tracking technology
Viewed in the broad context of aviation safety, this weird case actually fits snugly within a recent pattern: Airline disasters now tend to be unprecedented in nature — what investigators call “one-offs.” In the old days, planes typically went down … Continue reading
Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370: Hopes of Finding Wreckage Dashed as Objects …
Hopes of finding the missing wreckage of Malaysia flight MH370 have been dashed once more, as objects retrieved by a Chinese ship were found to be nothing but floating waste. The items were recovered from the Southern Indian Ocean by … Continue reading
Crime of comfort: wearing sweatpants in public shows a lack of effort, still …
A set number of students are endorsed by Bowdoin coaches each year even though their high school grades and test scores do not necessarily meet the standards of the average accepted Bowdoin students. Admissions gives many of these students’ application … Continue reading