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BULLHEAD CITY — Hundreds of students at Bullhead City Junior High were able to spend some time Monday learning how “Science Takes Flight” through interactive physics.

The more appropriate term might be a shorter word: “active.” Students were gleefully launching model airplanes, paper helicopters, large plastic bags and an array of other things inside the school gym. 

Five sets of students attended these assemblies, which are part of Carnegie Science Center’s Science on the Road program. The goal Monday was to allow every student in one of the school’s science classes some time to experiment, said Hayden Ekstrom, a Kingman native now working for the Pittsburgh-based center. He and another educator with the center, Jason Dahoda, traveled crosscountry from Pennsylvania to present assemblies at schools across the region. 

The presentations allow science students across the nation to participate 

in fun and educational experiments often available only at large science museums with youth-centered displays. 

Ekstrom said he was fortunate to be taken to a science museum when he was younger. Not all youths in this part of the country will get the same opportunity. He partially attributes his interest in science to such hands-on experiences.

“We bring this type of science to kids who aren’t going to get it otherwise,” Ekstrom said. “If it clicks for at least one of them, it’ll be worth it.”

Experiments and other activities were set up on folding tables. About half of the gym served as a launching area for the numerous flying and floating objects that demonstrate various scientific principles.

Ekstrom and

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Suwannee Hulaween 2017 Set Times, Festival Map, More!

With less than a week until we are back in beautiful Spirit of Suwannee Music Park for the fifth installment of Suwannee Hulaween, and we here at EDM Identity couldn’t be more excited.

To get you ready for Suwannee Hulaween we have some gathered some essential info below so you can get yourself into the park and be on your way to an amazing weekend.

Suwannee is one of the most accommodating venues, which is one of the reasons why so many call it Home. However, there are some guidelines in place that’ll help the weekend go a bit smoother for all us Wildlings.

Be sure to check out the map, set times and read up on the do’s and dont’s. This sold out event is shaping up to be one of the falls best, and we hope to see you there!

Check out some of our top picks at Suwannee Hulaween!

Suwannee Hulaween 2017 Essential Info:

Dates: October 27 – 29, 2017
Hours: Gates open at 8am on October 27.
Venue Address: 3076 95th Dr, Live Oak, FL 32060
Ages: All Ages

Acceptable Forms of Identification for Entry:

• Drivers License
• Passport
• Military ID

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Suwannee Hulaween 2017 Festival Map:

Reminder To Mind Your Belongings:

Unfortunately, many people have reported pickpockets, bag slashings, and theft of wallets, smartphones, purses and other valuables during this festival season. While this small number of bad apples in the bunch doesn’t define an entire crowd, there

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The Grants Pass City Council will meet for their weekly workshop and convene a special Council Meeting in Executive Session Monday, beginning at 11:45am in Council Chambers at 101 NW A Street.

Councilors will address the recreational use of drones and model airplanes within City boundaries, then review the agenda for Wednesday evenings regular Council Meeting. The workshop session continues with a 3rd quarter report regarding an established Work Plan, and concludes with a discussion concerning parking rates.

Council members will convene a Special Meeting in Executive Session following the workshop to discuss real property transactions and negotiations.

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By Micki Bare mbare@courier-tribune.com Twitter: @mickibareCT

ASHEBORO — During the past five years, an advanced manufacturing plant in North Asheboro has quietly invested more than $19 million in cutting-edge technology upgrades and staffing.

Kennametal, a global leader in the design and manufacture of engineered components, advanced materials and cutting tools, manufactures precision tools for a variety of industries — including aerospace, automotive and medical — at its Asheboro plant.

The plant will celebrate its 35th anniversary on Nov. 22, during which employees who have been there since it opened in 1982 will be recognized. Human Resources and Field Services Director Erica Schmidt estimates the average number of years of employment among staff members to be about 18.

“The tenure here is outstanding,” Schmidt said. “One of the main reasons is this is a specialty. There are not a lot of manufacturers around here who do what we do.”

Recently, the Asheboro plant hosted more than 60 visitors from Kennametal locations around the globe. During what the company dubbed a Tech Summit, visitors had the opportunity to tour and become familiar with the plant and its operations, learn about the plant’s history and metrics of production, and see first-hand the plant’s potential for expanded capacity.

“On the technology side, we wanted to push our global team to be more involved in helping and supporting manufacturing, and not just living in the lab,” Global Project Engineering Manager Steve George said. “This tour was such a great vision of cooperation between manufacturing and

Article source: http://www.courier-tribune.com/news/20171021/tooling-manufacturing-invests-big-in-asheboro-plant

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October 20, 2017 08:01 CEST

Sam Mahalingam, Chief Technical Officer at Altair, thinks much of the value of exascale computing will be provided by machine learning and other data-driven techniques.

In an article published earlier this week on the Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) website, Mahalingam starts off by reiterating what has been conventional wisdom for some time, namely that exascale computing will be necessary to drive the kind of multiphysics applications being demanded by industrial users. In particular, he’s talking about simulations that integrate solvers that perform CFD, electromagnetics, and structural engineering. Such applications could be used to prototype entire airplanes, ships, or ground vehicles. Not surprisingly, these codes are much more complex than those used to design, for example, an airplane wing or an automobile engine, and therefore require a lot more computational power.

From the article:

“The need for exascale really becomes extremely important because the size and complexity of the model increases as you do multiphysics simulations,” Mahalingam said. “This is a lot more complex model that allows you to truly understand what the interference and interactions are from one domain to another. In my opinion, exascale is truly going to contribute to capability computing in solving problems we have not solved before, and it’s going to make sure the products are a lot more optimized and introduced to the market a lot faster.”

But

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Courtesy of Lebanon VA Medical Center | Robert L. “Bob” Boyer

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